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CEOs Have Their Own Super Moment With Staubach

Tribune photo by JOHN CEBALLOS

Two-time Super Bowl champion and Pro Football Hall of Famer Roger Staubach served as the quarterback for a couple of flag-football games at Jesuit High School on Thursday.

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By JOHN CEBALLOS | South Shore News & Tribune

Published: January 30, 2009

Less than a mile from the site of Sunday's game, a group of area businesspeople experienced their own Super Bowl moment.

Two-time Super Bowl champion and Pro Football Hall of Famer Roger Staubach served as the quarterback for a couple of flag-football games at Jesuit High School on Thursday.

Jones Lang LaSalle, a financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate services and investment management, rented the football field at Jesuit for the gathering, which was private and not open to the public.

"It's very exciting," said Terry McLaughlin of Bay Care Health System, a Jones Lang LaSalle client. "I can honestly say I caught a touchdown pass from a Hall of Famer."

The players had to endure a wet field due rain in the hours leading up to the game. They played two 15-minute games, with Staubach serving as the quarterback for both teams.

"I played in my share of rainy days, but I thought all of that was behind me," Staubach said.

Staubach's real estate services firm, which was established in 1977, merged with Jones Lang LaSalle in June.

The gathering also featured food, music from Tampa's Three Peace Band and a drawing for Super Bowl tickets and a football autographed by Staubach. More than 100 people were in attendance and more than 30 participated in the flag-football games.

"This is a man who's all about integrity and commitment, and we're honored to have him here with us," said Chris Butler, managing director for Jones Lang LaSalle.

Staubach is on the Super Bowl XLV committee, which will host the game in Arlington, Texas, in 2011.

"Part of the reason we're down here is that we're doing work and checking out how Tampa puts on a Super Bowl," Staubach said.

As for this year's game, he's rooting for the Arizona Cardinals, mostly due to some bad experiences with their Super Bowl opponent. Both of Staubach's Super Bowl losses came against the Pittsburgh
Steelers.

"They've got a really wonderful franchise, but I still don't like them," Staubach joked about the Steelers.

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