Sports
Roger Staubach
Roger Staubach arrived in Dallas at age 27 after a Heisman-winning Naval Academy career and active-duty Navy service, then became a two-time Super Bowl champion before building a major Dallas real-estate business.
- Roster rank
- #107
- Category
- Sports
- Subject type
- Person
- Profile source
- Published Texas Icons profile
Texas story
Life and career
Roger Staubach was born in Cincinnati and won the 1963 Heisman Trophy at the U.S. Naval Academy. His professional football career was delayed by his Navy commitment: he served four years on active duty, including service in Vietnam, before joining the Cowboys as a 27-year-old rookie in 1969. That sequence is central to his biography and distinguishes him from a conventional college-to-NFL path.
With Dallas, Staubach became known for late-game comebacks and led the franchise to victories in Super Bowls VI and XII, earning MVP honors in Super Bowl VI. After football he built The Staubach Company into a substantial commercial real-estate firm based in Dallas, later associated with Jones Lang LaSalle. His Texas connection therefore spans both a championship sports career and a long post-playing business career in the same metropolitan area.
Defining work
What to know
- 1963 Heisman Trophy
- U.S. Navy service
- Super Bowls VI and XII
- Super Bowl VI MVP
- The Staubach Company
Timeline
Key milestones
- 1963Wins the Heisman Trophy at the U.S. Naval Academy.
- 1965–1969Fulfills active-duty Navy service, including service in Vietnam.
- 1969Joins the Dallas Cowboys as a 27-year-old rookie.
- 1972Leads Dallas to victory in Super Bowl VI and is named game MVP.
- 1978Leads the Cowboys to victory in Super Bowl XII.
- 1985Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Texas connections
Places in the story
Dallas
Professional football and later commercial real-estate base.
Irving
Texas Stadium setting for much of Staubach's Cowboys career.
Legacy
Why the story lasts
Staubach's football legacy combines elite college credentials, military service and a late-starting NFL career that still reached Hall of Fame level.
His post-football Dallas real-estate career makes his Texas identity broader than Cowboys nostalgia; he remained a major business figure in the region after retirement.
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