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Posted on 4/26/13 at 1:28 am to GeorgiaTide
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Harry Gilmer-1948. I really thought Namath was a #1 until I looked just looked it up.
That's cute, little bro.
Posted on 4/26/13 at 1:30 am to GeorgiaTide
Didn't Namath have some knee injury later in his college career? Probably why.
Posted on 4/26/13 at 9:35 am to GeorgiaTide
quote:He was. He was selected and signed by the AFL New York Jets as the 1st pick of the 1st round in 1965. LINK
I really thought Namath was a #1 until I looked just looked it up.
This was back when the NFL and the AFL were different entities.
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As a pro, Namath was at the center of changes that popularized professional football and its championship games. In 1965 he was signed to the New York Jets by owner Sonny Werblin, a former Hollywood television producer, for a then-record $427,000 over three years. Thus Namath became "Broadway Joe." At the time the Jets were a mediocre team in the relatively new American Football League (AFL), and their signing of Namath and the AFL's lucrative deals with NBC to broadcast AFL games helped transform the AFL from an upstart to a serious National Football League rival.
To end bidding wars for collegiate players like Namath, the NFL arranged in 1965 to begin a yearly interleague championship game called the Super Bowl in 1967 and to merge with the AFL in 1970. LINK
The year Namath was picked #1 by the AFL; the NFL picked an Auburn player #1 - NY Giants Tucker Fredrickson. LINK
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