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Joe Namath was born
Joseph William Namath was born on May 31,1943 at Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. He was one of five children, three boys and one adopted girl named Rita, in his entire family. He was the youngest child in his whole family. Joe's father, John Namath, was from Raho, Hungary, and went to Ellis Island at eleven years old. He also worked as a helper for a steel company in his twenties. His mother, Rose Juhasz, was the daughter of two Hungarians. Joe's parents divorced later in his childhood -
Joe Namath leads Beaver falls to the ncaa championship
In 1960, Joe Namath led his high school's football very own football team, the Beaver Falls Tigers, to a WPIAL Class AA Championship. This was remarkable for him and his teammates because they were not predicted to even get that far during that football season. Finishing with a 10-0 undefeated record, his team was coached by Larry Bruno, who passed away in 2010 when he was 88 years old. He would later be Joe's presenter to the Pro Football Hall of Fame -
Joe Namath is Recruited by the Alabama Crimson Tide
Joe Namath was recruited by the Alabama Crimson Tide in July of the year 1961. He was recruited by coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, a legendary football coach at Alabama. What was interesting about when he was recruited is because the African American Civil Rights Movement occured a that time. He also accepted a full scholarship there in Alabama in addition to that. -
Joe and the Crimson Tide win a NCAA Football National Championship
Joe Namath lead the Alabama Crimson Tide to a NCAA (National College Association) Football National Championship on Thanksgiving Day, 1964. This was Joe's only NCAA Championship win in his total college football career with the Crimson Tide. When he was a quarterback at Alabama, he led their football team to an excellent 29-4 record over a period of three seasons
