The BIZARRE Retirement of Joe Namath (1969 Jets)

Описание: On June 9, 1969, less than six months after winning Super Bowl III over the Baltimore Colts, New York Jets quarterback and eventual Hall of Famer Joe Namath shocked the world by announcing his retirement. This is the story behind why Namath retired, what caused the feud between him and NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, and why he eventually un-retired

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Joe Namath is a former American football quarterback who played in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, primarily with the New York Jets. He played college football at Alabama, where he led the team to a national championship title, and was selected by the Jets first overall in the 1965 AFL Draft. During his five AFL seasons, he was a two-time MVP and twice led the league in passing yards while guiding the Jets to victory in one AFL championship and one Super Bowl. Both victories remain the Jets' only championships. Namath joined the NFL with the Jets in 1970 following the AFL–NFL merger, where he was the league's passing yards and touchdowns leader during the 1972 season. He played in New York for seven more seasons, with his final year spent as a member of the Los Angeles Rams.

Namath cemented his legacy in 1969 when he boldly guaranteed his heavy underdog Jets would win Super Bowl III before defeating the NFL's Baltimore Colts in one of the greatest sports upsets of all time. The Super Bowl victory was the first for an AFL franchise, helping dismiss notions that its teams were inferior to the NFL's and demonstrate they would enter the merger as equals. Namath received Super Bowl MVP honors in the game while becoming the first quarterback to win both a college national championship and a major professional championship.

Nicknamed "Broadway Joe", Namath's on-field success and brash personality made him a media icon who attracted mainstream popularity outside of sports. Although his statistics and win–loss record are unimpressive from a contemporary standpoint, Namath remains one of the league's most iconic and popular figures. He was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985.

Joe Namath played for the following teams:
1965 Jets
1966 Jets
1967 Jets
1968 Jets (Super Bowl 3)
1969 Jets
1970 Jets
1971 Jets
1972 Jets
1973 Jets
1974 Jets
1975 Jets
1976 Jets
1977 Rams

Joe Namath threw touchdown passes to:
Don Maynard
Rich Caster
George Sauer
Jerome Barkum
Pete Lammons
Emerson Boozer
Eddie Bell
Bill Mathis
Matt Snell
John Riggins
Bake Turner
David Knight
Mark Smolinski
Jazz Jackson
Harold Jackson
Terry Nelson
Clark Gaines
Carl Garrett
Wayne Stewart
Robert Burns
Lawrence McCutcheon
Dee Mackey
Curley Johnson
Richard Osborne