May 7, 2009

Johnny Unitas


(Wikipedia) - John Constantine "Johnny" Unitas (May 7, 1933 – September 11, 2002), nicknamed The Golden Arm and often called Johnny U, was a professional American football player in the 1950s through the 1970s, spending the majority of his career with the Baltimore Colts. He was a record-setting quarterback and the National Football League's most valuable player in 1959, 1964 and 1967. His record of throwing a touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games (between 1956-1960) remains unsurpassed as of 2008. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest NFL quarterbacks of all time. Continued

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1 comments:

Mark Choate said...

Johnny U, was incredible. Not only was he an incredible player, he was an incredible person.