John Elway
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Position (s): Quarterback |
Jersey number (s): 7 |
| born on June 28, 1960 in Port Angeles , Washington | |
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| Active : 1983 - 1998 | |
| NFL Draft : 1983 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st | |
| College : Stanford | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Touchdowns - interceptions | 300-226 |
| Yards | 51,475 |
| Quarterback rating | 79.9 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
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John Albert Elway, Jr. (* 28. June 1960 in Port Angeles , Washington ) is a former American American football poker players and -Funktionär. He played for sixteen years on the position of quarterback for the Denver Broncos in the National Football League (NFL) and led them to two consecutive victories in the Super Bowl ( Super Bowl XXXII and Super Bowl XXXIII ). His jersey number 7 is no longer awarded by the Denver Broncos.
Elway is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame , the 1990s National Football League All-Decade Team, and the College Football Hall of Fame .
youth
At the age of eleven, John first played American football, or rather Little Grizzly Football . In his team, Evans Vance Co., he did not play quarterback, but running back . It was too boring for him to immediately give the ball out of his hand. In the very first year his team won the city championship. After that, his interest in football waned a bit. In high school, John preferred to play baseball and basketball in his 7th and 8th grades .
His interest revived in grade 10 when the family moved to Granada Hills , north of Los Angeles . The high school team there has a long tradition and coach Jack Neumeier loved the passing game. While others went to the beach, John exercised his limb. Some days he threw 400 to 500 passes to practice. His talent did not remain hidden either; 65 colleges wanted to recruit John Elway. He chose Stanford University , where he met his wife, Janet, who was a very good competitive swimmer. In 1981 the New York Yankees from Major League Baseball (MLB) let him play in a Class A League for six weeks.
Player career
college
Elway enrolled at Stanford in 1979 and played football and baseball there. Although he failed to lead the team to a final in his four football seasons (1979-1982), he had a successful college career. He threw 774 passes for 9349 yards and 77 touchdowns .
NFL
Elway went as one of the most sought-after candidates in the NFL Draft 1983. There he was selected as the overall first by the Baltimore Colts , although Elway already expressed to the Colts before the draft that he would not play for them and, if in doubt, begin a professional baseball career wool. Colts owner Robert Irsay then decided to swap Elway, but did not want to fulfill his wish to play on the West Coast, which is why the San Diego Chargers , the Seattle Seahawks and the Los Angeles Raiders were out of the running. The Denver Broncos ultimately won the bid . In return, the Colts received quarterback Mark Hermann , offensive tackle Chris Hinton and the first round pick of the Broncos for the 1984 draft, with which they selected guard Ron Solt .
In his first season he was able to play in ten games from the start, but won only four of them. In addition, he threw fourteen interceptions . Denver's head coach , Dan Reeves , publicly admitted that it was a mistake to use Elway so early. On the penultimate day of the 1983 season , the Broncos played against the Colts. In this game Elway was substituted on and led the Broncos to victory and thus in the play-offs . There, however, they already lost in the wild cards against the Seattle Seahawks . In the following seasons Elway improved steadily, but was only able to win his first play-off game in 1986 and move into the AFC Championship Game with the Broncos . There they played against the Cleveland Browns , who led until shortly before the end with 20:13. But Elway leads the Broncos with a series of moves known as The Drive over 98 yards to equalize and the Broncos won the game in overtime, which Elway reached a Super Bowl for the first time . The Broncos lost the Super Bowl XXI with 20:39 against the New York Giants . Elway also leads the Broncos into the Super Bowl the following season . There they lost, however, after a 10-0 lead with 10:42 against the Washington Redskins . Two years later, Elway led the Broncos to Super Bowl XXIV , but they lost it at 10:55 against the San Francisco 49ers around Joe Montana . After losing three Super Bowls, a stigma formed around Elway, as he could never win a championship despite very good performances. In the following years, the performance of the Broncos deteriorated and after two coach changes Elway was able to move into the Super Bowl again in 1997 under Mike Shanahan with the Broncos. In Super Bowl XXXII , the Broncos defeated the Green Bay Packers . At the awards ceremony, Broncos owner Pat Bowlen announced "This is for John." In the following season, Elway won with the Broncos against the Atlanta Falcons to Super Bowl XXXIII and became the Super Bowl MVP appointed. Shortly afterwards Elway ended his career.
Functionary career
In June 2002, Elway formed the Colorado Crush arena football team . Despite a poor first season for the Crushes, winning only two of 16 games, Elway was named Arena Football League's Executive of the Year in 2003 . In 2005 the Crushes won the Arena Bowl XIX, making Elway his third professional championship. After the Arena Football League suspended the game for the 2009 season for financial reasons, the Crushes did not return in 2010, but gave up the game. On January 5, 2011, he was named Vice President and General Manager of the Denver Broncos by Bowlen. Under him, the Broncos made it to the Super Bowl twice and won one with Super Bowl 50 .
Private
In 2001 Elway's father died of a heart attack , and one year later his sister Jana died of lung cancer .
From 1984 to 2003 he was married to Janet Buchan (born February 17, 1961 in Seattle, Washington), with whom he has four children: Jessica Gwen, Jordan Marie, Juliana and John Albert Elway III. Jessica Elway played as a freshman on Stanford University's women's basketball team.
Web links
literature
- John Elway, Elise Glading: "Elway" ISBN 1892049007
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f John Elway: What takes a long time ... Spox, accessed September 3, 2016 .
- ↑ The List: Most lopsided trades in sports history. SPN, accessed September 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Jess Place: Colorado Crush Indicators: What can we learn about John Elway's Denver Broncos from his days in the Arena League? October 6, 2011, accessed September 3, 2016 .
- ↑ John Elway. Denver Broncos, accessed April 20, 2019 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Elway, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elway, John Albert Junior (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player and official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Port Angeles , Washington |