Joe Montana

Joseph Clifford Montana, Jr. (born June 11, 1956 in New Eagle, Pennsylvania) is widely considered one of the best American football quarterbacks in the history of the NFL. He is of Italian descent. He led the San Francisco 49ers to four Super Bowls (1981 season, 1984 season, 1988 season, 1989 season) and became the only player to win three Super Bowl MVP awards. He was also the first player in league history to win two Associated Press MVP awards, as he did so for the 1989 and 1990 season. In 1990, he received Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" award, and he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000.

Drafted in the third round by the San Francisco 49ers in 1979 from Notre Dame after leading the team to defeat The University of Texas in the 1978 Cotton Bowl to secure the 1977 national championship, Montana led the 49ers for 12 seasons. Injured after getting hit by Leonard Marshall during the NFC Championship Game in January 1991, Montana missed all of the 1991 season and most of the 1992 season with an elbow injury (he did appear in a Monday Night Football game vs. Detroit Lions at the end of the '92 season and was very effective). However, at this point teammate Steve Young replaced him at the starting quarterback position.

Montana was then traded to the Kansas City Chiefs in April 1993, and spent his two final seasons with the Chiefs before retiring at the end of the 1994 season. As a Chief, Montana led two come-from-behind wins in the 1993 playoffs and reached the AFC Championship Game where Kansas City lost to the Buffalo Bills. In 1994, Montana's highlight's included a classic duel with John Elway on Monday Night Football and a final playoff appearance.

Montana earned the nicknames "Joe Cool" and "Comeback Kid" due to his ability to rally his teams from late game deficits, including 31 fourth quarter comebacks. "The Catch" (the game-winning TD pass vs. Dallas in the '82 NFC Championship Game) and "The Drive" (the Super Bowl-winning 92-yd. drive vs. the Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII) are staples of NFL highlight films.

For his career with the 49ers, Montana completed 2,929 of 4,600 passes for 35,142 yards and 244 touchdowns. He had thirty-five 300 yard passing games. His career totals: 3409 completion on 5391 attempts, 273 touchdowns, 40,551 yards. His career passer rating was 92.3, 3rd highest of all-time, behind Kurt Warner (still active) and successor Steve Young. He also rushed for 1676 yards and 20 touchdowns.

Montana holds post-season records for most career touchdown passes (44), and passing yards (5772) among others. In his four Super Bowls, Montana completed 83 of 122 passes, for 1,142 yards and 11 touchdowns with an impressive zero interceptions, earning him a quarterback rating of 127.8. He played in eight Pro Bowls. His success is a combination of Bill Walsh's highly successful West Coast Offense, a team of superstars, pro-bowlers and future stars, and Montana's uncanny ability to find the open man (often the third or fourth option).

Critics have largely slighted his comedy appearances, e.g. Saturday Night Live with guest Walter Payton. However his 3½ minute piece on the Late Show with David Letterman in 1996, which had homoerotic undertones and ended with the two men shoving a crab down their pants on stage, has been praised as inspired.

In 1993, the town of Ismay, Montana temporarily changed its name to Joe, Montana in an honorary gesture.

Montana resides in Northern California's Wine Country near Santa Rosa, California with his third wife Jennifer, and their four children, Nathaniel, Nicholas, Alexandra, and Elizabeth. His sons both play football in school while his daughters have moved on to attend Notre Dame. Montana also owns horses and produces wine under the label Montagia.[1]

In 1999, The Sporting News named its 100 Greatest Football Players. Montana was ranked Number 3, and first among quarterbacks. However, in 2004, when TSN produced another special issue, ranking the 50 Greatest Quarterbacks, Montana ranked Number 2, behind Johnny Unitas, who they'd ranked Number 5 among all players in 1999.

In 2006 Montana allegedly skipped the Super Bowl pregame show in which every former MVP of the game stood together in honor of the Super Bowl's 40th anniversary because the league would not offer him $100,000 for an appearance. The NFL wanted Montana to also do the coin toss at the beginning of the game, but in his absence Tom Brady, who has been called the "Modern Day Montana" flipped the coin instead. However, it has been reported that Montana was attending his child's basketball game. Montana also stated on the show Quite Frankly, that he had missed being with his two daughters who are now in college and he didn't want to miss time with his two boys who are sixteen and thirteen.


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Montana also stated on the show Quite Frankly, that he had missed being with his two daughters who are now in college and he didn't want to miss time with his two boys who are sixteen and thirteen. An original novel based upon the character, The Man of Bronze (published January 2005) describes her once killing a man while kissing him and the book itself has an extremely high body count; at one point she uses deadly force against a man for simply painting a nude portrait of herself. However, it has been reported that Montana was attending his child's basketball game. Tomb Raider III was heavily criticized by some for showing Lara committing acts of murder against security guards and police[1]. The NFL wanted Montana to also do the coin toss at the beginning of the game, but in his absence Tom Brady, who has been called the "Modern Day Montana" flipped the coin instead. Fans of Lara have been critical of the video games for portraying her in an increasingly bloodthirsty manner, and occasionally not giving players the option to avoid lethal force against human characters (in an example from Tomb Raider Chronicles, one of the only safe ways through a deadly area is to shoot a sleeping guard in the head). In 2006 Montana allegedly skipped the Super Bowl pregame show in which every former MVP of the game stood together in honor of the Super Bowl's 40th anniversary because the league would not offer him $100,000 for an appearance. Her chest size was reduced and her clothes were altered, although she is still notably unrealistic, especially in regard to her BMI.

However, in 2004, when TSN produced another special issue, ranking the 50 Greatest Quarterbacks, Montana ranked Number 2, behind Johnny Unitas, who they'd ranked Number 5 among all players in 1999. In response to this, Lara has recently undergone a slight "redesign" for the sake of becoming more appealing to female gamers. Montana was ranked Number 3, and first among quarterbacks. Some fans consider Lara's growing status as a sex symbol in the video game fandom through each progressive game sequel—with increasingly gratuitous artwork and advertisements—detrimental to the character, who gained more attention from her appearance than her tough-as-nails spirit and determination. In 1999, The Sporting News named its 100 Greatest Football Players. Despite some initial reservations, Jolie expressed interest in making a third Tomb Raider movie, but the second film's box office failure led to these plans being cancelled. Montana also owns horses and produces wine under the label Montagia.[1]. She has also been portrayed by models, including the actress Rhona Mitra and the current top model Jill De Jong.

His sons both play football in school while his daughters have moved on to attend Notre Dame. She is also played by the actress Angelina Jolie in the movies Tomb Raider and Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. Montana resides in Northern California's Wine Country near Santa Rosa, California with his third wife Jennifer, and their four children, Nathaniel, Nicholas, Alexandra, and Elizabeth. Because of the alike pronunciations, she is sometimes referred to as Laura. In 1993, the town of Ismay, Montana temporarily changed its name to Joe, Montana in an honorary gesture. It is said the original name for Lara Croft was to be Laura Cruz. However his 3½ minute piece on the Late Show with David Letterman in 1996, which had homoerotic undertones and ended with the two men shoving a crab down their pants on stage, has been praised as inspired. The seventh game in the series Tomb Raider: Legend has been announced for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360, and PC.

Saturday Night Live with guest Walter Payton. Tomb Raider games have been made for the PC, Mac, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Saturn, Dreamcast, N-Gage, Pocket PC, Game Boy Advance, and Game Boy Color. Critics have largely slighted his comedy appearances, e.g. Created by Toby Gard, the heroine of the video game series has spawned over six incarnations of the game, where the heroine must defeat ancient deities, spirits, evil gangsters, and even dinosaurs. His success is a combination of Bill Walsh's highly successful West Coast Offense, a team of superstars, pro-bowlers and future stars, and Montana's uncanny ability to find the open man (often the third or fourth option). Typically, she is heavily armed with a variety of firearms. He played in eight Pro Bowls. For this unorthodox career choice, she is disowned by upper-class British society.

In his four Super Bowls, Montana completed 83 of 122 passes, for 1,142 yards and 11 touchdowns with an impressive zero interceptions, earning him a quarterback rating of 127.8. Her experience seemed to wake her up from the boring aristocratic life, and she chose to become a "tomb raider." In essence, she is for hire to recover lost artifacts, whether from tombs, or the clutches of selfish collectors. Montana holds post-season records for most career touchdown passes (44), and passing yards (5772) among others. Their plane crashed en route to the destination; she was the only survivor. He also rushed for 1676 yards and 20 touchdowns. At about the age of twenty, after completing her education at a Swiss finishing school she went on a skiing trip to the Himalaya. His career passer rating was 92.3, 3rd highest of all-time, behind Kurt Warner (still active) and successor Steve Young. She also became interested in mountain climbing during her time in Scotland.

His career totals: 3409 completion on 5391 attempts, 273 touchdowns, 40,551 yards. Her taste for adventure was first aroused upon reading an article on the archaeologist Professor Werner Von Croy in National Geographic, and she persuaded her father to allow her to accompany the archaeologist on his tour of Asia. He had thirty-five 300 yard passing games. Educated from the age of three by a private tutor, at the age of eleven she began at Wimbledon High School, and at sixteen moved to Gordonstoun. For his career with the 49ers, Montana completed 2,929 of 4,600 passes for 35,142 yards and 244 touchdowns. She is the daughter of Lord Henshingly Croft. the Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII) are staples of NFL highlight films. Lara Croft, Duchess of Saint Bridget, is an eccentric and wealthy British aristocrat from the borough of Wimbledon, London.

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