Roger Staubauch and the birth of the term 'Hail Mary'

Of course Roger Staubach coined the term "Hail Mary." He has done just about everything else during his eventful life.

Staubach was a Heisman Trophy winner at the Naval Academy, the last Heisman winner from a service academy (he'll probably keep that title for a long time, too). He served in Vietnam. He came to the Dallas Cowboys and became one of the most dynamic quarterbacks in NFL history. In his post-NFL days, he became a wildly successful businessman.

And he came up with the term "Hail Mary," which is now just a part of football's language. It was inspired from his most famous play, when he hit Drew Pearson to win a 1975 NFC divisional playoff game. He talks about that and the rest of his experiences in the NFL Network's "A Football Life" on Friday, and a trailer for the show is in the video above.

Staubach has had quite the interesting ride.

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