In the over 100-year history of the NFL, if you really stretch things there may have been a handful of quarterbacks to be as successful as [autotag]Joe Montana[/autotag].
“Joe Cool” helped the San Francisco 49ers to win four Super Bowls, three of which he took home game MVP honors in. He and Bill Walsh teamed up to have the 49ers in contention in the NFC every year of the 1980’s and Montana would eventually spend two years in Kansas City before retiring where he’d help the Chiefs to threaten for the AFC crown.
Before Montana was drafted by the 49ers however, he was a Pennsylvania kid and a Notre Dame backup quarterback. After starting his college career buried on the depth chart, Montana worked his way to playing time, helping Notre Dame in comeback victories over Air Force and North Carolina.
Yet Montana still didn’t lock down the starting job until 1977 when he helped lead the Irish to a national championship.
Montana turns 68 years old today, so cheers to one of the very best to do pretty much anything he ever touched!
Celebrate by checking out some of the very best photos of Joe Montana over the years below!