num_pages: 414
description: On the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of the New York Jets' historic achievement a nostalgic inside look from the men who composed the team behind Joe Namaths Super Bowl III win filled with exclusive insights and stories from the surviving players coaches and management of that championship team whose victory changed the landscape of American football. On January 12 1969 the New York Jets astonished the nation when they beat the favored Baltimore Colts to win Super Bowl III. The key to the Jets success was quarterback Joe Namath whose superstar talent revolutionary personality cockiness and charm made him an instant celebrity. But Namath didnt do it alone. In Beyond Broadway Joe  the members of that legendary team share for the first time their often funny sometimes poignant and always perceptive personal stories and memorable anecdotes about the Super Bowl team its players and coaches and that legendary win. They reminisce about how they became Jets their success on the gridironten of them were AFC All Stars that magical year of 1968and reveal for the first time the tactic Namath used to frustrate the Baltimore Colts defense. They speak about their reactions to Namaths guarantee of a Jets' Super Bowl victory and how the 39 Forgotten Jets behind him enabled Joe to fulfill that boast. Furthermore Lederer has interviewed members of the Baltimore team to provide a 360-degree account of the game that changed it all. Inside you'll learn: The Jets players reflect on their evolution from a team considered part of a Mickey Mouse league through the sudden transformation caused by the signing and introduction of Joe Namath on Americas sporting scene. The book explains from different anglesincluding Jets game planswhy Jets coaches and players were supremely confident going into Super Bowl III. Written by a lifelong Jets fan Beyond Broadway Joe captures memoriesand through never-before-seen materialsheds light on what happened from the 1963 launch of the Jets to the Super Bowl season and in Super Bowl III itself. This first complete celebration of the Jets Super Bowl team is a must for every Jets diehard for fans of the old American Football League those who follow the history of professional football and for all who love the game.
language: English
title: Beyond Broadway Joe: The Super Bowl TEAM That Changed Football
publisher: Dey Street Books