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Roger Staubach Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Roger Staubach. A legendary Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Staubach helped to rehabilitate the post-assassination image of Dallas as part of "America's Team" in the 1970s. He previously had several personal encounters with President Kennedy while attending the U.S. Naval Academy and played in the 1963 Army-Navy game dedicated in memory of the late president. Staubach, who served in the Vietnam War, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, TX on October 31, 2019 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 43 minutes long.The video attached to this record is an excerpt. The entire interview is available in our Reading Room to on-site researchers or by submitting a Rights & Reproductions Request Form.

Object Details
Object title:

Roger Staubach Oral History

Date:

10/31/2019

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 43 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2019.001.0127

Curatorial Note:

Roger Staubach consistently appears on lists ranking the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history. In 2009, sports broadcaster Mark Hauser ranked Staubach as #1 on his list of the Top 15 Quarterbacks of All Time. You can learn more about his career and game statistics on his Heisman Winners page: Roger Staubach | Heisman, as well as on the official Dallas Cowboys website: Dallas Cowboys | Official Site of the Dallas Cowboys. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Roger Staubach Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Roger Staubach. A legendary Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Staubach helped to rehabilitate the post-assassination image of Dallas as part of "America's Team" in the 1970s. He previously had several personal encounters with President Kennedy while attending the U.S. Naval Academy and played in the 1963 Army-Navy game dedicated in memory of the late president. Staubach, who served in the Vietnam War, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, TX on October 31, 2019 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 43 minutes long.The video attached to this record is an excerpt. The entire interview is available in our Reading Room to on-site researchers or by submitting a Rights & Reproductions Request Form.

Object Details
Object title:

Roger Staubach Oral History

Date:

10/31/2019

Terms:

Assassination

Oral histories

Sports

Vietnam

Kennedy, John F.

Dallas Cowboys

U.S. Navy

Dallas

Community Leaders (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Vietnam (OHC)

Popular Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 43 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2019.001.0127

Curatorial Note:

Roger Staubach consistently appears on lists ranking the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history. In 2009, sports broadcaster Mark Hauser ranked Staubach as #1 on his list of the Top 15 Quarterbacks of All Time. You can learn more about his career and game statistics on his Heisman Winners page: Roger Staubach | Heisman, as well as on the official Dallas Cowboys website: Dallas Cowboys | Official Site of the Dallas Cowboys. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator