| Maurie Daigneau | |
| Position: | Quarterback |
| Birth Date: | 5 May 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Olmsted County, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lbs: | 195 |
| High School: | John Marshall (MN) |
| College: | Northwestern |
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Maurice Emerson "Maurie" Daigneau III (born May 5, 1950) is a former American football quarterback.
Daigneau was born in Olmsted County, Minnesota, in 1950. He grew up in Rochester, Minnesota, and attended John Marshall High School.[1]
He played college football for the Northwestern Wildcats from 1969 to 1971. In three years at Northwestern, he completed 298 of 659 passes for 4,237 yards, 23 touchdowns, and 53 interceptions.[2] As a senior in 1971, he led the Big Ten Conference with 1,733 passing yards (a Northwestern school record) and led the 1971 Northwestern Wildcats football team to a victory over Ohio State and a second place finish in the Big Ten.[3] [4] Daignau was selected by the Associated Press and the United Press International as a first-team player on the 1971 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[5] [6] [7]
In 1974, he played for the Chicago Fire (WFL) in the newly-formed World Football League and appeared in 12 games. He then signed with the Chicago Winds in July 1975,[8] and later with the Milwaukee County Spartans of the Central States Football League.[9]