Object Details
depicted
Namath, Joe
publisher
Topps Chewing Gum
Associated Name
New York Jets
maker
Topps Chewing Gum
Description
1968 Topps football card featuring New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath.
Quarterback Joe Namath won a National Championship at the University of Alabama in 1964 prior to becoming the first pick in the 1965 American Football League (AFL) draft, selected by the New York Jets. Earning the nickname “Broadway Joe”, Namath brought New York an AFL title in 1968 and famously, a Superbowl victory in 1969, where the brash field general had guaranteed a Jets victory over the NFL’s Baltimore Colts before earning game MVP honors in a 16-7 win. Playing for the Jets his entire career except for his final season, spent with the Los Angeles Rams (1977), Namath was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1968
ID Number
1982.0568.336
catalog number
1982.0568.336
accession number
1982.0568
Object Name
Card, Football
Physical Description
cardboard (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm
See more items in
Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
Data Source
National Museum of American History
name of sport or game
Football
level of sport
Professional
web subject
Sports
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_678984