Roger Staubach

Born

February 5, 1942, Cincinnati (Hamilton County) source

Also known as

Roger Staubach, Roger the Dodger, Captain America, Captain Comeback

Known as

Sports, Military, Business

Roger Staubach was born in Cincinnati in 1942, the only child of a shoe and leather salesman and a General Motors secretary, and grew up in Silverton, a northeastern suburb. He attended St. John the Evangelist school and Purcell High School, where he played baseball, basketball and football and graduated in 1960. A Naval Academy recruiter who came to Purcell to look at the team's center noticed Staubach on game film; after a prep year at New Mexico Military Institute he entered Annapolis in 1961 on an appointment from U.S. Representative Donald D. Clancy. He won the 1963 Heisman Trophy, served a year as a Supply Corps officer in Vietnam, and joined the Dallas Cowboys as a 27-year-old rookie in 1969, winning Super Bowls VI and XII and entering the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985. He built a commercial real estate firm, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018, and in 2023 threw the first pass at Staubach Stadium, the first home field of his old high school, now Purcell Marian.

• Cincinnati (1942-1960)
  birthplace and boyhood Hamilton County · source
• Silverton (1940s-1950s)
  grew up in this northeastern suburb of Cincinnati; Boy Scout; St. John the Evangelist Catholic School Hamilton County · source
• Purcell High School (now Purcell Marian), Cincinnati (to 1960)
  quarterback; also played baseball and basketball; graduated 1960 Hamilton County · source
• Cincinnati (1961)
  appointed to the Naval Academy by U.S. Representative Donald D. Clancy Hamilton County · source
• Staubach Stadium, Purcell Marian High School, Cincinnati (2022-2023)
  school's first home stadium named for him in 2022; he threw the ceremonial first pass at its opening in 2023 Hamilton County · source

1. 1942 Born February 5 in Cincinnati, the only child of Robert and Elizabeth Staubach. source
2. 1960 Graduated from Purcell High School in Cincinnati. source
3. 1960 Spent a year at New Mexico Military Institute to strengthen his English for the Naval Academy, leading its team to a 9-1 record. source
4. 1961 Entered the U.S. Naval Academy on an appointment from U.S. Representative Donald D. Clancy. source
5. 1962 Took over at quarterback as a sophomore and led Navy to a 34-14 upset of Army before President Kennedy. source
6. 1963 Won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award and Walter Camp Trophy as Navy went 9-1 and ranked second; set Cotton Bowl passing records against Texas. source
7. 1965 Graduated from the Naval Academy, where he had set 28 records and won the Thompson Trophy Cup three times. source
8. 1966 Began a one-year tour as a Supply Corps officer at Chu Lai, South Vietnam, supervising 41 enlisted men. source
9. 1969 Joined the Dallas Cowboys as a 27-year-old rookie. source
10. 1972 Named Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl VI, the Cowboys' first Super Bowl win. source
11. 1978 Won a second Super Bowl, XII. source
12. 1980 Retired in March with an 83.4 passer rating, then the best in NFL history. source
13. 1981 Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. source
14. 1985 Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton. source
15. 2018 Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on November 16. source
16. 2022 Purcell Marian announced on January 27 that its planned athletic complex would be named Staubach Stadium, and broke ground on May 23. source
17. 2023 Threw the ceremonial first pass as Staubach Stadium opened on August 18 before a sold-out crowd; Purcell Marian beat Deer Park 40-22. source

• Staubach Stadium, Purcell Marian High School (Cincinnati, Hamilton County) source

• Born: Cincinnati, Hamilton County Cincinnati · Hamilton County
• Connected: Cincinnati, Hamilton County Cincinnati · Hamilton County
• Connected: Silverton, Hamilton County Silverton · Hamilton County
• Connected: Purcell High School, Hamilton County Hamilton County
• Connected: Cincinnati, Hamilton County Cincinnati · Hamilton County
• Connected: Staubach Stadium, Hamilton County Hamilton County

• Staubach Stadium project timeline, 2020-2023 (Purcell Marian High School) 2023, Purcell Marian High School
• Navy quarterback Roger Staubach passing against Maryland, 1964 (U.S. Navy photograph) 1964, U.S. Navy (via Wikimedia Commons)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Staubach
• https://www.encyclopedia.com/sports/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/staubach-roger
• https://www.heisman.com/heisman-winners/roger-staubach/
• https://www.cfbhall.com/inductees/roger-staubach-1981
• https://www.profootballhof.com/players/roger-staubach/
• https://www.purcellmarian.org/home/staubachstadium/
• https://www.si.com/nfl/2014/10/08/profiles-roger-staubach-cowboys-quarterback-real-estate-entrepreneur
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purcell_Marian_High_School
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverton,_Ohio
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1964_Staubach.JPG
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roger-Staubach-Dec-1-2007-ArmyNavy-Game.jpg
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Defense.gov_photo_essay_100510-D-1852B-253.jpg
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roger_Staubach_2018.jpg

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