Joe Namath, 1965
Photo: New York Jets, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Alabama, 1962–⁠64

Joe Namath

Born
May 31, 1943, in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

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Joe Namath played quarterback at Alabama (1962–⁠64). The St. Louis Cardinals took Namath in the first round, No. 12 overall in the 1965 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1964
First-team All-SEC
Drafted
No. 12
Overall, 1965 NFL Draft (St. Louis Cardinals)

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 1964; SEC champions, 1964

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonTeamPassingRushing
CmpAttYdsPctTDIntRtgAttYds
196276761461,19252.1138139.170321
1963636312876549.277106.576201
1964646410075664.054136.044133
Career2033742,7132519190655

From the college statistics table in Namath’s Wikipedia article (Joe Namath, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

In the NFL

Pro Bowl: 1972 · AFL All-Star Games: 4 (1965, 1967–⁠69) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 1968 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (1969, 1972)

All-Pro teams: AP (AFL) first team 1968; AP (AFL) second team 1969, 1972; Pro Football Writers (AFL) first team 1968; Sporting News (AFL) first team 1968; Sporting News (AFL) second team 1969; NEA (AFL) first team 1968–⁠69; and 4 more.

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
1965–⁠69AFLNew York Jets

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

Films

Films: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia’s lists and categories (CC BY-SA).

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