Johnny Unitas dead at 69

BALTIMORE (AP) — Johnny Unitas, the Hall of Fame quarterback who broke nearly every passing NFL record and won three championships with the Baltimore Colts in an 18-year career, died Wednesday. He was 69.
Unitas died of a heart attack, according to Baltimore Ravens spokesman Chad Steele.

 

He was JR's QB wasn't he? I'll bet JR is sad about that one. I remember Johnny U well. He threw the wobbly pass right on target ever time, it seened. Threw a TD pass to JR in a championship game if I remember correct.

 

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One of the best!

 

Johnny Unitas at a glance:

Born: May 7, 1933, Pittsburgh.

Died: Sept. 11, 2002, Baltimore.

Height: 6-1.

Weight: 195 pounds.

Position: Quarterback, Baltimore Colts, (1956-72); San Diego Chargers, (1973)

Education: St. Justin's High School (Pittsburgh); graduated University of Louisville, 1955.

Drafted: Ninth round (102nd overall) by Pittsburgh Steelers (1955). Cut before start of 1955 and signed as free agent with Baltimore Colts in 1956.

Uniform number: 19 (retired by Colts).

Career milestones:

_ Completed 2,830 passes for 40,239 yards and a record 290 touchdown passes during his career.

_ Threw TD passes in record 47 consecutive games.

_ Had three seasons of 3,000 yards or more.

_ "Player of the Year" in '59, '64, '67.

_ Led Colts to 1958, '59 NFL crowns.

_ Three-time NFL MVP.

_ "Player of the Decade" for the 1960s.

_ Ten Pro-Bowl selections.

_ Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979.

_ Named "Greatest Player in the First 50 Years of Pro Football."

_ Named to the NFL's 75th Anniversary Team.

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Sources: Pro Football Hall of Fame; Johnny Unitas Web site.

 

3, er... 19