Born in modest circumstances in Louisiana, Robertson developed a deep connection to the outdoors, which would later define his career ... Phil Robertson is Saying Goodbye After His Diagnosis NFL ...

Phil Robertson, the Duck Dynasty patriarch ... at Louisiana Tech in the late 1960s but chose business over a football career. In 1972, he founded Duck Commander, a company specializing in hunting ...

Notably absent will be Phil Robertson, the controversial patriarch ... but instead of pursuing a professional football career, he chose to enter the business world. In 1972, he founded Duck ...