Joe Montana nicknamed Joe Cool, Golden Joe, The Golden Great and Comeback Joe, is a retired Hall of Fame football player in the National Football League. He started his NFL career in 1979 with the San Francisco 49ers, where he played quarterback for the next 14 seasons. He spent the 1993 and 1994 period, his final two years in the NFL, with the Kansas City Chiefs. While a member of the 49ers, Montana in progress four Super Bowl games and the team won all of them. In 2000, Montana was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 1989, and again in 1990, the related Press named Montana the NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP), and Sports Illustrated magazine surname Montana the 1990 "Sportsman of the Year".The 49ers retired the number 16, the jersey number Montana carry while with the team. In 1993, Montana was operate to the Kansas City Chiefs and led the franchise to its first AFC Championship Game in January 1994. In 1994, Montana gets a spot on the NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team; he is also a associate of the NFL 1980s All-Decade Team. In 1999, editors at The Sporting News ranked Montana third on their listing of Football's 100 Greatest Players. Also in 1999, ESPN named Montana the 25th best athlete of the 20th century. In 2006, Sports illustrate rate him the number one clutch quarterback of every time. In 2010 he was named the fourth greatest player in NFL history according to the NFL's top 100 show.
| Date of birth | June 11, 1956 |
| Place Of Birth | New Eagle, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Height | 6 ft 2 ft |
| Weight: | 93 kg |
| Awards | Cotton Bowl Classic MVP (1979) UPI NFC Player of the Year (1981) PFWA NFL MVP (1989) NEA NFL MVP (1989) AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1989) NFL Comeback Player of the Year (1986) Bert Bell Award (1989) NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team NFL 1980s All-Decade Team San Francisco 49ers #16 retired |
