Joe Namath

Pass attempts:	3,762
Pass completions:	1,886
Percentage:	50.1
TD–INT:	173–220
Passing yards:	27,663
Passer rating:	65.5

Joe Namath
	Namath as a rookie with the Jets in 1965
No. 12
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	May 31, 1943; Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school:	Beaver Falls; (Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania)
College:	Alabama (1961–1964)
NFL draft:	1965 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12
AFL draft:	1965 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1
Career history
	New York Jets (1965–1976); Los Angeles Rams (1977);
Career highlights and awards
	Super Bowl champion (III); Super Bowl MVP (III); NFL Comeback Player of the Year (1974); Second-team All-Pro (1972); Pro Bowl (1972); NFL passing yards leader (1972); NFL passing touchdowns leader (1972); George Halas Award (1969); AFL champion (1968); AFL Championship MVP (1968); AFL MVP (1968); AFL Rookie of the Year (1965); First-team All-AFL (1968); 3× Second-team All-AFL (1966, 1967, 1969); 4× AFL All-Star (1965, 1967–1969); 2× AFL passing yards leader (1966, 1967); AFL All-Time Team; New York Jets Ring of Honor; New York Jets No. 12 retired; National champion (1964); First-team All-SEC (1964); 2× Second-team All-SEC (1962–1963);
Career AFL/NFL statistics
Pass attempts:
Pass attempts:	3,762
Pass completions:	1,886
Percentage:	50.1
TD–INT:	173–220
Passing yards:	27,663
Passer rating:	65.5
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
	Pro Football Hall of Fame

Joseph William Namath (/ˈneɪməθ/; NAY-məth; born May 31, 1943) is an American former football quarterback who played in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons. Nicknamed "Broadway Joe", he spent the majority of his career with the New York Jets. Namath played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, where he won the national championship as a senior, and was selected by the Jets first overall in the 1965 AFL draft.

During his five AFL seasons, Namath was a two-time MVP and twice led the league in passing yards, while winning one AFL championship and one Super Bowl. Both victories remain the Jets' only championships. Following the 1970 AFL–NFL merger, he joined the NFL with the Jets, where he was the league's passing yards and touchdowns leader during the 1972 season. He played in New York for seven more seasons and spent his final year as a member of the Los Angeles Rams.

Namath cemented his legacy in 1969 when he guaranteed his heavy underdog Jets would win Super Bowl III before defeating the NFL's Baltimore Colts in one of the greatest sports upsets of all time. The Super Bowl victory was the first for an AFL franchise, helping dismiss notions that its teams were inferior to the NFL's and demonstrating they would enter the merger as equals. Namath received Super Bowl MVP honors in the game, while also becoming the first quarterback to win both a college national championship and a major professional championship. He was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985.

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