NFL - Special - Joe Namath's Number Retirement Ceremony - Dolphins VS Jets imasportsphile.com

[@rj11peter]

There will never be another Broadway Joe. Respect❤

[@lloydkline3265]

Celebrity off the field and on the football

[@TheSilvergold45]

I AGREE BIGTIME !!

[@catsarereallycool]

Tears in my eyes too. Mr. Namath, we love you.

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[@rodmoore1577]

He may not be the greatest but he's sure as hell is the coolest!!

[@ShyGuyLoveSongs]

For sure. I’m from Wisconsin and was a huge Joe fan. I still wear white Puma shoes because Joe did.

[@Junior_Rocky]

Look at his eyes welling up! You earned this, Mr. Namath. 👍

[@depaola63]

Look at his face here! He was so deeply touched, tears in his eyes! * Also thanks The Good Lord! * CLASSIC!

[@TheSilvergold45]

Joe Namath always a class act.

[@buffalo729]

I live in beaver falls and Joe still pops in about once a year. A real classy dude.

[@brucewayne3602]

you are truly most fortunate ... Joe Rules - always !!!

[@richrome9897]

The Coolest QB of all time!

[@RoseSharon7777]

He's one of those folks that speaks with his eyes. A rare quility.

[@joebamasmith8077]

J Day The thing about Joe ... he’s real 👍🏻💯 Roll Tide

[@terryhawkins8191]

Joe Smith EXACTLY !!👍👍

[@larry930legend]

One of those elite NFL Superstars who Hollywood Starlets fantasize about days and nights.

[@deeely7176]

I agree Joe really speaks with his beautiful green eyes🏈 💚❤

[@deeely7176]

I have loved Joe since the 1960s and I still do. To me Joe Namath is the best Quarterback & he will always be my favorite. Sometimes when he got injured in games , he still played . Joe is a legend , I will always love Broadway Joe 🏈💚❤

[@brucewayne3602]

Joe played injured most games in addition to his bad knee(s) before NLFL !!!

[@MrMathExpert]

Classy. Joe Namath is special.

[@fannishmarcia]

Love when the crowd starts to boo when hearing the Hess name, and Joe tells them not to boo.

[@joebamasmith8077]

Marcia Patterson Joe has always stood up for what he believes no matter what !!!

[@rustykuntz94]

Joe was all class and always respectful to his Bosses and who were his elders referring to Jets owners whether it be Sonny Werblin or Leon Hess or Even today with Woody Johnson as “Mr Johnson” and Mr Werblin.

[@rogerwelsh2335]

1 of a kind a true icon and living legend

[@CM-ho5ic]

I'm over 60, Broadway Joe still melts my butter

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[@pbrickley6247]

Namath saved the AFL.

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[@lloydkline3265]

My celebrity on the field and off the field especially off the field

[@joeblow7407]

Joe WAS....the AFL......a main event act......HE sold out the stadiums....home and away!

[@stevejorfi9086]

A Bonifide Legend. Time to run the play. Awesome.

[@LordofDublin4]

#12, "Broadway Joe" Namath was a football player! He took more nasty licks during his career than any football player I can remember except maybe the Great Earl Campbell. Joe kept the AFL alive. He like another former N.Y. star, Mickey Mantle, was a great teammate from all accounts I have read. Countless games Namath went under center when he should have been on the sidelines, and maybe in a hospital. Namath was a warrior ! I'm a Baby Boomer, grew up a GIANTS fan, but rooted for Joe Willie because as a fan he deserved my respect for his guts and courage. Love you, Joe! Thanks for making the years of my youth more exciting!

[@rogerwelsh2335]

Has any player ever received a reception like this before? I’ve never seen it. I Love Joe Namath

[@bamagirl218]

I love him too!

[@neilgoldring4832]

Did Joe get that perm especially for the ceremony? Namath rules!👍

[@seanlaterz1871]

Super Bowl 3 MVP 🏈

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[@guyl.crittendon4054]

the man

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[@dayatatime01]

Joe really was a cool cool cat! Lol

[@dicktingley4205]

Dayatatime, thanks for your comment…..cuz Joe Willie was indeed a cool cool cat….as I do not think there is a man alive who would not have liked being Joe Namath for a day, a month or a year….especially when he was prowling NYC as Broadway Joe. I have more Namath videos in my NFL section at www.imasportsphile.com

[@Yodaismycopilot]

Still is a cool cat.

[@jimmygunn9775]

You were my hero growing up...always wanted a white and green number 12 jersey but nevet could find one in my part of the midwest....you will always be Broadway Joe Willie Namath ...Love Ya Bro

[@depaola63]

What this man did for the game of pro football at that time is HOF!! The #'s in Joe's case don't matter! Give the man his respect! * Look at ALL the fans going crazy! Joe was always a GENUINE human being 1st ! ASK any of the people of color he grew up with in Beaver Falls, Pa. and at Alabama! He was right there in May of 63' ( I was born on that weekend on 5/18/63..*) When Gov. Wallace was asked to step aside and let the first " black " person enroll at " Bama" ....History! Then SB 3! Joe Namath is an ICON! God bless him!

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[@jayortiz8835]

That is a trash fucking comment!!! He did NOTHING!! Hes a fuckin joe flacco of his time.. Fuck joe flacco has better numbers then broadway..... Ohhhh yea he was in the leights of NY and there media so thats what made him what he was.. Fuking ridiculous.... There are MANY!!!# Many other players that need to be in besides his sorry ass

[@vrjanice2]

@@jayortiz8835 How old are you and were you even around the?. As a person of color I was proud of him and the NY Jets. My whole family was proud. He promoted and gave confidence to players before Superbowl 3 such as Matt Sneale. Matt tore the field up and ran over the Colts that Sunday for the crushing upset win.

[@depaola63]

@@vrjanice2 ❤️✊🏈ABSOLUTELY! Anyone under 40 would not understand NAMATH ⚡️IMPORTANCE at that time of HUGE CHANGE inThe NFL/AFL. IMPACT 🌟

[@HHH-ye1ro]

What an ovation! Amazing!!!!! Well deserved.

[@imasportsphile6247]

Be it Joe Willy, Broadway Joe or just Joe Namath....he was deserving of "amazing!!!!" ovations for the way he lifted the NFL game into the American consciousness

[@davidr5961]

How fitting it was , that night, that the Jets were playing Don Shula & the Dolphins; must have brought back bad memories for Shula

[@TheSilvergold45]

Joe Namath was SENSATIONAL !! WELL DESERVED JOE !! No matter what team u are a fan EVERYONE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER #12 BROADWAY JOE NAMATH !!!!! I AM A LIFELONG CHICAGO BEARS FAN BUT I AM ALSO A FOOTBALL FAN.. BUT I ALWAYS WILL REMEMEBER JOE NAMATH WITH RESPECT AND ADMIRATION.. HE WAS A JOY TO WATCH THOSE 1968 NEW YORK JETS WERE AMAZING AND DESERVED TO BE WORLD CHAMPIONS.. JOE IS A WORLD CHAMPION WITHIN HIMSELF.. GO BROADWAY JOE NAMATH !!!!

[@johnfalstaff2270]

Football is a trash. Better learn how to play soccer. Namath is a cheap figure and I think he does not deserve any attention.

[@stuartberke5845]

As a kid growing up in NY, Broadway Joe was always my favorite. To this day 50 years later, he still is. Thanks for the memories. I will always have them. 👍👍

[@joeblow7407]

Joe Namath carried the AFL on his back........An incredible star.......He IS the central reason the two leagues merged........Bear Bryant said Joe was the greatest athlete he ever coached.....The best comparison is to Mickey Mantle....they essentially played the majority of their careers on one leg........Throw the stats out.....At his best....Joe was the most extraordinary passer ever.....John Madden said for the record, 'Joe Namath was the greatest passer I ever saw."

[@liveoak144]

only man confident enough in himself to do a panty hose commercial! lol. everybody loved Joe.

[@georgekekatos4758]

Can you imagine all the pussy he hot 😛

[@scottsteel2395]

Joe is truly one of a kind. As a Jets fan, he brought us our ONE moment of GLORY. Toughest QB ever. You deserve every minute of this.Thanks Joe. You're the greatest. LEGEND #12

[@kensanity178]

When I was a kid, I loved the Jets. Joe Namath was a hero for me. I collected Joe Namath football cards. 50 years later, I thought those cards were lost, but I found them in my mothers attic, like a gold mine.

[@dominiceugenio6699]

Remember this Monday might game I believe it was Columbus day 1985 moving for me as a 12 year old how I wish I could have been old enough to watch you play love you Joe willie

[@jacwood22]

A legend.

[@frankdenardo8684]

jacwood22 besides Joe Namath being in the hall of fame. Don Maynard and Weeb Ewbank.

[@soundwavs1961c]

I love Joe !!!!!!!

[@vangillis]

Joe Willie won a national championship in college and a super bowl on two other people did this

[@rssempresas7478]

Bill Gillis, thanks for your comment....which is absolutely correct....as Joe Willie along with Joe Montana and Troy Aikman are the only QB's to play for a NCAA champion team and NFL Super Bowl champion team....albeit Aikman was injured in the 4th game of the season that OU won the NCAA title.

[@AllPro777]

More than two other people have done it...

[@justinjoseph6966]

Every player who ever played for Leon Hess had nothing but great things to say about him. He might not have been very good at finding the right people to run the team, but he cared very deeply about every player who played for him.

[@karenlilley9108]

Not one has a phone, all in the moment.

[@chrispaschal7955]

As a kid, I had 2 posters on my wall; Namath and Ali, both were unique and special. Those were the days!

[@gammadan1228]

Joe Willy!!

[@RWayne-nu2fi]

On October 14th, 1985, Pete Elliott referred to Joe Namath as "one of the greatest players that ever played the game"....... today, 36 years later, it's no less true.

[@jeffscharpf]

Wow. This was great. Thanks.

[@sappermade6012]

JOE WILLIE!!! We love you

[@ronniewilliams2465]

When I was a kid, my two heroes were Joe Namath and Terry Bradshaw. Why? Because one led the Dream life of Girls, booze, football, playing for two great coaches. Was a rock star as QB, yet had both swagger and humility. Depending on who he was in front of. That was Joe. But, Terry fought Depression, like myself. Joe had people around him who he could kind of lean on and to. Terry kind of had to do it for himself. He also got 4 rings, the hard way. Both, called their own plays. Both inspired me to want to learn about Quarterback play. Both were team players.

[@TTony-tu6dm]

For all the stat heads who bitch about Joe Willie - you have no concept of what he meant to the city of New York and to the NFL - he is one of the founders of the modern NFL, and that’s why he is deservedly in the Hall of Fame. And, not for nothing, if you never saw him play, you gotta shut up. I will simply quote the great Bear Bryant: “He tilts the field “.

[@DNSKansas]

The Namath to Bell TD shown at the beginning of the clip was not from the game at Baltimore when Namath threw for 496 yards and 6 TDs. It was from the second meeting of 1972 at Shea; the Namath-to-Bell bomb was the winning TD in the game's final minute.

[@rssempresas128]

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[@ronday9808]

That was fucking awesome!!! 👍

[@joelluongo7419]

I'm going out on a limb here.. I listen to Namath when he refers to Gabe Parilli.. I think. The back up quarterback for the Jets in Super Bowl III. On that 3rd and nine in Colts' territory ( 25 yard line ).. Namath took himself out of the game ( sore thumb ) but, I believe his hand was fine.. Namath just wanted Parilli to take a quarterback snap in Super Bowl III !!!

[@mikesheppard5723]

Joe Namath#12 Super Bowl 3 Champion Super Bowl MVP Played for the New York Jets and the Los Angeles Rams

[@vangillis]

A blast from the past

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[@HectorSiordia-x7e]

LEGENDARY 🏈

[@mikecassier7838]

He was my last sports idol. I was 15 when he won the super bowl. Jets haven't had anything to cheer about since.

[@Tariq00says]

I knew nothing of the game and when I saw this brash guy guaranteeing a win, I had to watch the game and became hooked to pro football since. Thanks Joe, for the memories.

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[@vangillis]

bama legend

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[@bamagirl218]

I’ll always love Joe Namath. What a sweet and classy man💕

[@johnfalstaff2270]

Where did you class? Namath is a cheap "hero".

[@peteraustinnoto142]

He looked like dan marino Joes the king

[@archie7186]

dam he was loved , only one joe

[@kelvinkloud]

few athletes have ever evoked that type of affection, esp in a hard city like nyc. namath in his era was as big as ali. it was during his entry into the league that the nfl surpassed mlb as the number one sport in the usa. his stats may be questionable, but this cat had intangibles thru the roof.

[@UberKrispy]

Good comparisn to Ali. They transcend sports to be icons of our society. forget the stats, Joe Namath helped force the merger to make the modern NFL what it is today

[@mickbazsuly4482]

A Jet Forever!

[@bigstuff52]

had a hell of a head of hair on em.....who couldn't have liked Joe Willie.....

[@kapo2012fb]

The greatest player in jets history....

[@rustykuntz94]

Shame they weren’t able to do this at Shea Stadium. Jets left there after the 1983 season and Joe had been retired since 78 but the Jets probably wanted to wait till he got into the Hall of Fame maybe? Namath didn’t make the Hall on his first 2 years eligible but got the Nod in 85

[@MrSteveG58]

I hated Joe for years he and the Jets beat my unbeatable Baltimore Colts. My father as many other baltimoreans bet heavy and lost. 69 was a rough year the Jets and the Mets both killed this city's sports heart. It wasn't until I saw the special his background and history I began to love the man.

[@howardlaichter430]

steven gordon you left out the Knicks beating your Bullets to go on and win the Championship against the Lakers, great year 69/70

[@frankdenardo8684]

I saw this on Monday Night Football back in 1985. Great to see his old coach Weeb Ewbank take the field, present his Pro Football Hall of Fame ring and his number 12 being retired.

[@richrome9897]

Joe Cool

[@BeardBeerCigar]

Me and a buddy were hitchhiking ('74ish) along A1A(?) [along the beach] in FLL and Joe rolls up in a red Cadillac with white interior; we asked him for a ride and he said, 'Sorry guys; turning right up here.) darn it! lol

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[@RaiderX948]

Class Act

[@gocygo63]

...a little help...anybody know the date this took place? ...year? ...Thanks...

[@mikemurphy1208]

Royalty.

[@jefftheparodyguy5166]

47 more career interceptions than career touchdown passes? Wow! The guy won that Super Bowl game in ‘69 so all those interceptions are forgotten. Is he rockin’ an 80’s perm??

[@dannywest9256]

Joe loved women. But women loved him. He wasn’t a POS, a perv or a jerk. Utmost respect for Joe Namath

[@blackfish590]

WHAT YEAR? I believe I was there

[@tonyanthonyfowler]

Joe namath...most misunderstood qb

[@davidr5961]

What a great night that was; they should have had Joe throw a pass to Don Maynard, at the end of the ceremony, to cap it off.

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[@mikeyoungblood1642]

If he played in the modern NFL, he would have had a 15 year career. When he entered the NFL, he was told he had 5 years to play

[@DNSKansas]

Bear Bryant shortened his pro career by making him run the option at Alabama. Bryant was a legendary college coach and deserves ever honor bestowed upon him, but like the other great coaches of that era, he was too inflexible. Nick Saban would have adapted to Namath's skill set.

[@robynowen2583]

Joe Willie

[@fabio40]

If you look at Joe's career numbers at 5:08, they're really not that great. So why did they retire his number and why is he in the Hall of Fame? I think it was really his personality that got him there.

[@sixtythreekraft2608]

5:15 He had more interceptions than TD's.

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[@joebamasmith8077]

SixtyThree Kraft That’s because he never took the easy pass ... And if there was a 8 yard & out or a 50 yard bomb 💣Joe was going long ... lol 😂

[@josephcockburn1402]

SixtyThreeKraft and Babe Ruth had a ton of strikeouts.

[@danielholtxxl4936]

He won one super bowl. One.

[@MrMathExpert]

*Sigh* You don't get it.

[@MrMathExpert]

That's fine. I'll explain: AFL and NFL were separate leagues and never played against each other until Super Bowl. The first two games were GB vs KC and GB vs OAK, and GB smoked each of them. AFL was really a lot like XFL, and nobody took it seriously. What saved the league prior Super Bowl III is that it lured many really good players from college with lots of money and Joe Namath was one of them. NFL got pissed off about it. Sonny Werblin, the owner of the Jets, viewed Namath the "It" player to be the face of AFL, and he was 100% correct. Back then, it was dominantly a running game, and QBs rarely passed. When Namath came into the league, nobody had seen anything like him; he threw a beautiful ball with one of the quickest releases. In other words, he was Dan Marino before there was Dan Marino. That week of the Super Bowl, Namath did guarantee a Super Bowl victory, but today, it remains blown out of proportion because the incident was very small and nobody thought much of it. Anyway, the Jets were going against one of the greatest teams of all time, the Baltimore Colts (record 13-1 and shut out the Cleveland Browns 34-0 in the NFC title game), and they were heavy underdogs. Jets won mostly because of Buddy Ryan's defense (yes, the same Buddy of the 46 defense fame for the '85 Bears). Namath did his part very well by playing conservatively and pulling off the most important plays at the right time; in other words, he played the game like if it was a chess match. The significance of the victory is that it finally gave AFC credibility; Kansas City would cement it in the next Super Bowl, leading to the merger of both leagues into NFL that it is today. In other words, it was just not a Super Bowl Namath helped the Jets to win; it was the Super Bowl of all Super Bowls that changed the face of NFL. People today regularly call Joe Namath overrated simply because they looked at his numbers and were thus satisfied by saying so. That's why statistics are strictly for losers. Like I said, nobody had seen anyone like Namath before; he opened up the passing game. There was zero QB protection, and WRs got mauled all the time; it was a wonder if a QB threw the ball at all. Joe Namath was the first QB ever to throw for over 4,000 yards in a single season (did it in 14 games; Fouts would break the record 12 years later but in 16 games). He was the first QB to win Rookie of the Year and the first QB to win a national title and a Super Bowl. He was the first QB to start in a Monday Night Football game (the game owes a lot of its existence to him as ABC purposefully wanted him to begin with). He once threw for 496 yards and 6 TDs in a single game against Johnny Unitas. Imagine how good Joe Namath would have been if it wasn't for his ruined knees. He tore one of them at Alabama, changing his playing style. Henceforth, he had to be strictly a pure passer. Before, during, and after games, Namath would have his knees regularly drained; no player would have done it for so many years, but he did. In the NFL, he had no protection whatsoever, and Namath was constantly killed which is the number 1 reason why he became an alcoholic. The pain got to be too much for him, but he loved the game so much. Joe Namath was like the Beatles, and the football world had never seen anything like him before. He was truly the first NFL superstar and the first to sign a contract for one million dollars. Before him, football was a game played by meatheads, but when Namath came, men, women, and children took notice, and the league's popularity skyrocketed. The difference between Joe Namath and Johnny Manziel is that the former could handle the pressure and did so very well while the latter quickly flamed out. Today, Namath is in the Hall of Fame for three reasons: he revolutionized the game, won an important championship, and put up mindblowing statistics (he set all of the records himself before QBs with substantially more pass protection easily broke them). Since then, no Jets QB has ever matched him number-wise or championships; Namath remains the only Jets QB to win an AFC title and a Super Bowl title. Most of his Jets records in passing still stand today, even after 40 years.

[@stevejorfi9086]

Yea the most important. Go away kid go eat your breakfast.

[@danielholtxxl4936]

@@MrMathExpert "...Namath remains the only Jets QB to win an AFC title and a Super Bowl title. Most of his Jets records in passing still stand today, even after 40 years." Could that be because the Jets QB's since him suck? Does he have any records that haven't been broken multiple times by QB's from other teams? You don't compare a persons stats for the HOF for one particular team. You compare personal stats against the whole league.

[@danielholtxxl4936]

@@stevejorfi9086 You're an idiot. There is no "most important".

[@sixtythreekraft2608]

when was this?

[@ringadingtime]

I was there. First of all it wasn't against the Giants it was the Dolphins . It was On October 14,, 1985 during a Monday Night Halftime ceremony, the Jets retired Joe Namath's Number 12, .

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[@brendad3570]

Too bad he tried to stretch it out and went to LA. He'll always be a Jet

[@excaliburhead]

Weeb is outstanding name.

[@larry930legend]

Without question without Joe Namath on the Jets,they'd be the worst franchise in NFL history. With Namath they won SB 3 and have gone downhill ever since. That's over 50 years without a Super Bowl appearance.

[@balrog322]

Maybe if the Jets unretire Namath’s number, they’ll make it back to the Super Bowl.

[@jayortiz8835]

What in theee fuck are people thinging?? Joe was trash at best,, he threw for 4,000 with 26tds and 28 ints and that was his BEST Year!!! The HOF is fucked up.. My guy Jay Cutler is a wayyy better qb and HOF'r compaired to Bullshit Broadway's stats i mean C'mon MAN!!!

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[@johnfalstaff2270]

I am tired to see this fool advertising medicare in TV.

[@robertbishop5357]

As I recall I believe the Jets honored Joe by losing this game.

[@joseramirez-vi7yu]

Carol McGowan that's gross

[@SUNMAYDEN518]

good player but not very bright

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[@RoseSharon7777]

I'm sure he's sitting pretty financially and has the respect of millions, how about you?

[@wlupolice1762]

173 TD's 220 INT's.....Hall of Fame? Hardly

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[@1perfectstrangerr]

Terry Bradshaw has very mediocre stats 51% completions... 212-210 TD-INT and where would he be without the Steel Curtain and Franco....??? No where.... You HAVE to put Namath in the Hall... he put the fledgling AFL on the map... and to make that prediction against the vaunted Colts and back it up....? That took stones of iron....!!! Put Namath on the Steelers in his prime and his has multiple SB wins too....

[@wlupolice1762]

Matt Snell and the Jets defense won that game, not Namath. Weeb had a great game plan....don't let the gunslinger throw the ball all over the place for his usual 3 or 4 interceptions.

[@1perfectstrangerr]

Namath threw for 206 17-28 Geo Sauer had a great day catching 8-133 yds. and keeping the Colts off balance and thereby allowing Snell to have a good day because they could not stack 8 in the box... Namath riddled that Colt 2ndary. He was as big a part of the win as Snell was...

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[@brandenjackson8092]

Most overrated QB of all time

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The coolest of the cool and all class too

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