Joe Montana
Quarterback, American football player
1956 –
Who is Joe Montana?
Joseph Clifford "Joe" Montana, Jr., nicknamed Joe Cool and The Comeback Kid, is a retired professional American football player, a hall of fame quarterback with the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs. After winning a college national championship at Notre Dame, Montana started his NFL career in 1979 with San Francisco, where he played for the next 14 seasons. Traded before the 1993 season, he spent his final two years in the league with Kansas City. While a member of the 49ers, Montana started in four Super Bowl games and won all of them. Montana was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000, his first year of eligibility. Montana is the only player to have been named Super Bowl MVP three times.
In 1989, and again in 1990, the Associated Press named Montana the NFL Most Valuable Player, and Sports Illustrated magazine named Montana the 1990 "Sportsman of the Year". Four years earlier, in 1986, Montana won the AP NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award. Montana was elected to eight Pro Bowls, as well as being voted 1st team All-Pro by the AP in 1987, 1989, and 1990. Montana had the highest passer rating in the National Football Conference five times; and, in both 1987 and 1989, Montana had the highest passer rating in the entire NFL.
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- Born
- Jun 11, 1956
New Eagle - Also known as
- Joe Cool
- Joseph Clifford Montana, Jr.
- Golden Joe
- The Golden Great
- Comeback Kid
- David W. Gibson
- Joe Clifford
- Big Sky
- Joseph Clifford Montana Jr.
- Parents
- Spouses
- Jennifer Montana
(1985/02/24 - ) - Cass Castillo
(1981/07/01 - 1984/06/27) - Kim Moses
(1974 - 1977)
- Jennifer Montana
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Italian American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Waverly Elementary
- Finleyville Middle School
- Ringgold High School
- University of Notre Dame
(1974 - 1979)
- Lived in
- Monongahela
- Lafayette
- New Eagle
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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