Roger Staubach’s RC & More
If there were a way actually to measure it, Roger Staubach would rank among the all-time greatest in the fictional “Ice in Veins” intangibles stat. He led Dallas to four league championships, won two, and earned the nicknames “Roger the Dodger” and “Captain Comeback” for a reason. He won 75% of the games he played for Dallas and was one of his era’s most prolific rushing quarterbacks. If it weren’t for the stout defenses of the 1970s bringing down the stats of just about every quarterback, and if injuries and concussions didn’t shorten his career, who knows what records he would still hold? Of course, after 11 nearly-perfect seasons, he retired at the top of his game as the best player at his position, then became a 1985 inductee into the Hall of Fame, so he’s checked every box you need to be an undeniable GOAT.
To celebrate the clutch quarterback who threw the first Hail Mary in league history, we look back at Topps Football’s past to look at some iconic sets from the ’70s, as well as the new Topps Football Motif and Topps Composite Football sets, which update this classic player with a new collectible look that you need to collect.
Top Roger Staubach Cards
2024 Topps Composite Football Resurgence Ignite Swatch Autographs #RIRPA-R Roger Staubach
Player info
• Retired after the 1979 season with what was then the highest career passer rating in history at the time: 83.4
• 1970s all-decade team
Set info
• Resurgence Ignite Swatch set has nine parallels
card back
• a guarantee of the signature’s authenticity and the authenticity of the player-worn jersey as witnessed by a topps employee
2023 Topps Composite Football Finest Refractor #178 Roger Staubach /99
Player info
• two-time league champion
• four-time league passer rating leader (1971, 1973, 1978, 1979)
Card info
• 425 card set base set divided into ten of the most iconic topps brands of all time (IE allen & Ginter, Midnight, finest, heritage, and more)
card back
• Name, vitals, Draft info, and career stats with a writeup about his come-from-behind heroics, which earned him the nickname “captain comeback”
1972 Topps Football #200 Roger Staubach RC
Player info
• had a career-high 104.8 passer rating in the 1971 season
• six-time pro bowler
Card info
• 351 card base set with conference offensive and defensive leader subsets
card back
• vitals, draft info, career stat box up to that point (69,70,71), and a writeup of his championship-winning season in which he was the MVP of the championship game
1973 Topps Football #475 Roger Staubach
Player info
• 1973 passing td leader
• 2,264 career rushing yards
Card info
• 528 card set with offensive and defensive stat leaders subsets
card back
• name, position, vitals, 1972 season stats and lifetime stats, and a recap of his come-from-behind victory over san Francisco in the playoffs
1980 Topps Football Passing Leaders #331 Roger Staubach and Dan Fouts
Player info
• drafted in the 10th round (129 overall)
• led his conference in passing (3,586 yards) in his final season
Card info
• 528 card base set
• includes team leaders subsets and 1979 record breakers, including most rushing yards in a rookie season, most career interceptions, and more
card back
• breakdowns of each QB passing stats game by game over the 1979 season
