John Elway has been my hero and my biggest crush since I was 9 years old and I guess
he always will be. Unfortunately, he has had a tough year with the death
of his twin sister and his divorce from his wife. I guess that no matter
how famous people are and how lucky they look to those who don't know them,
everyone has their rough times and I'm sure Mr. Elway will come back stronger
than ever. Here are a few facts about him and links to both the Denver Broncos
site and the Colorado Crush site. If you have a page devoted to a football
player or football team, let me know and I'll add them to my links list if you'd like. Full Name: John Albert Elway Height: 6-3 Weight: 215 Born: June 28, 1960 Birthplace: Port Angeles, Washington Resides: Englewood, Colorado High School: Granada Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) College: Stanford (degree in economics, 1983) Father: Jack Elway-deceased Mother: Jan Elway Sisters: Jana Elway-Sever (deceased), Lee Ann McCarthy Children: Jessica Gwen, born: 10/17/85 Jordan Marie, born: 6/1/87 Jack, born: 8/11/89 Juliana, born: 3/7/91 Math was his favorite high school subject. Coming out of Granada Hills High, Elway was the most highly recruited athlete in 1979. Not only did he excel in football, he was also highly sought after in baseball. In baseball, Elway led his team to the Los Angles Championships with a .91 batting average and a 4 and 2 pitching record Elway was a consensus All-American and finished second in Heisman Trophy balloting while setting virtually every Pac-10 and Stanford career record for total offense and passing. When Stanford's punter skipped a practice, Elway filled in by "throwing" punts that sailed as high as real ones. New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner signed Elway in the fall of his junior year with a $150,000 bonus Elway played baseball for the New York Yankees' Oneonta single-A farm club in 1982, hitting a .318 average and knocking in a team-high 24 runs with no errors in 42 games Elway graduated from Stanford with a degree in economics and a 3.0 GPA Elway receives about 40,000 autograph requests a year Jack Elway had to convince his son to play quarterback instead of halfback during John's Pop Warner days After his disastrous rookie season, Elway headed back to California, where he married his now ex-wife, who said he was so dejected he even mentioned quitting the NFL In 1987, following threats on Elway's life, 12 police officers were stationed behind Denver's bench. Seven accompanied him off the field In 1996, Elway and Jeff Hostetler chatted on the Internet in preparation for a Monday night game. Reeves was on their minds, even in cyberspace: "Preparing for you this weekend, our defense decided to bring in Dan Reeves as a consultant," said Hostetler, who didn't re-sign with the Giants after Reeves became coach in 1993. "We figure he did such a good job of holding you down before, he could do it again." One of Elway's favorite authors: Tom Clancy His favorite golfer: Greg Norman His favorite actors: John Wayne and Jean-Claude Van Damme Elway puts a lot of time into his charity, The Elway Foundation, which he started in 1987 Links: Denver Broncos Colorado Crush |
