Career highlights from one of the best to ever do it, Roger “The Dodger” Staubach. I do not own any of the audio images or footage shown in this video. All copyrights goes to the NFL and it’s broadcasters.
What stood out by Staubach is that the Dallas Cowboys always were in the playoffs almost every year he played! Roger Staubach was my childhood hero as he believed in God, family and Country plus the Dallas Cowboys!
Staubach is way before my time but ain’t nothing better than learning and knowing the history of the original greats in the NFL. And he was a Vietnam Vet salute !
I got in so much trouble staying up on a school night watching Dallas on a 14 inch black and white tv just so I could watch Staubach and Tony Dorsett play football. I would mute the tv but my mother could see the light from the television under the door. I finally learned to roll up a blanket and lay under the door. That was a long time ago, and I still love Roger, Dorsett and Landry for the memories. And neither of the aforementioned men would have ever considered taking a knee while our national anthem was being played. The NFL is dead to me.
@@jamesmartin8385 i watch these highlights to feed my nfl addiction, but otherwise i haven't watched a game in 2 years (since the niners/chiefs super bowl) . i hate roger goodell and sapernick and the way the nfl bowed down to the woke crowd. very hurtful for this life-long fan
I was born in 70 as a kid I watched him, when the Cowboys were down in a Monday night game my dad would tease me u went to bed mad because I would turn off the volume and woke up happy. Staubauch was captain comeback
wow I forgot about how elusive he was, I remember his great arm strength and accuracy he definitely goes down as one of my all time NFL favorite quarterbacks!!
Staubach became the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys in 1971 after serving his country for 4 years, he was 29 years old. In 9 years as a starter he went to 4 Superbowls winning 2 World Championships. Just think if he'd have went straight to Dallas after he graduated from the Naval Academy. He began playing professional football at an age when many quarterbacks are beginning to wind down. Truly one of the greatest to ever play.
I'm going to believe this forever. The greats of the past would be the greats of today. The greats of today, could never have been the greatest of the past. Quarterbacks had to be extremely tough back then. The quarterbacks of today are so protected, that none of them could have handled the roughness of back then. This guy would have been the past, the present, the future. I don't want to name names. But a certain new England quarterback is great in the present only. I absolutely will never believe they could hold a candle to the greats of all time. But I feel this way about all sports. I always feel the greats of the past could be great today, but the greats of today couldn't be great in the past. This is probably bc of all the stricter rules of the game. It's not their fault they weren't born in the past, but I will never feel differently
@@funnycigarette If JJ didn’t have such an ego. Jimmy would have at least 3 in a row. They probably would have 5 maybe 6 in the 90’s. Jimmy was best in the draft he picked up Larry Allen, Erik Williams late in the draft and his last number pick was Darren Woodson. What ever round he got Harper in. Laundry was the coach I don’t know what he contributed to the draft I think gil Brant who drafted Staubach, Dorsett Tony Hill, pearson Golden Richards, Bob Lily too tall Randy white this was a much longer period of time and 2 destinies. The game passed Coach Laundry by. Every player had cubicles in the locker room first thing Jimmy did was tear cubicles out plus the players that coached were just different. Never seen him play but Bob Lily was a monster. Sorry for listening to things you probably knew I have no problem Laundry being the greatest coach but I’m taking about players
@@robaustin4193 the game passed John Madden, Chuck Noll and will one day pass Bill Belichick too. It's the evolution of sports. Landry coached 2 Superbowl teams, NFL coach of the year twice, 1966 & 1975, 270 career victories with a winning percentage of .601, he created/designed the 4-3 defense, as a player for the New York Giants he compiled 31 career interceptions, he created the standard that the Cowboys are recognize for today, and prior to all this s*** that really means nothing in the large scheme of life, he was a second Lieutenant in the United States Army and fought in a little thing called World War 2. In my opinion and many other people, he's the greatest Cowboy ever. Maybe these honorable acts mean nothing to you but I'm overwhelmingly impressed.
@@funnycigarette staubach was in a little war called Vietnam . You don’t have to tell me about Laundry he was a great coach and a great man. If Laundry stayed as coach you wouldn’t have the 3 Super Bowl victories. What was Jimmy’s winning percentage? I love the Cowboys Laundry, Staubach, Emmitt Irvin etc. For me the greatest Cowboy player. Was Staubach. . I thought this was about QB’s not coaches No reason to cry over my opinion.
I was just a kid when I first saw Americas Team led by Roger Staubach in the 70's. What a class act and a true gentleman. I believe no single parent kid could've asked for a better role model to look up to.
When I first started following football, this was my team. The only downside is it gave me unrealistic expectations about how often my teams should win.
Roger is and always will be my favorite athlete of all time. He was a tremendous competitor whose team would've beaten Bradshaw's Steelers in SuperBowl XIII hadn't been for the bad call on. Benny Barnes against Swannand and the dropped pass in the end zone as week as the fumble by Randy White on the kick off.
As the biggest Cowboys fan I have nightmares about that SB13 game and that dropped TD pass. Vern, the Cowboys announcer at the time says oh Jackie Smith has got to be the sickest man in America actually it was me who is the sickest
Scott, I also wish they wouldn't have done the reverse on the first drive there in that game they were driving down the field so well. Tony and Drew mishandled it and we lost the ball. I'm very confident we've got a score out of that. Roger told Landry it's no time for tricks we shouldn't have done that
@@rog9601 Yes. The Cowboys first blunder of the game. The were moving the ball and Pearson dropped the ball on the reverse. I remember we that as well.
The same referee who made that call was also part of the Immaculate Reception game, makes you wonder a little bit if it's more than a coincidence with the Steelers. He was actually fired from the NFL two years later probably by Tex Schramm with his dealings with the NFL.
I am a Tom Landry-era Dallas Cowboys fan, started watching the Cowboys in '64, and except for Eddie Lebaron and Dicky Maegle and 4 or 5 early journeyman players, I have seen every play and player that Coach Landry signed and coached right through '88, his final season in Dallas, and saw every Cowboy game after that until 2017. Roger Staubach, to these eyes, is not only the greatest QB to ever wear a Cowboys uniform........but IMO, the greatest all-around quarterback in NFL history. Happy 80th Birthday Roger Staubach#12🏈
I was a kid watching the Cowboys with my brother been a cowboy fan ever since Roger the dodger staubach has been my favorite quarterback ever since in my opinion best Dallas cowboy quarterback ever
Use to pretend I was Staubach many a day playing football as a child in my backyard. Roger always seemed to pull out a win for that the Cowboys in those days. One of the best to play the game.
That throw and catch at 3:40 is unbelievable. Staubach was way ahead of his time. I don't like how every quarterback is in the shotgun 90 percent of the time now but Staubach did it right.
Roger Thomas Staubach, nicknamed "Roger the Dodger", "Captain America" and "Captain Comeback, he's the reason why the Dallas Cowboys are American's team, and why i became a Dallas Cowboy fan 🏈🏈🏈🏈
No quarterback was more intimidating than Roger staubach. When he ran up the middle, he wouldn't try and avoid you. He'd try to knock you down, and he wasn't afraid to take a hit or 2. His arm strength and accuracy were perfect, especially for the era he played. He's one of the best qbs to play this sport, and I'd put him in the top 20 all time
I’m an eagles fan but hard to not to mention Roger or at least consider him on the Mount Rushmore . Served our country and started in the NFL at 27. Truly amazing he was . Hate the cowboys , roger is one of the greatest
Staubach was one of the greatest qb’s of all time with Montano. Brady is also one of the the greats you can’t play qb’s in different eras. Let’s see Brady play the steel curtain twice in a Super Bowl .Maybe Brady wins but he would of had vicious sacks. Also Staubach didn’t play until his time was up in the navy making him around 27 as a rookie
Jersey numbers on the sleeves 1973 and before, goal posts were also on the goal line.1974 and after jersey numbers on the shoulder pads and goal posts at the back of the end zone.
I have heard conversations about who is the greatest quarterback ever. Tom Brady will most often be a leading contender. My contention is that it is not a fair discussion. Brady played in an era that really looked after the quarterback. So his career is much longer than ever possible. Roger Staubach was truly one of the greatest to ever play the game. In an era when you could still smash the qb. I was a Raiders fan at the time. But he was just so good.
Growing up where I lived you were either a cowboy or a steeler fan. I was a cowboy fan all the way. I'll never forget that dropped pass in the end zone during the super bowl against the steelers. The cowboys could have won that game. They made it right when Aikman and crew beat them later on.
The first modern "duel threat" QB. He didn't become a starter until he was almost 29 years old. We can only wonder what could have been if he had gone to a normal college.
GOAT in my opinion because he was complete on and off the field. He was only second to Brady in terms of his on the field skill, but off the field he beats any ex player, he was there for his teammates and helped others, he maintained a healthy family, was a great dad, and ended up building a real estate empire and became a multimillionaire upon its sale. Legend
This is the standard for quarterback play for the Dallas cowboys. No disrespect to Troy Aikman, but Staubach is the greatest QB in the history of the Cowboys.
