Joe Namath, Game by Game

This is a comprehensive reference work covering Joe Namath’s entire professional football career, following it season by season and game by game. After a lengthy opening chapter discussing Namath’s college career and his enormous impact on professional football after turning pro in 1965, the book proceeds to chronicle every game of his pro career. Chapter 6 documents Super Bowl III while the concluding chapter sizes up Namath’s career and addresses the debate over his Hall of Fame status.

Bryan L. Yeatter lives in Ocala, Florida.

Bryan L. Yeatter
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 388
Bibliographic Info: notes, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2012
pISBN: 978-0-7864-7036-5
eISBN: 978-0-7864-9255-8
Imprint: McFarland

Acknowledgments      vii

Introduction      1

1. The Yankee from Bear Bryant’s Court      3

2. The 1965 Season      22

3. The 1966 Season      50

4. The 1967 Season      71

5. The 1968 Season      91

6. Super Bowl III      124

7. The 1969 Season      145

8. The 1970 Season      172

9. The 1971 Season      189

10. The 1972 Season      199

11. The 1973 Season      229

12. The 1974 Season      244

13. The 1975 Season      267

14. The 1976 Season      287

15. The 1977 Season      306

16. Canton Was Made for the Likes of Broadway Joe      324

Chapter Notes      333

Bibliography      343

Index      369

“Yeatter takes a unique approach, offering a game-by-game account of the football icon’s professional career…thorough, detailed and precise…tremendously useful in understanding the quarterback’s career…unprecedented work of research”—Library Journal.