If at one time the Dallas Cowboys were America's Team, Roger Staubach
was America's Quarterback. Roger the Dodger was a real-life embodiment
of apple pie, world championships, and role models. Staubach was a
Heisman Trophy winner at Annapolis who served four years as a naval
officer before going on to a stellar eleven-year career with the Dallas
Cowboys that included four NFC championships and two Super Bowl titles.
Considered the master of the two-minute offense and late-game comeback,
Staubach eventually earned a spot in the Cowboys' illustrious Ring of
Honor and, ultimately in 1985, the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
If ever there was a perfect meshing of franchise, coach, and on-field
leader, it was the silver-white-and-blue Cowboys of the seventies with
Tom Landry strolling the sidelines in his trademark fedora and the
unflappable Staubach barking signals. He led the NFL in passing five
times, and when he retired at age thirty-seven he departed the game in
possession of the highest quarterback rating of all time. After his
retirement from football, he pretty much left the game behind, forsaking
a shot at coaching or television commentary to focus his energies on the
corporate world as chairman and CEO of the Staubach Company, a
diversified commercial real estate company.
Roger Staubach: Captain America is an oral history of Staubach's life,
times, and career. It is told in the words of dozens of former teammates
and opponents, friends, business associates, civic leaders,
acquaintances, and others who have known him over the years. Staubach
turned sixty in 2002, and this book offers a touching and telling
testimonial to a true American hero and role model.
