Joe Namath Biography, Age, Net Worth, Married, Wife, Daughter

Joe Namath is one of those people who have had success in almost everything they have tried. He is a legendary football player who has established himself as one of the best passers in football history. A multiple Hall of Famer, Namath is a Super Bowl champion and Most Valuable Player. He also had many other accomplishments during his NFL career, from 1965 to 1977.

Also nicknamed Broadway Joe, he is also an actor who has appeared in many movies and TV shows such as CC and Company and The Brady Bunch. Namath also appeared in some productions in which he acted himself.

Joe Namath – Biography (Age)

The soccer star was born Joseph William Namath on May 31, 1943, in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, where he was also raised. Of Hungarian descent, he was raised Catholic by his parents, Rose and János Andrew Namath, with whom he was close until their divorce, after which he remained with his mother and older siblings, three boys and an adopted sister.

Namath went to Beaver Falls High School where he was very good with sports. He played baseball as a fielder and basketball as a guard. He would be remembered for his diving skills during his high school days playing basketball. The sport he enjoyed the most was football, which he played as a quarterback.

By the time he graduated from high school, many Major League Baseball deals were already gearing up to secure his signing. But then what he wanted more than anything was to play football and what his mother wanted was for him to go to university. Joe Namath chose to go to the University of Alabama where he showed what he was made of in the football sense. He helped the Alabama Crimson Tide win the national championship in 1964.

In 1965, he entered for the NFL and AFL Draft, and was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Jets, respectively. He decided to leave with the Jets who were willing to pay him a record salary of US$427,000 at the time.

The same year he was named the AFL Rookie of the Year and in 1966 and 1967 he was the AFL’s passing leader. In 1968 and 1969 he was the AFL Most Valuable Player. Shortly before the AFL and NFL merged, he helped the Jets win Super Bowl III, where he also became the most valuable player.

Joe Namath played for the Jets until he joined the Los Angeles Rams in 1977, the same year he retired. In 1985, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and was honored with the Ride of Fame in 2012. The New York Jets also retired his No. 12 jersey.

Acting career

Broadway Joe began his acting career after hosting The Joe Namath Show for a brief period in 1969. His success with the show allowed him to easily appear on stage and play a few roles in movies and television shows.

Among the films he has appeared in are Underdogs (2013) and The Wedding Ringer (2015). He appeared as himself in both. On TV, he’s had roles in Here’s Lucy, The Brady Bunch, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, among many others.

Net value

The legendary football player and actor has achieved remarkable success in everything he has achieved. Thanks to this, Joe Namath has an estimated net worth of US$18 million.

Married: wife and daughter

Namath was a lifelong bachelor who remained single into his 40s. However, when he was 41, he met a woman named Deborah Mays while taking a singing lesson. Deborah who would later change her first name in May before changing it again to Tatiana was an aspiring actress. She was 22 when they met.

Just a year later, they got married and had their first child, Jessica, in 1986, followed by another daughter, Olivia, born in 1991.

Joe Namath who was known to have struggled with alcoholism struggled with the problem for a long time when he got married but he managed to pull through fearing that his marriage would end. Unfortunately, the marriage ended in 2000 and he remained with his daughters.

In 2007, her youngest daughter, then 16, became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter, Natalia.

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