I remember in his book, Bear Bryant described Namath as the best athlete he ever coached which surprised me. I knew he was a great QB but didn’t know about his athleticism.
He said John David Crow at Texas A&M was the best player.
In one of his books, John Madden described Namath as the QB who scared him the most when he was coaching the Raiders.
Namath was a great running QB up until he hurt his knee playing for Bama.
Was a good running QB at Bama until his first knee injury, and was a good basketball player. He played on a bad knee` from his sophomore year on, two bad knees all during his pro career.
I remember in his book, Bear Bryant described Namath as the best athlete he ever coached which surprised me. I knew he was a great QB but didn’t know about his athleticism.
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Joe was the best basketball player on campus at the time. He was the best baseball player. And maybe the best golfer on campus at the time.
Joe almost played linebacker at UA.
He was the best athlete in college football until her hurt his knee. He was just an incredible athlete.