Both victories remain the Jets' only championships. During his five AFL seasons, he was a two-time MVP and twice led the league in passing yards, while leading the Jets to win one AFL championship and one Super Bowl. He played college football at Alabama, where he won the national championship as a senior, and was selected by the Jets first overall in the 1965 AFL Draft. Joseph William Namath ( / ˈ n eɪ m ə θ/ NAY-meth born May 31, 1943) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, primarily with the New York Jets.

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Playlists containing ALL THE WAY by Joe Namath with Sean Mortimer and Don Yaeger.Users who reposted ALL THE WAY by Joe Namath with Sean Mortimer and Don Yaeger.Users who like ALL THE WAY by Joe Namath with Sean Mortimer and Don Yaeger.Now 74, Namath is ready to open up, brilliantly using the four quarters of Super Bowl III as the narrative backbone to a life that was anything but charmed.Īs much about football and fame as about addiction, fatherhood, and coming to terms with our own mortality, All the Way finally reveals the man behind the icon.Īvailable from Hachette Audio as a digital download, and in Print and Ebook from Little, Brown & Company.Ĭheck out our other great titles and more at: When failing knees permanently derailed his career, he turned to Hollywood and endorsements, not to mention a tumultuous marriage and fleeting bouts of sobriety, to try and find purpose. By 26, with a championship title under his belt, he was quite simply the most famous athlete alive.Īlthough his legacy has long been cemented in the history books, beneath the eccentric yet charismatic personality was a player plagued by injury and addiction, both sex and substance. When the final whistle blew, that promise had been kept: Namath was instantly heralded as a gridiron god, while his rugged good looks, progressive views on race, and boyish charm quickly transformed him - in an era of raucous rebellion, shifting social norms, and political upheaval - into both a bona fide celebrity and a symbol of the commercialization of pro sports. Three days before the 1969 Super Bowl, Joe Namath promised the nation that he would lead the New York Jets to an 18-point underdog victory against the seemingly invincible Baltimore Colts.

In the wake of the 50th anniversary of his legendary Super Bowl 'Guarantee,' the NFL icon who first brought show business to sports is finally ready to tell his life story.

All the Way by Joe Namath