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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born: | June 28, 1960 Port Angeles, Washington, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Granada Hills (Los Angeles, California) | ||||||||||||||||
| College: | Stanford (1979–1982) | ||||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1983 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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John Albert Elway Jr. (born June 28, 1960) is an American former professional football quarterback who spent his entire 16-year career with the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). Following his playing career, he then spent 11 years with the Broncos in various front office positions, eventually being promoted to general manager. Elway, along with former backup quarterback and head coach Gary Kubiak, are the only individuals to be associated with all three of the Broncos' Super Bowl wins.
Elway is widely regarded as one of the best quarterbacks in the history of the sport.[1][2][3][4][5] At the time of his retirement in early 1999, Elway had the most victories by a starting quarterback and was statistically the second most prolific passer in NFL history. He was also a prolific rusher of the ball, being one of only two players to score a rushing touchdown in four different Super Bowls (the other being Thurman Thomas) and the only quarterback to do so.[6][7]
While playing college football at Stanford, Elway set several career records for passing attempts and completions and also received unanimous All-American honors. He was the first selection in the 1983 NFL draft, famously known as the "quarterback class of 1983", where he was taken by the Baltimore Colts before being traded to the Denver Broncos. In January 1987, Elway embarked on one of the most notable performances in sports and in NFL history, helping engineer a 98-yard, game-tying touchdown drive in the AFC Championship Game against the Cleveland Browns, a moment later dubbed "The Drive". Following that game in Cleveland, Elway and the Broncos lost in Super Bowl XXI to the New York Giants.
After two more Super Bowl losses, the Broncos entered a period of decline; however, that ended during the 1997 season, as Elway and Denver won their first Super Bowl title by defeating the Green Bay Packers 31–24 in Super Bowl XXXII. The Broncos repeated as champions the following season in Super Bowl XXXIII by defeating the Atlanta Falcons 34–19. Elway was named MVP of that Super Bowl, which was the last game of his career, and in doing so Elway set a then-record five Super Bowl starts which was broken in February 2015 when Tom Brady of the New England Patriots started Super Bowl XLIX. After his retirement as a player, Elway served as general manager and executive vice president of football operations of the Broncos, which won four division titles, two AFC Championships, and Super Bowl 50 during his tenure, making Elway a three-time Super Bowl Champion with the Broncos - two as a player and one as an executive. Elway was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004.
- ^ Bruton, Michelle (August 28, 2017). "The Top 10 Quarterbacks of All Time". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
- ^ Harrison, Elliot (July 2, 2019). "Top 25 quarterbacks of all time: Patriots' Tom Brady leads list". NFL.com. Archived from the original on August 13, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
- ^ Teets, Sam (June 23, 2020). "The Greatest NFL Quarterbacks Of All-Time, Ranked 20-1". ClutchPoints. Archived from the original on February 20, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
- ^ Clayton, John (January 30, 2017). "Clayton's GOAT quarterback ranking". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
- ^ Healy, John (January 29, 2022). "From Elway to Brady, ranking the 10 greatest NFL quarterbacks of all time". Audacy. Archived from the original on August 18, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
- ^ "Super Bowl Records: Individual Passing", NFL.com
- ^ "Super Bowl Leaders", Pro-Football-Reference.com
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