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Ex-Cowboys QB Staubach In Tampa For Flag Football Gathering

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By JOHN CEBALLOS | South Shore News & Tribune

Published: January 28, 2009

TAMPA - A group of area CEOs are celebrating Super Bowl week by lining up for a flag football game Thursday evening.

Both teams will be catching passes from an insanely overqualified passer.

Roger Staubach, the former Dallas Cowboys star and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, will serve as quarterback for both teams.

Jones Lang LaSalle, a financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate services and investment management, rented the football field at Jesuit High School for the gathering.

It is a private event and not open to the public.

Jones Lang LaSalle recently merged with Staubach's real estate services firm.

"He's going to be in town for the Super Bowl; we asked him to do it because we thought it'd be fun, and he agreed," said Lee Winter, senior vice president of Jones Lang LaSalle.

Winter said more than 100 people are scheduled to attend.

"I think it's going to be a thrill for everybody, and we're really looking forward to the game and being able to say we caught a pass from a Hall of Famer."

Reporter John Ceballos can be reached at (813) 865-1555.

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