Joe Namath Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers
Who is Joe Namath?
A: He is a former American
football quarterback and
actor.
What was Joe Namath's date of birth?
A: May 31, 1943.
Where is Joe Namath's place of birth?
A: Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
How tall is Joe?
A: 6 ft 2 in.
What high school did Namath attend?
A: Beaver Falls (PA).
What was one of Joe's nicknames?
A: Broadway Joe.
He played college football for what school?
A: University of Alabama.
In college Joe played under what coach?
A: Paul "Bear" Bryant from
1962 to
1964.
Joe played professional football in the American Football
League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) during what decades?
A: The 1960s and
1970s.
Namath was an American Football League what?
A: Icon.
What team did he play for during most of his professional
football career?
A: New York Jets.
What team did he finish his career with?
A: The Los Angeles Rams.
He was elected to the Hall of Fame in what year?
A: 1985.
Namath retired after playing in how many career
games
(including playoff games)?
A: 143, with 68 wins, 71 losses and 4 ties.
In his 132 career starts, what was his record?
A: 64–64–4, and he was 4–7 coming off the bench in relief.
How many touchdowns did he throw in his career?
A: He threw 173 touchdowns.
How many interceptions?
A: 220.
How many passes did Joe complete?
A: 1,886 passes for 27,663 yards.
During his thirteen years in the AFL and NFL he played for
how many division champions?
A: Three, the 1968 and
1969 AFL East Champion Jets and the
1977 NFC West
Champion Rams.
He also earned one league championship (1968 AFL
Championship), and one what?
A: Super Bowl victory (Super Bowl III).
In 1999, what number was he ranked at on The
Sporting News'
list of the 100 Greatest Football Players?
A: 96.
He was the only player on the list to have spent a majority
of his career with what team?
A: The Jets.
He is known for once boldly guaranteeing what?
A: A Jets' victory over Don Shula's NFL Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III
(1969).
Then he made good on his prediction with a what?
A: 16-7 win for the Jets.
Who was Joe's father?
A: János "John" Andrew Namath, a steelworker.
Who was his mother?
A: Rose Juhász.
His parents were of what descent?
A: Hungarian.
Growing up, Namath was close to both of his parents, who
were what?
A: Divorced.
After the divorce, who did he live with?
A: He lived with his mother.
He was the youngest of how many sons?
A: Four.
Joe also had a sister who was what?
A: Adopted.
He was a standout quarterback in football, at what high
school?
A: Beaver Falls High School.
In an age when dunks were uncommon in high school
basketball, what did Namath do?
A: He regularly dunked in games.
Coached by Larry Bruno at Beaver Falls, Namath's football
team won the what?
A: WPIAL Class AA championship with a 10–0 record in 1960.
Coach Bruno would later be his presenter to the what?
A: Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton.
Upon graduation from high school in 1961, he received
offers from whom?
A: Several Major League Baseball teams.