| The world is too much with us, as Wordsworth said. We live in an age of
venality, corruption, scandal and immortality. Diogenes would have to walk a
long way with his lamp these days to find an "honest man." Ironically,
he might find him in the vicinity of Dallas, a city more renowned for
high-roller excesses than cynicism, as Diogenes and his ilk defined it. If the
old Greek Cynic ever returns, he would do well to shine his lantern on 2511
Prairie Creek, the home of one Roger Thomas Staubach in the Dallas suburb of
Richardson. For Staubach is by all accounts the Galahad of the Gridiron, the
NFL's own personal St. Francis of Assisi, the straightest arrow in the quiver
... In this age of the public confessional, when a touch of naughtiness is as
much a part of the superstar quarterback's persona as a strong throwing arm or a
glib tongue on camera, perfection may be Staubach's only
failing.
--From "A Do-Gooder Who's Doing Good", Sports Illustrated,
September 4, 1978, by Robert F. Jones |
