Joe Montana is one of the most influential quarterbacks of the late twentieth century. Joe Montana, or Joe Cool as some called him, won four superbowl rings. He received the nickname for always being calm under pressure. He was the king of fourth quarter comebacks, leading over thirty game winning drives in his career, including a famous one in the superbowl of 1989. On that drive, he spotted the actor John Candy in the stands and decided to point it out in the huddle, right before leading his team 92 yards and throwing the game winner with thirty four seconds left in the game. Most quarterbacks, at any level, would have been nervous, but what Montana did, in the biggest game of the year, really shows how he earned the nickname Joe Cool.
Joe Montana had great stats for an NFL quarterback. He may not have the best stats of all time compared to today 's players, but when he was done playing they were some of the best ever. In just 10 seasons of twelve games or more, he threw for over 40,500 passing yards, including passing for 300 yards in a single game thirty nine times, six of those times in the postseason. That was an NFL record when he retired, as was his passing for 300+ yards in five consecutive games. He led the NFC in passing five times and
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Jim Kelly, Warren Moon, and Joe Montana are the three most influential quarterbacks of the last twenty five years of the twentieth century. Kelly’s contributions to modern offenses are incredible, but nothing is more impressive than what he has done off the field with his charities. Moon has helped bring about the age where there is no discrimination against the black quarterback, and Montana helped usher in one of the most successful offensive schemes of all time in the west coast offense, which is still used by many teams today. Many other quarterbacks of this time period were very influential, including players like John Elway, Dan Marino, and Dan Fouts, but Moon, Montana and especially Kelly were the most
While Brett Favre and Peyton Manning have more yards and touchdowns, Brady has a better passer rating with less interceptions. Montana has less touchdowns less yards and lower passer
Adriana Iturbide Academic Writing Ms. Pryia Dec. 1. 2015 Who is Tony Romo? Have you ever heard the name Tony Romo? Tony Romo is the best football player of all times! Tony Romo is willing to do what it takes to be a good football player. If you’ve never heard of him, well, now you will.
Joe Dimaggio has the longest hitting streak ever, he was an all-star all 13 of his seasons, was or is he still the best baseball player the world has ever seen? Joe was an amazing baseball player during his 13 year career (Kennedy). Joe’s famous hitting streak took place in 1941 (Kennedy). Joe was the 8th born of 9 children ("The Official Site of Joe DiMaggio"). Dimaggio is great not only because of his hitting streak, but he was a nice man (Kennedy). He had an amazing baseball career(Kennedy).
After Montana and Clark’s heroics in the NFC Championship, San Francisco went on to win Super Bowl XVI and their first-ever Lombardi Trophy. More Lombardi’s came in ’84. ’ 88, ’89 and ’94. Rightfully, “The Catch” is considered one of the greatest moments in NFL history.
John Hutson won the Super Bowl with the baltimore ravens in 2000. This is the most highest reward a team can get in the NFl. its pretty cool knowing your football coach has a super bowl ring. John hudson has a huge impact on our city. He is planed to coach defencive ends at henry county for as long as he can.
Peyton’s passion for football he says was instilled in him by his father. He would listen to all his dad’s games at Ole Miss and New Orleans to study by. Like most in high school Peyton played football, baseball, and basketball. By Peyton’s sophomore year in high school he was talented enough to be the starting quarterback. His brother
In today’s society, we have former National Football League(NFL) quarterback Collin Kapernick who’s no longer in the NFL because of his protest against racial inequality. However, many people believe he is no longer in the NFL because of his talent. Kapernick led the 49ers to Super Bowl 47. Although they didn’t win, he threw for 302 yards with a touchdown and rushed for 62 yards. Therefore, he didn’t get kicked out of the league because he wasn’t good enough, but for sitting down during the national anthem.
Tom Brady is the greatest football player to ever play the game. This might sound like an opinion, but there are so many facts following from here that it’s basically a true statement that Tom Brady is the G.O.A.T. If you don’t know what G.O.A.T means, well it means that he is just the Greatest Of All Time. It takes a lot to say he is because there are so many other incredible players that have played the sport of football, but none of them are at Tom Brady’s level. He might not be the most jacked guy, but he doesn’t need to be, he is a true leader and mentally a great athlete.
Mr. Pollard enhanced the average African-American’s life through various creations. Fritz founded an all African American football team named the Chicago Blackhawks; surprisingly this all-black team that Fritz founded and coached became one of the most popular in the nation. He was also influential in recruiting other African-Americans into the league. Another venture that Fritz did to support African American rights was the “Inter Racial All Star Game”. This game featured both the best White and Black football players in the United States.
My first point is his Super Bowl dominance. Brady has been to the Super Bowl an NFL record 8 times, and in addition to that, he’s won it 5 times. He’s also won Super Bowl Most Valuable Player 4 of those 5 wins! In addition to that, (according to profootballreference.com) he holds many Super Bowl records, which are: most pass attempts in a Super Bowl(62- SB 51), career pass attempts(357), game passes completed(43 - 51), career passes completed(235), passing yards in a game(505- 52), most career passing yards(2,576), and career passing
American football has many different aspects that helped change America today. Football has earned millions of fans to the game every year. The sport has changed and helped various people strive through life. At the same time, football has caused many downsides that have changed people’s lives forever. Through the beginning to now, football has been filled with many impacts and injuries that have changed the game.
That was tom 's 4th super bowl win and his 6 super bowl start (”Biography Tom Brady”). Another cool thing about Tom is that he is the best QB in the NFL at the moment after peyton manning retirement. But tom is qualified for the best ever in the QB
Let me tell you about a guy named Aaron Rodgers. He can throw a football so fast that it started a fire in the field. He also can run 200 miles per hour with the football and plough 15 people over at a time. One time in a game he threw a football so hard that it blew everyone out of the stadium. He can run the whole football field in less than 2 seconds.
Tom Brady also broke Joe Montana 's record of 400 touchdown passes. Another memorable achievement, is the two AFC MVP awards that he won. With these, and many more, it 's safe to say that Tom Brady has more achievements under his belt, than humanly
Humanities Capstone: Tom Brady People should always have someone they look up to. Most people look up to celebrities or their parents. Having a role model can be good for many people. They can help you through many times in your life. I look up to Tom Brady, the New England Patriots quarterback.