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- ΓÇ£WeΓÇÖre going to win
- Sunday. IΓÇÖll guarantee you."
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- With those words, the
- legend of Joe Namath was
- born. Joe was a great quarterback whose
- strong arm and leadership ability helped him
- become a Pro Football Hall of Famer. But he
- is most remembered for boldly making the
- guarantee that the New York Jets would beat
- the highly favored Baltimore Colts in Super
- Bowl III (1969). Joe made good on his
- promise: The Jets won, 16-7.
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- Joe had been a star quarterback at the
- University of Alabama before joining the
- Jets, a team that played in the old
- American Football League (AFL).
- Badly injured knees made it some-
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