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The best players drafted by the Chiefs who never played for the team

By Kelly Thompson

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 5: Runningback Gale Sayers #40, of the Chicago Bears, runs the ball as guard George Seals #67 sets up to block during a game on October 5, 1969 against the New York Giants at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York. (Photo by: Kidwiler Collection/Diamond Images/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - OCTOBER 5: Runningback Gale Sayers #40, of the Chicago Bears, runs the ball as guard George Seals #67 sets up to block during a game on October 5, 1969 against the New York Giants at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York. (Photo by: Kidwiler Collection/Diamond Images/Getty Images) /
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Dallas Cowboys Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach looks to pass in a 13-6 win over the Los Angeles Rams on August 10, 1974 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by James Flores/Getty Images)
Dallas Cowboys Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach looks to pass in a 13-6 win over the Los Angeles Rams on August 10, 1974 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by James Flores/Getty Images) /

2. Roger Staubach

Though ineligible to play professional football until the 1969 season, but the AFL and NFL allowed teams to draft quarterback Roger Staubach of the New Mexico Military Institute in the 1964 draft. He was four years removed from high school at the time, but had a four year military commitment from his time at the institution to serve prior to commencing the NFL career.

Staubach was a 16th round selection by the Chiefs and a 10th round selection by the Cowboys. He chose to play for the Cowboys and his career kicked off in 1969. In 1971 he would lead the team to their first Super Bowl Championships, was the MVP of Super Bowl VI, was elected to his first Pro Bowl, and was the league’s Player of the Year.

Staubach would play through the 1979 season and make five more Pro Bowls in that time. The Cowboys won a second Super Bowl with Staubach in 1977. In his career, he threw for over 22,000 passing yards and 153 touchdowns. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985.

While Len Dawson still may have led the team to the Super Bowl in the 1969 season, it’s imaginable that Staubach would have taken the starting reigns from Dawson when he went down with injury during the season, and Staubach instead may have led the team to Super Bowl IV.

Regardless, its almost certainly true that the Chiefs of the ’70s would have looked very different with Staubach at the helm.

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