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New York Jets - Ewbank and Namath: Leading Jets to Make A Mark
in NFL
We all have our own history to tell. The stories of our lives
differ because we all have our own experiences and exposures.
Along the way, we meet different people and from them, we learn
many things. In addition, what we have learned or whom we have
encountered can change us for the better or for worse.
In the field of sports, everything is also like that. The
success of the team may rely on who acquires the team, the
coach hired and the players drafted. This goes the same
particularly in American Football. You may see that being a
professional athlete is all glamour and status quo but there is
more to that. Before you get on that stage, these players go
through before they become the crowd favorite.
The existence of the team may also be a struggle in NFL. It is
all about who finance whom and how they manage the team. It is
also about whom they hire to play for the team and how that
person affects the performance of the team. The person they
hire is considered an investment. Every now and then, the
players and coaches chosen are risks to take. However, it can
make a considerable amount of gains for the owners when the
team starts pulling the crowd.
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York Jets was once of the NFL teams who had to struggle in
the beginning because their first owners were losing in the
business. It was not because the team did poorly in the game
but because the team was just not attracting people to watch
their games. Sonny Werblin at Leon Hess saved the team from
bankruptcy.
In their early years, several people were considered the key
persons for their early success. Below of them are:
1. Joe Namath- He was known to have increased the level of play
for this team. His leadership improved their performance,
leading them to win a game in Super Bowl. Because of their win,
they proved that AFL was not just a minor league and that AFL
can beat NFL (since NFL was supposedly the better than AFL)
teams. With this hall of famer in the team, it was no doubt
that they could.
2. Weeb Ewbank- He was the first coach hired by the team after
it being bought out from bankruptcy. He coached a team from
both AFL and NFL. All of these teams went into the world
championships. After leading the Colts to their two consecutive
championships, he was fired and that is how he landed a
contract with Ne w
York Jets. He also led them to their World Championships.
They made a mark in the NFL by being the first champions in the
AFL-NFL merger.
Now these two people are no longer with the team. Namath had a
lot of injuries after leading the team for so many victories
that he was drafter to the Rams. Ewbank is no longer a coach as
he retired in 1972. Rest assured, they will be forever be given
credit for peak years of the team. Because of their
contribution, they most deserve to be in the Hall of
Fame.
Freddie Brister is a huge fan of the NFL and the New York
Jets. His love for the game of football started with an older
brother passing the pigskin around in the backyard with cousins
and neighborhood friends. He later played in high school,
college and coached high school football for 25 years, before
retiring to write for Sports Fan Treasures. Check out his
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by Freddie Brister - January 22, 2009
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