Joe Montana Biography
Joseph Clifford "Joe" Montana, Jr., nicknamed Joe Cool and The Comeback Kid, is a retired professional American football player, a hall of fame quarterback with the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs. After winning a college national championship at Notre Dame, Montana started his NFL career in 1979 with San Francisco, where he played for the next 14 seasons. Traded before the 1993 season, he spent his final two years in the league with the Kansas City Chiefs. While a member of the 49ers, Montana started and won four Super Bowls and three Super Bowl Most Valuable Player awards. Montana was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, in 2000, his first year of eligibility. Montana is the only player to have been named Super Bowl MVP three times.
In 1989, and again in 1990, the Associated Press named Montana the NFL Most Valuable Player, and Sports Illustrated magazine named Montana the 1990 "Sportsman of the Year". Four years earlier, in 1986, Montana won the AP NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award. Montana was elected to eight Pro Bowls, as well as being voted 1st team All-Pro by the AP in 1987, 1989, and 1990. Source: Wikipedia
Biography Snapshot
- Name:
- Joe Montana
- Nationality:
- United States of America
- Profession:
- American football player, Coach
- Ethnicity:
- Italian American
- Religion:
- Catholicism
- Date of Birth:
- June 11, 1956 (61)
- Astrological Sign:
- Gemini
Marriages
Joe Montana Timeline
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APA Style
Joe Montana. (2018). The HistoryHop.com website. Retrieved 8:24am UTC, May 26, 2018, from historyhop.com/famous-people/joe-montana/bio.
Harvard Style
Joe Montana. [Internet]. 2018. The HistoryHop.com website. Available from: historyhop.com/famous-people/joe-montana/bio [Accessed 26 May 2018].
MLA Style
"Joe Montana." Bio. The HistoryHop.com website, 2018. Web. 26 May 2018.
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