Joe Montana Autographed Legends Magazine Cover - Kansas City Chiefs

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Joe Montana Autographed Legends Magazine Cover - Kansas City Chiefs
Front & Back Cover Only - Not the entire magazine
Joseph Clifford Montana Jr.
(born June 11, 1956), nicknamed "
Joe Cool
"
[1]
and "
the Comeback Kid
",
[2]
is an American former professional
football
player who was a
quarterback
in the
National Football League
(NFL) for 16 seasons, primarily with the
San Francisco 49ers
. He also played for the
Kansas City Chiefs
.
[3]
After winning a
national championship
at
Notre Dame
, Montana started his NFL career in
1979
with San Francisco, where he played for the next 14
seasons
.
[4]
While a member of the 49ers, Montana started and won four Super Bowls and was the first player ever to have been named Super Bowl Most Valuable Player three times. He also holds Super Bowl career records for most passes without an interception (122 in four games) and the all-time highest
passer rating
of 127.8. In 1993, Montana was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs for his final two seasons, and he led that franchise to its first
AFC Championship Game
in January 1994. Montana was elected to the
Pro Football Hall of Fame
in 2000, his first year of eligibility.
[5]
In
1989
and again in
1990
, the
Associated Press
named Montana the
NFL Most Valuable Player
(MVP), and
Sports Illustrated
magazine named Montana the 1990 "
Sportsman of the Year
".
[6]
Four years earlier in
1986
, Montana had also won the AP
NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award
.
[7]
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
(NFC) five times (
1981
,
1984
,
1985
,
1987
, and
1989
), and in both 1987 and 1989, Montana had the highest passer rating in the NFL.
[8]
Among his career highlights, "
The Catch
" (the game-winning touchdown pass vs. Dallas in the
1981 NFC Championship Game
) and a Super Bowl-winning 92-yard drive against the Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII are staples of
NFL highlight films
.
The 49ers
retired the number
Montana's #16 jersey after the conclusion of his playing career. In 1994, Montana earned a spot on the
NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team
; he is also a member of the
NFL 1980s All-Decade Team
. In 1999,
editors
at
The Sporting News
ranked Montana third on their list of
Football's 100 Greatest Players
. Also in 1999,
ESPN
named Montana the 25th
greatest athlete of the 20th century
. In 2006,
Sports Illustrated
rated him the number-one clutch quarterback of all time