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Joseph William "Joe" Namath (; born May 31, 1943), nicknamed "Broadway Joe" or "Joe Willie", is a former American football quarterback and actor. He played college football for the University of Alabama under coach Paul "Bear" Bryant from 1962 to 1964, and professional football in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) during the 1960s and 1970s. Namath was an American Football League icon and played for that league's New York Jets for most of his professional football career. He finished his career with the NFL's Los Angeles Rams. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1985. Namath retired after playing in 143 career games (including playoff games) with 68 wins, 71 losses and 4 ties, in his 132 career starts he was 64–64–4, and he was 4–7 coming off the bench in relief. In his career he threw 173 touchdowns and 220 interceptions, and completed 1,886 passes for 27,663 yards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Joe Namath: Biography )〕 During his thirteen years in the AFL and NFL he played for three division champions (the 1968 and 1969 AFL East Champion Jets and the 1977 NFC West Champion Rams) and earned one league championship (1968 AFL Championship), and one Super Bowl victory (Super Bowl III). In 1999, he was ranked number 96 on ''The Sporting News'' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players. He was the only player on the list to have spent a majority of his career with the Jets. In his 1975 autobiography, Alabama head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant called Namath the most natural athlete he had ever coached. Namath is known for boldly guaranteeing a Jets' victory over Don Shula's NFL Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III (1969) and then making good on his prediction with a 16-7 win for the Jets. ==Early life== Namath is the son of Rose (née Juhász) and János "John" Andrew Namath, a steelworker.〔http://www.filmreference.com/film/9/Joe-Namath.html〕 His parents were of Hungarian descent, and his Hungarian-born grandfather, András "Andrew" Német, known as "A.J." to his family and friends, came to Ellis Island and worked in the coal and steel industries of the greater Pittsburgh area. While growing up, Namath was close to both of his parents, who were divorced. Following his parents' split, he lived with his mother. He was the youngest of four sons, with an adopted sister. Born and raised in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, thirty miles (50 km) northwest of Pittsburgh, Namath grew up in its Lower End neighborhood. He was a standout quarterback in football, guard in basketball, and outfielder in baseball at Beaver Falls High School. In an age when dunks were uncommon in high school basketball, Namath regularly dunked in games. Coached by Larry Bruno at Beaver Falls, Namath's football team won the WPIAL Class AA championship with a 10–0 record in 1960. Coach Bruno would later be his presenter to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton. Upon graduation from high school in 1961, he received offers from several Major League Baseball teams, including the Yankees, Mets, Indians, Reds, Pirates and Phillies, but football prevailed. Namath has told interviewers that he wanted to sign with the Pirates and play baseball like his idol, Roberto Clemente, but elected to play football because his mother wanted him to get a college education. Namath would not graduate until 2007, when he returned to college and finished a 30-hour external program bachelor of arts degree in interdisciplinary studies at the University of Alabama. Namath had many offers from Division I college football programs, including Penn State, Ohio State, Alabama, and Notre Dame, but initially decided upon the University of Maryland after being heavily recruited by Maryland assistant Roland Arrigoni. He was rejected by Maryland because his college-board scores were just below the school's requirements. After ample recruiting by Alabama's head football coach, Bear Bryant, Namath accepted a full scholarship there. Bryant stated his decision to recruit Namath was "the best coaching decision I ever made." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe Namath」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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