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How Good Was Joe Montana Actually? (Original Post) YoshidaYui Oct 9 OP
He was good pwb Oct 9 #1
Joe was a winner. Not the best passer or runner, just found a way to win. chicoescuela Oct 9 #2
You don't need to complete every play or win every game, just the key ones. twodogsbarking Oct 9 #4
He must have been pretty good, they named a state after him! Ha ha heh...just kidding. SWBTATTReg Oct 9 #3
He was one of the best ever! lark Oct 9 #5
Montana was very, very good....he had a great Coach to guide him. Ferrets are Cool Oct 9 #6
Bill Walsh was kind of a genus when it came to Coaching YoshidaYui Oct 10 #22
He was THE best ever Charging Triceratops Oct 9 #7
Depends. Fran Tarkenton fan here. LoisB Oct 9 #11
Pretty Good bpj62 Oct 9 #8
Washington had pretty good teams then, and a hell of a coach (Gibbs) Best_man23 Oct 9 #12
Those were the teams of my youth. Basso8vb Oct 9 #9
Hurry up Joe Brother Buzz Oct 9 #10
Check out the 1979 Cotton Bowl BOSSHOG Oct 9 #13
He was quite good on Saturday Night Live too! True Dough Oct 9 #14
Depends Condition ProfessorGAC Oct 9 #15
I'm not even sure how it would be graded, to be honest. True Dough Oct 9 #16
Believe It Or Not... ProfessorGAC Oct 9 #17
I'd be happy True Dough Oct 9 #18
He was good singing backup on Huey Lewis & the News' song, Hip To Be Square, too Brother Buzz Oct 10 #19
Didn't know most of that, Brother Buzz True Dough Oct 10 #20
Huey and Joe having fun Brother Buzz Oct 10 #21
He was one-dimensional. Morbius Oct 12 #23
He was amazing and is proof that football isn't just a stats sheet. LisaM Oct 20 #24

lark

(24,149 posts)
5. He was one of the best ever!
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 01:50 PM
Oct 9

He's my fave qb of all time! I had such great times watching him win all those games with the Niners and then the Chiefs!

YoshidaYui

(42,714 posts)
22. Bill Walsh was kind of a genus when it came to Coaching
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 02:56 PM
Oct 10

YEH THE 49ers HAD it pretty good all those years despite the fact I rooted for the team across the BAY, and coach John Madden.

bpj62

(1,031 posts)
8. Pretty Good
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 01:57 PM
Oct 9

As a Washington football fan during that time I couldn't stand him but until Brady came along only he and Bradshaw had won four Superbowl Titles.

Best_man23

(5,122 posts)
12. Washington had pretty good teams then, and a hell of a coach (Gibbs)
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 02:38 PM
Oct 9

He won 3 Super Bowls with 3 different QBs. That feat was not done before, nor has it been done since.

Brother Buzz

(37,795 posts)
10. Hurry up Joe
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 01:59 PM
Oct 9

I can’t remember how many times he brought the team back from sure defeat with just two minutes on the clock.

It was nerve racking and exciting at the same time, week after week!

True Dough

(20,241 posts)
14. He was quite good on Saturday Night Live too!
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 05:23 PM
Oct 9

*I have his rookie card from when I was a kid. Not sure of its value today. Probably about a buck three-fifty.

ProfessorGAC

(69,851 posts)
15. Depends Condition
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 07:33 PM
Oct 9

I've seen PSA 7 rookie cards for him at $150-160.
Even PSA 4s have sold for nearly a hundred bucks.
But, the card market fluctuates so much, who knows until someone actually lays down cash for one.

True Dough

(20,241 posts)
16. I'm not even sure how it would be graded, to be honest.
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 07:35 PM
Oct 9

I bought it screwed between two plastic protective coverings for $75 many years ago. Thought back then it might be my retirement ticket several decades later. LOL!

ProfessorGAC

(69,851 posts)
17. Believe It Or Not...
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 07:38 PM
Oct 9

...a first run JM rookie card, at PSA 10 (and encased as you describe) sold for $37,200.
I have no idea how the know if it's first run or not, because I saw other PSA 10 cards that sold for $400.
Go figure!

Brother Buzz

(37,795 posts)
19. He was good singing backup on Huey Lewis & the News' song, Hip To Be Square, too
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 12:08 AM
Oct 10

Along with teammates, Ronnie Lott, Dwight Clark, and Riki Ellison.

The late great Dwight Clark, Huey's buddy (who had already been featured on the cover of Huey's smash hit Sports album), turned out to have some genuine chops and performed live with Huey Lewis & the News on stage.



Dwight Clark making "The Catch" (Thrown by Joe Montana) on the television on the cover of Sports (Photo taken inside the 'Duce' (2am Club) in Mill Valley, California, my old drinking hole.)

Brother Buzz

(37,795 posts)
21. Huey and Joe having fun
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 12:25 PM
Oct 10


Did you notice the toilet seat guitar on the cover of Sports?

A little amusing backstory bonus:


My hero as I became older, was the late great Leo Fender because he built one of the first guitars to hold up in a bar fight - Charlie Deal, Mill Valley, California

LisaM

(28,594 posts)
24. He was amazing and is proof that football isn't just a stats sheet.
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 03:43 PM
Oct 20

No team ever felt safe if the game was close and Montana could win it with a two-minute drill.

Stats can be very phony, IMO. Carl Lewis didn't always set records. He just racked up a ton of medals.

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