Joe Namath

                                                Joe Namath

Biography                                                                        November 2010                        

Joe Namath was an important person because he was an inspiration to America. This can be seen in Joe Namath’s childhood, about his career of football, and how he was also an actor. Joe was something other than a football player and an actor… he was also a “ladies Favorite”.

Joe Namath’s childhood had an effect by how he was an inspiration to America because his dream was to be an NFL football star. A good example of this was that he had three older brothers and they all played football so he wanted to be the best out of all of them. His three older brothers were Robert, Bobby and Franklin. He was the youngest of his brothers. Joe might have been the youngest of his brothers, but he showed all of them that he was the best football player in his family. Joe used to look up to his brothers, but now his brothers have to look up to him. Joe was remembered as the “clean up” of the Namaths and he succeeded.

Another reason that proved Joe Namath was an inspiration to America was what he accomplished. Joe Namath was the starting Quarterback for the Beaver Falls varsity football team. Joe was 5-10 in tenth grade and in 12th grade he was 6-2 without steroids. Joe was so good in high school that he was asked to be the QB for 52 different colleges but he knew that he could trust Alabama to get him to the NFL, so in 1961 he went to Alabama University. Joe’s stats at Alabama were so good that he lead them to the Orange Bowl. After four years of college at Alabama he went to the 1965 NFL draft. The Jets picked him up and that year he was named “Rookie of the year” in 1965-1966. In 1967 he led the team in attempts, completions, Touchdowns, Yards, and Interceptions. Joe led the team to the Super Bowl in 1968 and was named MVP of the game. After the Super Bowl he published a book called “I can’t wait till tomorrow… because I get better looking everyday”. It was one of the best creations of all of his books. Joe was also the player of the year in 1969. After eight years with the Jets, he was traded to the Los Angeles Rams in 1977. That year he retired because he hurt his knee and in 1985 he was introduced to the NFL Hall of Fame.