Randy Duncan Hearst Randolph " Randy " Duncan , Jr . ( born March 15 , 1937 in Osage , Iowa ) is a former American collegiate and Professional Football quarterback . He played college football at the University of Iowa . He played in two Rose Bowl s ( 1957 , 1959 ) and has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame . Duncan played professionally for Canadian Football League ' s BC Lions and the American Football League ' s Dallas Texans . Early years . Randy Duncan was born to Hearst and Louise Duncan in 1937 . Randy moved from Osage to Mason City before finally attending Roosevelt High School in Des Moines , Iowa . Duncan was a highly regarded prospect in both football and basketball . He was a first team all - state guard on the Roosevelt basketball team that lost in the 1954 state championship game . Duncan was a first team all - state quarterback for Roosevelt , leading his high school to an undefeated season and a state title in 1954 . His high school football teams only lost two games during Duncan ' s three years there . Duncan graduated from high school after the 1954 fall semester , and he was heavily recruited after choosing to play football . He nearly went to Colorado but instead decided to attend the University of Iowa . Duncan has said that the only reason he went to Iowa was because of his friendship with Iowa assistant coach Bump Elliott . College career . Randy Duncan ' s college career got off to a slow start . As a mid - year graduate and due to freshman ineligibility , Duncan had to wait one and a half years to play , joining Iowa in the spring of 1955 but seeing his first action as a sophomore in the fall of 1956 . Duncan became very discouraged over being constantly berated by Iowa coach Forest Evashevski and being clobbered in practice by Cal Jones . " Time after time , I was going to quit and transfer to Iowa State , " Duncan has said . But Duncan managed to win the backup quarterback job in 1956 , playing behind Ken Ploen . In a non - conference game against Oregon State , Duncan led Iowa to two fourth - quarter touchdowns and a 14 - 13 win after Ploen was injured . Iowa qualified for the Rose Bowl that season , and the opponent was again Oregon State . Duncan played the second quarter following a Ploen injury and led Iowa to a touchdown in Iowa ' s 35 - 19 win in the 1957 Rose Bowl . Duncan was named the starter and led the team in passing in 1957 . He battled snow and sleet to throw a touchdown pass for the only score in Iowa ' s win over Northwestern , and he missed the end of Iowa ' s tie with Michigan due to leg cramps . Duncan scored four touchdowns , two passing and two rushing , against Minnesota , and two touchdowns against Notre Dame , one passing and one on an interception return as a defensive back . Iowa went 7 - 1 - 1 on the season , and Duncan was named first team All - Big Ten . As a senior in 1958 , Duncan led Iowa to one of its best seasons ever . After a surprising early season tie against Air Force , Iowa won five straight Big Ten games , clinching the Big Ten title as early as it had ever been clinched before . Duncan was terrific , helping Iowa lead the Big Ten in passing and the nation in total offense . He led the nation in completion percentage and passing yardage . His greatest game may have been in Iowa ' s lone loss in 1958 , when he set a Big Ten record with 23 completions in 33 tries for 249 yards in a 38 - 28 loss to Ohio State . Duncan led Iowa to another Big Ten title and a 38 - 12 victory in the 1959 Rose Bowl . His lone touchdown pass in the Rose Bowl broke the school record for touchdown passes in a season , which had been held by Nile Kinnick in 1939 . Duncan was named first team All - Big Ten . He was also named the 1958 Big Ten MVP , and he was selected as a consensus first team All - American . He won the Walter Camp Award and finished second in the Heisman Trophy balloting . Duncan is one of seven Iowa players to letter from 1956 through 1958 . In that span , Iowa ' s record was 24 - 3 - 2 with two Big Ten titles , three top ten rankings in the final Associated Press poll , and two victories in the Rose Bowl . Upon being voted Iowa ' s MVP , Duncan said , " There ' s nobody that knows any better than I do that this was all made possible by you guys here and the coaching staff behind me . I mean it . Just to be a part of this ball club was all that I really ever wanted . " Professional Football career . Randy Duncan was drafted by the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League with the first pick of the first round of the 1959 NFL Draft . He never played for the Packers , however . Duncan instead went to the Canadian Football League and signed with the British Columbia Lions . He later explained , " That was Green Bay before Vince Lombardi , and Canada offered a lot more dough . " Duncan played for two years in Canada before signing with the American Football League ' s Dallas Texans ( now the Kansas City Chiefs ) . He practiced with the Texans during the day and attended Southern Methodist University law school at night . Duncan did not see much playing time for the Texans , and when Texans coach Hank Stram traded for Len Dawson , Duncan retired from football . After football . Duncan finished law school at Drake University , and for years , he has operated a successful law practice in Des Moines . Duncan married Paula Mathieson in 1960 , and they have three sons : Jed , Matt and Scott . Jed and Matt Duncan played football at Yale University and the University of Iowa , respectively . Two of Randy Duncan ' s grandsons , Cole and Kyle Duncan , currently play football at Bowdoin College . Honors . Duncan was inducted into the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame in 1976 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1997 . In 1999 , " Sports Illustrated " selected Randy Duncan as the 28th greatest sports figure in the history of the state of Iowa . Duncan was named honorary captain of the Iowa football team during the Iowa - Maine football game in 2008 . See also . Other American Football League players