Joe Namath is an icon in sports like few others, and the idea that some football experts believe he didn't belong in the Hall of Fame is beyond comprehension. The Hall of Fame was created to honor incredibly famous, courageous and worthy heroes like Broadway Joe.
My Dad took me to a Jets and Patriots game at the Lynn Bowl in Lynn Massachusetts. We got to stand on the sidelines because my Dads boss was friends with Babe Perelli the QB of the Pats. Namath was a rookie and was throwing 60 yard bombs with his lightening quick release in warm up mesmerizing the crowd. A highly sought after baseball player coming out of high school he was a great athlete. Bear Bryant said he was the best football player he ever saw.
To me Joe Namath is the best Quarterback & he will always be my favorite . He got injured & alot of times still stayed in games . I will always love Broadway Joe 🏈💚❤
Obviously, you are a Jets fan. Joe threw almost 50 more interceptions than touchdowns. He got into the Hall of Fame based on one game and the fact that he played most of his career in New York where the media hyped him.
As a kid, I collected Joe Namath football cards, especially his rookie card. Years later I thought they were gone, but I found them up in my mother's attic, like a gold mine.
When you grew up in the NYC Area in the 1970’s one jersey was common everywhere you went. The Giants didn’t have a megastar during that time and he was still the biggest star in football.
Namath and Maynard were the shit! 1st great QB /WR duo in NFL history! I am now 54 and saw Joe in his decline, but the man was a perfect, pure passer in his prime! * Classy with SWAG! Elvis even loved watching him play! Kenny Stabler , who was Namath's under study at ' BAMA in 64' ( Joe's Sr. year said of Namath back then, " Joe will become one of the BEST QB's ever in the big time! * They both were!
Namath, what a story! Life long Jets fan. I see parallels with Wilson, but in this nfl you can't hit the bomb without an offensive line geared for the run game enabling play action. Wilson has to hit the 5 yd out or rb check. Hammer that over and over and then hit the perfect bomb. This is a phenomenal biography of Namath. Go Jets!
The Alabama suspension: There are two kinds of kid, and ONLY two kinds. 1) The kind that owns up to his mistakes, takes his lumos and then starts to work harder to make up for them and 2) The kind that slinks off and quits when he gets called down. That second kind of kid you do not need, because it is only a matter of time before he lets you down. The first kind is in the process of becoming a man and a man who will always win in life. I was not at Alabama in the 1960s, but I did coach elsewhere in a different decade. This kind of thing is universal in the profession. I "guarantee" that was a defining moment for young Mr. Namath.
Us NY Giants fans DESPISED Joe !!! Luckily for us Joe was injured often and his last great game, his last bit of legend/greatness ended in/after Super Bowl 3. As the years passed we had to admit there was nothing like him talent-wise ever as a QB. In the end it was sad we only got to see about 3 healthy years from Joe.
When Joe Namath makes it to Heaven, he will be able to play football with a healthy body and mind. It will be amazing. All our sports heroes in their prime. Thank God.
I do not take one single thing away from Joe for hitting the booze when his wife broke up his family. There are men like us still in the world. Our families mean everything to us. When that goes south on us...we cope. I have done it. Like Joe, I did not touch a drop the whole time I was raising my kids. When I almost faced divorce...I opened the bottle. I get it. Luckily for me, it worked out. It did not work out for Joe. But give the guy a break. The world needs more, not less men who would be so devastated at the loss of their families.
14:32 Joe Namath chose Maryland, not Alabama! When he failed to meet the entrance requirements the coaching staff at Maryland helped direct him to Alabama.
This pt 2 was pretty much a repeat of pt 1 and I personally liked pt 1 better. The best part of this one was the last 7-8 mins where they covered stuff pt 1 never did. SO, if you've watched pt 1 just go to the end of this one. It'll save you an hour.
My wife and I met Joe at Bachelor’s 3 in Ft Lauderdale,Fl.. I was rude enough to ask for his autograph which he was gracious enough to do..And yes,he had a very nice lady with him that night..
Interesting 🤔 Surprised There are only 45 core comments HE IS IKONIC “ BROADWAY 🎭 JOE”, when I was a younger and an aspiring athlete, growing up all the great QB’s wore 12 his number, BRADSHAW, STAUBACH, ,STABLER, GREESE, ( I REALIZE NOW THEY WERE INFLUENCED BY HIM ) Each generation stands on the shoulders of those that came before them..... MY HOW QUICK HISTORY FADES IF WE THE NEXT GENERATIONS DONT PASS THE TORCH ( and the importance of keeping it alive ) His biography was the first bio I think 💭 I read in junior high 🏫/ middle school they call it today..... anyway it captured my imagination and inspired me thru some tuff times in a mentor way, that we all need to break on thru to the other side....( I know he helped make this famous = one ☝️)( being number one ☝️ or the best ✊🏻 at something/ anything, even for a short time in history both earns and deserves its place in the sun ☀️ ( SOL )( SON ) 🌞 ( HIS HERO WAS JOHNNY UNITAS )( IKONIC MENTORS OF ARTS 🎭, ENTERTAINMENT, & ATHLETICS, got me thru so many CHALLENGING TIMES OF LOW & DESPAIR MOMENTS IN MY LIFE, the value of these things are often under valued until they are not, he forever changed the value of PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, that has changed the world..... [ beyond PROPAGANDA OR COMMERCIALISM]][[ 🖼]][[ /⌨️/💻/📱// // //📲////🖥////🖱//
Every wanna be football great fan in Seattle now wears the Number 12 on their Jersey. Seattle calls it the 12th Man! The Man in the Stands supporting the Seahawks.
Are you deaf and DUMB? I even provided a time stamp. Namath said , "paternity". Which is not only humorous considering he was not lauded for his I.Q. and ironic in light of his reputed prowess at getting bitches into "bed".
I bet you idolize the drug-abusing, child and wife beating thugs we have in the NFL now. Namath is now sober, thriving and doing very well. You, on the other hand are still a loser fool.
Joe Namath is the most overrated Quarterback to ever play the game of football 🏈 173 touchdowns to 220 intercepted passes His passer rating was mediocre compared to Joe Montana His completion percentage is nothing compared to Tom Brady Dan Marino had a much better arm than Namath Aikman had better mechanics than Namath I can give you a list of pro football quarterbacks of the 90s/early 2000s who were better but it will take forever and I don’t wanna waste my time Point Is He shouldn’t have been on this list nor should he be in the HOF One word: OVERRATED
One of the greatest NFL Quarterbacks of all time and a great human being.
Joe Namath is an icon in sports like few others, and the idea that some football experts believe he didn't belong in the Hall of Fame is beyond comprehension. The Hall of Fame was created to honor incredibly famous, courageous and worthy heroes like Broadway Joe.
What a great QB and even better person. Quickest release of a football I've ever seen.
Namath and Marino, quickest releases i'd ever seen
My Dad took me to a Jets and Patriots game at the Lynn Bowl in Lynn Massachusetts. We got to stand on the sidelines because my Dads boss was friends with Babe Perelli the QB of the Pats. Namath was a rookie and was throwing 60 yard bombs with his lightening quick release in warm up mesmerizing the crowd. A highly sought after baseball player coming out of high school he was a great athlete. Bear Bryant said he was the best football player he ever saw.
Amen to that TRUTH, what an amazing arm.
AMEN!
And to think how bad his knee was for his whole career
Nothing overrated about Joe. Super guy with super qualities. Honest committed and true to himself.
What I like most is if he has something to say he has guts to say it!!
Joe was Prime Time Before Prime time 😂 He Saved the AFL
To me Joe Namath is the best Quarterback & he will always be my favorite . He got injured & alot of times still stayed in games . I will always love Broadway Joe 🏈💚❤
Never played one pro game healthy... Amazing......
Joe really is the most iconic football player that has ever been.
Obviously, you are a Jets fan. Joe threw almost 50 more interceptions than touchdowns. He got into the Hall of Fame based on one game and the fact that he played most of his career in New York where the media hyped him.
Said the most iconic not the greatest
@@georgesouthwick7000yawn
Sure enjoyed watching Joe and the Jets bearing the Colts. Enjoyed watching an NFL player who was great being so different.
As a kid, I collected Joe Namath football cards, especially his rookie card. Years later I thought they were gone, but I found them up in my mother's attic, like a gold mine.
Joe Namath is an absolute LEGEND! And a great person all around!
When you grew up in the NYC Area in the 1970’s one jersey was common everywhere you went. The Giants didn’t have a megastar during that time and he was still the biggest star in football.
I loved Namath because my parents hated the ground he walked on. LOL!
Namath and Maynard were the shit! 1st great QB /WR duo in NFL history! I am now 54 and saw Joe in his decline, but the man was a perfect, pure passer in his prime! * Classy with SWAG! Elvis even loved watching him play! Kenny Stabler , who was Namath's under study at ' BAMA in 64' ( Joe's Sr. year said of Namath back then, " Joe will become one of the BEST QB's ever in the big time! * They both were!
Nicky Depaola Joe is a cut above them all. The key is he likes people
Nicky Depaola
Aikman to Irvin> Maynard-Namath
Montana to Rice
Nicky Depola Ever heard of Unitas to Berry??.
@@dwightlove3704 absolutely my father loved the Colts🌟
Joe is one of a kind
🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊
Namath, what a story! Life long Jets fan. I see parallels with Wilson, but in this nfl you can't hit the bomb without an offensive line geared for the run game enabling play action. Wilson has to hit the 5 yd out or rb check. Hammer that over and over and then hit the perfect bomb. This is a phenomenal biography of Namath. Go Jets!
The Alabama suspension: There are two kinds of kid, and ONLY two kinds. 1) The kind that owns up to his mistakes, takes his lumos and then starts to work harder to make up for them and 2) The kind that slinks off and quits when he gets called down.
That second kind of kid you do not need, because it is only a matter of time before he lets you down. The first kind is in the process of becoming a man and a man who will always win in life.
I was not at Alabama in the 1960s, but I did coach elsewhere in a different decade. This kind of thing is universal in the profession. I "guarantee" that was a defining moment for young Mr. Namath.
I loved Broadway Joe.
Us NY Giants fans DESPISED Joe !!! Luckily for us Joe was injured often and his last great game, his last bit of legend/greatness ended in/after Super Bowl 3. As the years passed we had to admit there was nothing like him talent-wise ever as a QB. In the end it was sad we only got to see about 3 healthy years from Joe.
With the commercials its a time capsule from Christmas season 2004. Almost 20 years ago can you believe that? 😯Thank you for posting.
I taped it on VHS. :)
When Joe Namath makes it to Heaven, he will be able to play football with a healthy body and mind. It will be amazing. All our sports heroes in their prime. Thank God.
I hope he does know the Lord Jesus Christ as his Savior. That's how he will get there. John 14:6
Rock star..that played football
Monk Abrahms a football star that rocked!!
jim morrison in white shoes
rocket arm Broadway joe changed the game of football
Joe Willie Namath........................STUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bad knees kept us from seeing the real Joe Namath what a shame
Because of Namath I’ve always been a Jets fan , since I was 5yrs old . Maynard made me want to be a WR which I became .
Joe Namath had the strongest arm of any QB I've ever seen!
Boy did I have a crush on Joe
2021. I finally found this. Go Broadway Joe
I do not take one single thing away from Joe for hitting the booze when his wife broke up his family. There are men like us still in the world. Our families mean everything to us. When that goes south on us...we cope. I have done it. Like Joe, I did not touch a drop the whole time I was raising my kids. When I almost faced divorce...I opened the bottle. I get it.
Luckily for me, it worked out. It did not work out for Joe. But give the guy a break. The world needs more, not less men who would be so devastated at the loss of their families.
14:32 Joe Namath chose Maryland, not Alabama! When he failed to meet the entrance requirements the coaching staff at Maryland helped direct him to Alabama.
JOE WAS THE MAN!!!!
This pt 2 was pretty much a repeat of pt 1 and I personally liked pt 1 better. The best part of this one was the last 7-8 mins where they covered stuff pt 1 never did. SO, if you've watched pt 1 just go to the end of this one. It'll save you an hour.
I'm a jets fan glad he's hall of fame
My wife and I met Joe at Bachelor’s 3 in Ft Lauderdale,Fl.. I was rude enough to ask for his autograph which he was gracious enough to do..And yes,he had a very nice lady with him that night..
he's an awesome medicare commercial icon
😜!😄🏈⛳
Broadway Joe ,darn superstar arm and a great guy all round YEEEEEEHAAAAA AMEN 🙏 🇺🇸
The man
More guts than Glory best arm I ever saw you can hear him throw the football not many like that
Jets finally got them a QB been looking since broadway left
Avoid the hype. Program doesn't start until 11:48.
You have to take into accunt that he played in a much harder eta as a qb and was still great
The jets had to trade for a hall of fame QB to find a better QB than Broadway Joe. He's a legend.
Change his name to Herman and he doesn't have IT. GOTTA LOVE JOE.
JOE NAMATH ; STEVE MCQUEEN ;
JAMES BROWN ; LYLE ALZADO
PAT CHARLTON !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Interesting 🤔
Surprised There are only 45 core comments
HE IS IKONIC “ BROADWAY 🎭 JOE”, when I was a younger and an aspiring athlete, growing up all the great QB’s wore 12 his number, BRADSHAW, STAUBACH, ,STABLER, GREESE,
( I REALIZE NOW THEY WERE INFLUENCED BY HIM )
Each generation stands on the shoulders of those that came before them.....
MY HOW QUICK HISTORY FADES IF WE THE NEXT GENERATIONS DONT PASS THE TORCH ( and the importance of keeping it alive )
His biography was the first bio I think 💭 I read in junior high 🏫/ middle school they call it today..... anyway it captured my imagination and inspired me thru some tuff times in a mentor way, that we all need to break on thru to the other side....( I know he helped make this famous = one ☝️)( being number one ☝️ or the best ✊🏻 at something/ anything, even for a short time in history both earns and deserves its place in the sun ☀️ ( SOL )( SON ) 🌞 ( HIS HERO WAS JOHNNY UNITAS )( IKONIC MENTORS OF ARTS 🎭, ENTERTAINMENT, & ATHLETICS, got me thru so many CHALLENGING TIMES OF LOW & DESPAIR MOMENTS IN MY LIFE, the value of these things are often under valued until they are not, he forever changed the value of PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, that has changed the world..... [ beyond PROPAGANDA OR COMMERCIALISM]][[ 🖼]][[ /⌨️/💻/📱// // //📲////🖥////🖱//
Every wanna be football great fan in Seattle now wears the Number 12 on their Jersey. Seattle calls it the 12th Man! The Man in the Stands supporting the Seahawks.
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The greatest
Too many commercials
He originally chose Maryland and could not pass the entrance exam, Bryant then brought him to Alabama, Bear had a tower he would watch practice from.
Why couldn't he pass the entrance exam???
@@dwightlove3704 I don’t mnow
Know in
@@dwightlove3704 dude couldn't spell Namath lol Alabama will take anybody in
Why did Namath slouch?
That was, I believe because it was cold in Pennsylvania and you are always hunched.
JOE RECIEVED A SPECIAL PASS, VIETNAM BECAUSE JOE WAS TO SPECIAL!
Joe flunked his physical because of his bad knee.
Super Bowl 3 - TV 1969 - vimeo.com/707576345?fbclid=IwAR22WtUd30c1Xwrp_tGrey7VbY-s7zT6OHxiUarzBLFLzjJ2m6S6FK3F6k4
Funny bc super bowl 36 ended up being a huge deal
Liking girls; is different, Howard.. ?? that sounds funny....
17:24 Namath - "We went to a paternity party..."
it's fraternity
Are you deaf and DUMB?
I even provided a time stamp.
Namath said , "paternity".
Which is not only humorous considering he was not lauded for his I.Q. and ironic in light of his reputed prowess at getting bitches into "bed".
Scoop the shit out of your ears dingbat.
'Scoop the shit out of your' brain, moron.
@@manofiske3318
He clearly said fraternity.
You have a hearing issue or medical problem.
How difficult is it to edit out the commercials? So lazy and lame.
I want to know his political stance.
It’s a shame, he could have been the greatest ever. No discipline.
It was my greatest sport adventure
Jets 16 Colts 7
Big nose. Bad posture. Women?
I lived thru it, babes were outstanding!!!
Barbara analogy, if you are on this, please get in touch.
Barbara Balogh
Cool!
Overrated booze hound
I bet you idolize the drug-abusing, child and wife beating thugs we have in the NFL now. Namath is now sober, thriving and doing very well. You, on the other hand are still a loser fool.
Joe Namath is the most overrated Quarterback to ever play the game of football 🏈
173 touchdowns to 220 intercepted passes
His passer rating was mediocre compared to Joe Montana
His completion percentage is nothing compared to Tom Brady
Dan Marino had a much better arm than Namath
Aikman had better mechanics than Namath
I can give you a list of pro football quarterbacks of the 90s/early 2000s who were better but it will take forever and I don’t wanna waste my time
Point Is
He shouldn’t have been on this list nor should he be in the HOF
One word:
OVERRATED
What you ve state any third grader could have researched...hope you re proud.
I can give you a large list of reasons why you're an ignorant asshole but it will take forever.
So I'll just shorten it:
You're an ignorant asshole.
It's The Hall Of Fame, not records. It was a different time.
Nothing overrated about Joe. Super guy with super qualities. Honest committed and true to himself.
You're dumb opinion troll is so overrated it is most laughable
The greatest