World’s richest NFL star is worth near £500m – | NFL News

You can be forgiven for assuming the world’s richest NFL star is maybe New England Patriots icon Tom Brady, but the honour truly lies with former Dallas Cowboys star Roger Staubach.

Staubach, 82, is best often called an ex-quarterback for the Cowboys and a two-time Super Bowl champion. From 1969 to 1979, ‘Captain America’, as he was dubbed, turned the Dallas franchise into a pressure to be reckoned with.

Yet it is since his retirement 46 years in the past that he is has accrued an astonishing estimated wealth of £483million ($600m). Such is his financial may, he truly towers above Brady, who at the moment sits on an approximate £250m ($300m).

Staubach’s story reads like an American fairytale. Born in Cincinnati in 1942, the previous QB joined the army in 1961 and even volunteered for a one-year tour of responsibility in Vietnam. Upon exiting the US Navy, the Cowboys chosen him within the 1964 NFL Draft.

He would go on to steer the Cowboys to 10 consecutive victories, together with the crew’s first-ever Super Bowl win in 1972 towards the Miami Dolphins. In 1977, he led the Cowboys to their second triumph in at Super Bowl XII, beating the Denver Broncos.

After 11 NFL seasons spent with the Cowboys, Staubach introduced his retirement in 1979 and commenced his life in business. He began his own business real estate business, The Staubach Company, with Robert Holloway Jr within the late ’70s.

However, he purchased out Holloway in 1982 and The Staubach Company went on to work with main companies like AT&T, McDonald’s, Okay-Mart Corporation and the Hospital Corporation of America. He additionally has possession stakes in 27 completely different condominium complexes within the Dallas-Fort Worth space, and have become the joint proprietor of a NASCAR crew, as per Celebrity Net Worth.

The 82-year-old served as his company’s chairman and CEO till asserting he can be stepping down in June 2007. A 12 months later, he inflated his bank stability to an eye-watering quantity promoting his beloved company for $613 million (£493m), giving him the majority of his fortune.

Brady, in the meantime, carved out his own American dream. He performed in a document 10 Super Bowls with the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, profitable seven – essentially the most of any participant in NFL historical past – whereas his Tampa Bay contract was worth a minimal of £40m ($50m) over two years.

However, his massive pay day got here in March 2022 when he signed a 10-year deal worth a whopping £302m ($375m) to affix FOX, the place he provides commentary and punditry on NFL video games.

He additionally has a minority stake within the Las Vegas Aces of the WNBA, NFL facet Las Vegas Raiders and League One high-flyers Birminham City. While Staubach comfortably leads the way in which on the all time wealthy record for NFL gamers, Brady is at the moment tied behind the Cowboys icon with ex-Minnesota Vikings star Frank Tarkenton.

Former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning is up subsequent with a £201m ($250m) fortune, alongside NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Green Bay Packers legend Aaron Rodgers then is available in behind these with a £161m ($200m) web worth.