Joe Namath

Former famous Quarterback football player , born May 31, 1943, Joe Namath began playing college football at University of Alabama from 1962-1964. Namath then played professional football for thirteen years, in the 1960s and 1970s, in the American Football League (AFL) and in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the New York Jets in the American Football League and finished his career playing for National Football League's Los Angeles Rams. Namath had played 143 games with 68 wins, 71 losses, and 4 ties. In his career he threw 173 touchdowns, 220 interceptions, and completed 1,886 passes for 27,663 yards. He was the first quarterback to throw 4,000 yards in one season (1967). He was also ranked 96 on The Sporting News' list of 100 Greatest Football Players. This blog is about Vegetarianism, what does all this football stuff have to with vegetarianism you may ask? Well did you know that this former football player, who was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1985, is a vegetarian? Yeah, you must have thought I was joking when I said famous athletes are in fact vegetarian. This Super bowl champion is well known in the vegetarian community for this vegetarian quote, "I have been a vegetarian for a few years. Fred Dryer of the rams has been one for 10 years. It shows you don't need meat to play football.", and he is absolutely correct. As a vegetarian he was able to maintain a healthy and fit lifestyle.