Sainthood For Rosenbach

Free agent quarterback Timm Rosenbach Tuesday night signed a two-year, $1.2 million contract to replace Wade Wilson as the backup to New Orleans Saints starter Jim Everett.

Rosenbach’s deal reportedly includes a $200,000 signing bonus with base salaries of $300,000 in 1995 and $700,000 in 1996. He will count for $400,000 against this year’s $37.1 million salary cap, a savings of $500,000.

Rosenbach’s deal allows the Saints to realize their goal of finding a No. 2 QB for no more than $400,000 in 1995.

Rosenbach was unavailable for comment. The former Washington State University quarterback returns to the NFL after a self-imposed two-year hiatus that followed an injury-plagued, four-year stint with Arizona.

Former Idaho quarterback Doug Nussmeier is the Saints’ third-stringer.

The Los Angeles Rams will keep 10-year veteran wide receiver Jessie Hester, who had received an offer from the Seattle Seahawks.

Dick Gallagher, 85, former director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and a former assistant coach with the Cleveland Browns, died of cancer of the esophagus at North Canton, Ohio.