Babe Laufenberg

Babe Laufenberg

Laufenberg at the 2010 World Series
No. 12, 15, 16, 11
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1959-12-05) December 5, 1959
Place of birth:	Burbank, California
Career information
College:	Indiana
NFL draft:	1983 / Round: 6 / Pick: 168
Career history
Washington Redskins (1983,1985,1987) New Orleans Saints (1986) San Diego Chargers (1985,1988) Dallas Cowboys (1989–1991) Kansas City Chiefs (1987) Ohio Glory (WLAF) (1992)
Career NFL statistics
TD-INT: 7–17 Yards: 1,691 QB Rating: 49.5 Player stats at NFL.com

Brandon Hugh 'Babe' Laufenberg (born December 5, 1959) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League who played for the New Orleans Saints, San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins, and the Kansas City Chiefs. He also played for the Ohio Glory in the World League of American Football. Laufenberg won a Super Bowl ring behind Joe Thiesmann in Washington as a rookie backup quarterback.

Laufenberg is also credited with giving Daryl Johnston the nickname "Moose". In the offensive meetings, Johnston towered over the other fullbacks and Laufenberg said that Johnston looked like, "A moose in a herd of deer.". Laufenberg was the lead sports anchor and Sports Director for KTVT television in Dallas, Texas, from 1997 to January 14, 2015, but continues to serve as a color analyst on the Dallas Cowboys Radio Network. His co-host, Brad Sham, has called him the best color analyst in the business.

Pro football career

While most of Laufenberg's career NFL games were with Washington and Ohio in the World League of Football, he started the first 5 games of the 1988 season and lead the San Diego Chargers to a 2–3 record. Laufenberg played in the final four games of the 1990 season for Dallas (0–1 as a starter), when Troy Aikman got hurt several times.

Laufenberg started the season as a third stringer, but beat out Steve Walsh five games into the 1990 season when Walsh was traded to the New Orlean Saints. He was optioned to the World League of Football for the 1991 spring season. He returned to Dallas and was cut five days into the 1991 NFL training camp. He returned for one final World League season in 1992, with the Ohio Glory and then retired after 10 pro seasons with: Washington, San Diego back to Washington, then to New Orleans, back to Washington, then to Kansas City, back to San Diego, then to Dallas, to the World League, back to Dallas, back to the World League. He has been a successful sportscaster on Dallas radio and TV since, three times winning the Texas state sportscaster of the year award.