Joe Montana

Joseph Clifford "Joe" Montana, Jr. (born June 11, 1956), nicknamed Joe Cool, Golden Joe, The Golden Great and Comeback Joe, is a retired football quarterback Montana started his NFL career in 1979 with the San Francisco 49ers, where he played for the next 14 seasons. He spent the 1993 and 1994 seasons, his final two years in the NFL, with the Kansas City Chiefs. While a member of the 49ers, Montana started in four Super Bowl games and won all of them. In 2000, Montana was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 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". 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.…

Also Known As: Joe Cool, Joe Clifford, The Golden Great, Comeback Kid, David W. Gibson, Big Sky, Golden Joe, Joseph Clifford Montana, Jr.