John Elway
Elway in December 2004
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| Date of birth: | June 28, 1960 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Port Angeles, Washington | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Granada Hills (CA) | ||||||||||
| College: | Stanford | ||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1983 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1 | ||||||||||
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| TD–INT: | 300–226 |
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| Yards: | 51,475 |
| Passer rating: | 79.9 |
| Rushing touchdowns: | 33 |
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John Albert Elway Jr. (born June 28, 1960) is a former American football quarterback and current executive vice president of football operations and general manager of the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL).
Elway played college football at Stanford and his entire 16-year professional career with the Denver Broncos. At the time of his retirement in early 1999, Elway recorded the most victories by a starting quarterback and statistically was the second most prolific passer in NFL history. He was also a prolific rusher of the ball, being one of only two players ever to score a rushing touchdown in four different Super Bowls (the other being Thurman Thomas) and the only quarterback to do so.
Elway set several career records for passing attempts and completions while at Stanford and also received All-American honors. He was the first selection in the 1983 NFL Draft, famously known as the quarterback class of 1983, where he was taken by the Baltimore Colts before being traded to the Denver Broncos. In January 1987, Elway embarked on one of the most notable performances in sports and in NFL history, helping engineer a 98-yard, game-tying touchdown drive in the AFC Championship Game against the Cleveland Browns. The moment is known in National Football League lore as "The Drive." Following that game in Cleveland, Elway and the Broncos lost in Super Bowl XXI to the New York Giants.
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