Danny White
Staubach's successor, quarterback and punter for 13 seasons.
Danny White played quarterback and punted for the Dallas Cowboys for 13 seasons and is counted as the club's third franchise quarterback after Don Meredith and Roger Staubach. As a starter he went 62-30, was a second-team All-Pro in 1982, and took Dallas to five postseasons, including three straight NFC Championship Games from 1980 to 1982.
Quick Facts
- Number
- 11
- Position
- Quarterback, punter
- Born
- 9 February 1952
- Birthplace
- Mesa, Arizona, U.S.
- High school
- Westwood (Mesa)
- College
- Arizona State (1971–1973)
- Draft year
- 1974
- Draft round
- 3
Lore & Background
White came out of Mesa, Arizona, on a baseball scholarship to Arizona State that also required him to punt. He became the starting quarterback as a sophomore and went 32-4, won three Fiesta Bowls and was an All-American in 1973.
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