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Happy Birthday, Roger!
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BoysFan4ever
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Roger looks great for his age & everyone is in awe of how athletic he still is.
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Thank you for making our football expirence a happy time.
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I have a lot of fond memories of Roger, I watched him his entire career and the one thing that always sticks out in my mind were the words uttered by Charlie Waters "You Gotta Believe." His teammates and all of us fans always believed we had a chance as long as Roger was out there.
Injured Cowboys safety Charlie Waters, who called the game on the radio with Brad Sham (it was only Sham;'s second game ad the play-by-play man; Vern Lundquist, the regular p-b-p guy, was in Japan on assignment, so Sham moved over and Waters was the "color commentator" for two games) spent the fourth quarter repeating "You Gotta Believe." With the Cowboys back in the lead, he chastized Sham for his lack of belief when things were at their darkest. Such was the effect Staubach had on his teammates, even injured ones: they never imagined they were out of a game with him at the helm.
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2012...ar-season-games-1-the-captains-final-comeback
Injured Cowboys safety Charlie Waters, who called the game on the radio with Brad Sham (it was only Sham;'s second game ad the play-by-play man; Vern Lundquist, the regular p-b-p guy, was in Japan on assignment, so Sham moved over and Waters was the "color commentator" for two games) spent the fourth quarter repeating "You Gotta Believe." With the Cowboys back in the lead, he chastized Sham for his lack of belief when things were at their darkest. Such was the effect Staubach had on his teammates, even injured ones: they never imagined they were out of a game with him at the helm.
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2012...ar-season-games-1-the-captains-final-comeback
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Happy Birthday to the Captain America.
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In Roger's A FOOTBALL LIFE they said he sold his company for $600 million a few years back.
That's a pretty successful "after" football life.
That's a pretty successful "after" football life.
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Don't forget David Buehler's birthday wishes.
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi?month=2&day=5
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi?month=2&day=5
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Absolutely love that picture.
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49ers took a 21-6 lead in the second quarter, it looked like San Francisco would finally reverse its fortune against the Cowboys, who had beaten them in the two previous NFC Championship games.
"They were laughing at us. Making fun of us during the game," said Dallas safety Charlie Waters. "They were really enjoying having the upper hand on us. They didn't think there was any way (we'd come back) -- because our offense was sputtering. We were doing absolutely nothing."
Dallas was able to cut the deficit to 21-13 by halftime, as Morton hooked up with eventual Hall of Famer Lance Alworth on a 28-yard touchdown pass. But when the 49ers took a 28-13 lead into the fourth quarter, head coach Tom Landry decided to send Staubach into the game.
Calvin Hill's 48-yard run set up a field goal that got the Cowboys within 28-16 with 10 minutes to play. The Cowboys' defense held San Francisco in check the rest of the way, setting the stage for the final two minutes, when Staubach went into full comeback mode. When it was all said and done, Staubach's magnificent fourth-quarter performance saw him complete 12 of 20 passes for 174 yards and two touchdowns.
A toss to Billy Parks got the Cowboys to the 20 after the two-minute warning. Staubach then spotted Parks in the end zone for the first of his two touchdown passes. Dallas was now down 28-23 with 1:20 to play.
But the Cowboys needed to figure out a way to get the ball back into Staubach's hands.
"We had this foreign kicker from Australia, Toni Fritsch," said Waters. "He used to try all these tricky ways of kicking the ball. And he used to do this thing where he'd run up to the ball and run past it. And he'd kick it behind his back."
Sure enough, Fritsch fooled the 49ers. He lined up to kick to the left, but Fritsch instead squibbed the ball to the right, bouncing it off the 49ers' Preston Riley. Mel Renfro recovered the ball for the Cowboys.
"Once we got that onside kick, the momentum definitely turned," Staubach said.
Again, Staubach hit Parks to set up the winning touchdown. Then with 52 seconds to play, the game-winner went to Ron Sellers, capping a 15-point rally in the fourth quarter and a 30-28 victory.
"I think the biggest thing about Roger is that he never quit," Cowboys defensive end Bob Lilly said. "It didn't matter now much the Cowboys were down."
http://static.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs98/news/1999/990104/01026665.html
This game for me was the one that told me no matter what if Roger is in the game we can come back. I was with my aunt and uncle that day and was told we were leaving but I refused until the game was over and my uncle looked at me and said it is over Dallas lost. Never let him live that day down. lol
"They were laughing at us. Making fun of us during the game," said Dallas safety Charlie Waters. "They were really enjoying having the upper hand on us. They didn't think there was any way (we'd come back) -- because our offense was sputtering. We were doing absolutely nothing."
Dallas was able to cut the deficit to 21-13 by halftime, as Morton hooked up with eventual Hall of Famer Lance Alworth on a 28-yard touchdown pass. But when the 49ers took a 28-13 lead into the fourth quarter, head coach Tom Landry decided to send Staubach into the game.
Calvin Hill's 48-yard run set up a field goal that got the Cowboys within 28-16 with 10 minutes to play. The Cowboys' defense held San Francisco in check the rest of the way, setting the stage for the final two minutes, when Staubach went into full comeback mode. When it was all said and done, Staubach's magnificent fourth-quarter performance saw him complete 12 of 20 passes for 174 yards and two touchdowns.
A toss to Billy Parks got the Cowboys to the 20 after the two-minute warning. Staubach then spotted Parks in the end zone for the first of his two touchdown passes. Dallas was now down 28-23 with 1:20 to play.
But the Cowboys needed to figure out a way to get the ball back into Staubach's hands.
"We had this foreign kicker from Australia, Toni Fritsch," said Waters. "He used to try all these tricky ways of kicking the ball. And he used to do this thing where he'd run up to the ball and run past it. And he'd kick it behind his back."
Sure enough, Fritsch fooled the 49ers. He lined up to kick to the left, but Fritsch instead squibbed the ball to the right, bouncing it off the 49ers' Preston Riley. Mel Renfro recovered the ball for the Cowboys.
"Once we got that onside kick, the momentum definitely turned," Staubach said.
Again, Staubach hit Parks to set up the winning touchdown. Then with 52 seconds to play, the game-winner went to Ron Sellers, capping a 15-point rally in the fourth quarter and a 30-28 victory.
"I think the biggest thing about Roger is that he never quit," Cowboys defensive end Bob Lilly said. "It didn't matter now much the Cowboys were down."
http://static.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs98/news/1999/990104/01026665.html
This game for me was the one that told me no matter what if Roger is in the game we can come back. I was with my aunt and uncle that day and was told we were leaving but I refused until the game was over and my uncle looked at me and said it is over Dallas lost. Never let him live that day down. lol
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Roger never quit for sure. I've always heard that.
The best ever in my book & the right kind of person. I respect that man so much.
He represents everything good about the Cowboys.
The best ever in my book & the right kind of person. I respect that man so much.
He represents everything good about the Cowboys.
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He was the clean cut all American guy, Navy officer who served his country and hell of a QB with nerves of steel and a man who hated losing more than anything and the main reason we were called America's Team
Walt Garrison book Once A Cowboys talks of Roger trying to be one of the guys so he goes to Walt to get some chewing tobacco and Roger is sitting there chewing it during film study and as he chews it he is swallowing some and Walt said Roger was turning green and finally had to get up run outside to throw up, Coach Landry advised no one give Roger chewing tobacco any longer. lol
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That's funny. He didn't mention that in his A FOOTBALL LIFE special.
As a woman I was touched that decades after she passed he still gets choked up when speaking about his mother dying. That touched my heart.
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If you get a chance buy Walt Garrison book "Once A Cowboy" one of the funniest books about so many great Cowboys players of the 70's
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I sure will. Amazon probably has it. Thank you.
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My pleasure no one tells a story like Walt Garrison. You will enjoy this book very much.
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Awesome! Those old teams are just video & books to me. I was not around then but I like reading & watching the teams from then. Landry & all that.