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1 hour ago · The 12th overall pick in the 1965 NFL Draft, Namath spurned the NFL and the St. Louis Cardinals to sign with the Jets, who selected him with the No. 1 overall pick in that year's AFL draft. Fittingly, Namath signed with "Gang Green" after receiving a $427,000 contract, the highest rookie contract in pro football history at the time.
4 days ago · His masculinity was so unquestionable that he posed in panty hose for a magazine advertisement. And at a time when athletes were expected to be modest and self-deprecating , Namath “guaranteed” that the Jets would defeat the favoured NFL Baltimore Colts in the 1969 Super Bowl ; they did, 16–7.
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4 days ago · Behind the play of future Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath, the Jets won a historic upset in the 1969 Super Bowl over the Baltimore Colts. The Jets share a home stadium with the New York Giants in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Read Walter Camp’s 1903 Britannica essay on inventing American football.) It was established in 1960 as one of the ...
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“Joe Namath, who completes most of his passes, goes on defense at Shea Stadium as he meets members of the Playboy Bunny touch football team, of which he is the honorary coach. The former Alabama star said, ‘Bear Bryant never told me I’d run into anything like this.’” (1967)
4 days ago · Joe Namath and Farrah Fawcett on the set of a Noxzema shaving cream commercial in New York City. (1981) In 1981, the streets of New York City were abuzz with excitement as two iconic celebrities ...
