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Former Colts great Johnny Unitas, one of the top quarterbacks of all time, ... Named "Greatest Player in the First 50 Years of Pro Football.'' Named to the NFL's 75th Anniversary Team.

Johnny Unitas was the NFL’s first household name, the first pro football player to be recognized on a level with Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays. Modern pro football is practically dated from his ...

Before Johnny Unitas, college stars were the only famous football players. The great No. 19 changed that forever -- and took the NFL to the top.

Johnny Unitas' death from a heart attack at 69 Wednesday stunned the NFL and brought an... Chron Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo. ... • Named "Greatest Player in the First 50 Years of Pro Football." ...

Johnny Unitas' NFL career had an inauspicious beginning. His first pass was intercepted for a touchdown, he botched a handoff for a fumble, and the Baltimore Colts lost 58-27.

One of football's greatest players was quarterback Johnny Unitas. But he was more than a great player. Unitas was a unique man who towered above his contemporaries, and the stars who have played ...

Notre Dame thought Johnny Unitas was too small. ... a game often proclaimed as football's greatest, Unitas boosted the sport's popularity. ... The league's players voted him the Most Valuable Player.

Unitas didn't really look like a football player. At 6-foot-1, just under 200 pounds, his body was that of an everyday person — except for the scars, bumps and bruises.

Before and after football practice each day, Johnny Unitas spent hour after patient hour creating a football player — a Hall of Fame-bound quarterback — a guy named Johnny Unitas. That was 40 ...

Era-adjusted fantasy football player rankings: Johnny Unitas, Lenny Moore ride high for the Indianapolis Colts. By KC Joyner. April 13, ...

Unitas was a unique man who towered above his contemporaries, and the stars who have played after him. Johnny Unitas Towers Over the History of Football | WUNC But he was more than a great player.