Maurice Emerson "Maurie" Daigneau III (born May 5, 1950) is a former American football quarterback.
He grew up in Rochester, Minnesota, and attended John Marshall High School.
[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.
[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.