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Jul 22, 2022 · Joe’s mustache was “finally coming off” with Schick’s retractable electric razor, which he uses to shave the Fu Manchu on camera. “Joe is swinging with the revolution,” the narrator says.
- He Made Big Bucks
- He Had Guts
- He Was A Bad Boy
- He Scored His Own Talk Show
- He Was A Movie Star
- He Rocked A Fu Manchu Mustache
- …And A Fur Coat.
- He Was Pretty Stylish on The Field Too
- He Had Commercial Appeal
- He Scored Off The Field
Today, it’s pretty commonplace to read about athletes pulling in ridiculous amounts of moola. But big salaries weren’t always the norm…until Namath came along. As a rookie, he nabbed a $427,000 contract with the Jets. Though conservative by today’s standards, at the time, it was the largest contract in the history of professional football. And Nama...
The New York Jets, the 1968 AFL (as the American Football Conference was known back in the day) champions were heavy underdogs against the NFL (today’s NFC) champion Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III. In those days, it was believed that the NFL/NFC, which had been around longer, had superior teams. (Indeed, they had won the first two Super Bowls by...
Shortly after winning the Super Bowl, Namath opened up a night club on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, called Bachelors III. It became the spot for celebrities, hot models, and, uh, various members of organized crime. This didn’t sit too well with then-NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle. Pointing to a clause in Namath’s contract prohibiting any association...
The Joe Namath Show aired 13 episodes in 1969. In truth, he was no Carson, though the show boasted an eclectic line-up of guests — among them, Muhammad Ali, Woody Allen, Truman Capote, and Peggy Fleming.
It was only a matter of time before Namath crossed over into movies. His most famous: 1970’s C.C. & Company. In the film, whose tagline read, Loving, brawling and bustin’ it up! Namath played a biker, C.C. Rider, who rescues Ann-Margaret (a fashion writer, whose limo breaks down in the desert!) from an outlaw biker gang. Reviews were not kind, thou...
Namath only sported the distinctive facial hair for a few weeks, in 1968, but it caused a commotion nonetheless, particularly from parents who believed he was sending the wrong message to impressionable kids. Namath countered that he wasn’t being rebellious — he just liked the look and people were being way too uptight. He was forced to lose the fa...
On the sidelines of a 1971 Jets game, an injured Namath caught the action, dressed in a white, fur-trimmed, full-length coat, which he paired with groovy bellbottoms and a pair of shades. Four decades later, in 2014, Namath showed up for the coin toss at Super Bowl XLVIII wearing another fur — coyote with Norwegian fox trim — creating up a Twitter ...
Namath was the first pro football player to wear white cleats. Actually, he wore black cleats wrapped with white tape since his days at the University of Alabama and continued the custom after he turned pro. Equipment manager Bill Hampton ordered white cleats to avoid the task of taping the cleats. Namath showed up for a game and found a box of new...
Brut cologne, Ovaltine, Hamilton Beach Popcorn Makers, Double Mac Grills (two burgers in sixty seconds!), Vintage Olivetti Typewriters, Dingo boots, and Noxzema shaving cream (complete with a TV commercial co-starring a pre-Charlie’s Angels’ Farrah Fawcett). You name it, Namath could sell it. His most talked-about commercial, by far: Broadway Joe, ...
In one interview, Namath claimed to have been with women the night before his games, including the Super Bowl. Read another story from us: Adidas and Puma Were Created by Two German Brothers who Hated Each Other In 1972, he hit the mother load, escorting Raquel Welch to the Academy Awards.
Sep 26, 2018 · 614 likes, 32 comments - broadwayjoenamath on September 26, 2018: "Here’s a photo from my Fu Manchu days. #mustache #fumanchu #oldschool #BroadwayJoe #style".
Broadway Joe Namath is the folk hero of the new generation. He is long hair, a Fu Manchu mustache worth $10,000 to shave off, swinging nights in the live spots of the big city, the dream...
- Tex Maule
Namath was known for his long hair, his Fu Manchu mustache and his propensity to wear mink coats, even on the sidelines during Jets games — something he still does today. Namath also pieced...
May 30, 2007 · Namath lived through it, though sadly his Fu Manchu mustache did not. We mournz it. Click after the jump for more awesome Namath-ness. Really, if a random internet search turns up this much in just pictures, the reality of Namath's leisure time from 1968--1982 or so had to be extremely hard to believe without seeing it. Not now, baby.
Jun 14, 2001 · The young, flamboyant quarterback sported a Fu Manchu mustache and wore white shoes, picking up the nickname "Broadway Joe" for his well-documented big-city carousing. Then he shocked not...
