National Football Foundation

Dave Elmendorf won many honors. In 1970, he was named All-America defensive back in football. He also was named Academic All-America and won a graduate scholarship from the National Football Foundation. In the spring of 1971, he was named an outfielder on the All-America baseball team and he graduated from Texas A&M with honors and a degree in economic studies. In addition to playing defensive back for Texas A&M in 1970, he returned 23 kickoffs for an average of 19.9 yards and returned 13 punts for an average of 10 yards. The Atlanta Braves tried to sign him to a baseball contract when he finished high school. He turned them down and enrolled at Texas A&M. After college, he played nine years of pro football with the Los Angeles Rams. He became a broadcaster on radio and TV, became a director of course acquisition for the American Golf Corporation, and in 1989 became general manager of Sugar Creek Golf Club in Houston, Texas. Elmendorf last served as the general manager of the Quail Valley Golf Course in Missouri City, Texas. In 1997, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.