Joe Namath
Career information High school: Beaver Falls (PA) College: Alabama NFL Draft: 1965 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12 AFL Draft: 1965 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1 Debuted in 1965 for the New York Jets Last played in 1977 for the Los Angeles Rams Career history New York Jets (1965–1976) Los Angeles Rams (1977) Career highlights and awards 4× AFL All-Star selection (1965, 1967, 1968, 1969) Pro Bowl selection (1972) AP First-Team All-AFL (1968) 3× AP Second-Team All-NFL/AFL (1967, 1969, 1972) 2× AP AFL MVP (1968, 1969) 2× UPI AFL Player of the Year (1968) UPI AFL Rookie of the Year (1965) PFW NFL Comeback Player of the Year (1974) American Football League Champion (1968) Super Bowl champion (III) Super Bowl III MVP AFL All-Time Team Bronze Medallion (New York City award) (1969) First quarterback to throw 4,000 yards in one season (1967) New York Jets #12 retired Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (1985) Career NFL statistics Pass attempts 3,762 Pass completions 1,886 Percentage 50.1 TD–INT 173–220 Passing yards 27,663 QB Rating 65.5 Stats at NFL.com Pro Football Hall of Fame Joseph William "Joe" Namath (/ˈneɪmɨθ/; born May 31, 1943), nicknamed "Broadway Joe" or "Joe Willie", is a former American football quarterback and actor. He played college football for the University of Alabama under coach Paul "Bear" Bryant from 1962 to 1964, and professional football in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) during the 1960s and 1970s. Namath was an American Football League icon and played for that league's New York Jets for most of his professional football career, and finished his career with the NFL's Los Angeles Rams. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1985. Namath retired after playing in 143 career games (including playoff games) with 68 wins, 71 losses and 4 ties, in his 132 career starts he was 64–64–4, and he was 4–7 coming off the bench in relief. In his career he threw 173 touchdowns, 220 interceptions, and completed 1,886 passes for 27,663 yards. During his thirteen years in the AFL and NFL he played for three division champions (the 1968 and 1969 AFL East Champion Jets and the 1977 NFC West Champion Rams), earned one league championship (1968 AFL Championship), and one Super Bowl victory (Super Bowl III). In 1999, he was ranked number 96 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players. He was the only player on the list to have spent a majority of his career with the Jets. He is known for once boldly guaranteeing a Jets' victory over Don Shula's NFL Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III (1969) and then making good on his prediction with a 16-7 win for the Jets.