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  1.                                  he was good enough. 
  2.                                  The Colts signed him a 
  3.                                  year later to be their 
  4.                                  backup quarterback. But 
  5.                                  when the starter was 
  6. injured in the fourth game of the season, 
  7. Johnny took over. He quickly became a star.
  8.  
  9. Johnny, who retired in 1973, still holds one 
  10. record that may stand forever: 47 straight 
  11. games with at least one touchdown pass.
  12. The closest anyone has come to that record
  13. was 30 games. The quarterback was Dan
  14. Marino.
  15.  
  16. In 1979, Johnny was inducted into the Pro 
  17. Football Hall of Fame.
  18.