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  1. Joe Montana grew up in Monongahela, a
  2. small city in western Pennsylvania, near
  3. Pittsburgh. Six of the greatest quarter-
  4. backs in football history (including Joe)
  5. are from this region. The others are
  6. George Blanda (from Youngwood), Jim
  7. Kelly (Pittsburgh), Dan Marino
  8. (Pittsburgh), Joe Namath (Beaver Falls),
  9. and Johnny Unitas (Pittsburgh). 
  10.  
  11. Maybe it has something to do with the
  12. water. More likely, however, it is because
  13. football is very popular in this area, and
  14. kids start playing the game at a young
  15. age.