John Elway

**John Albert Elway Jr.** (an haife shi a ranar 28 ga Yuni, 1960) tsohon dan wasan kwallon kafa ne na Amurka wanda ya shafe dukkan shekaru 16 tare da Denver Broncos na Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Kasa (NFL). Bayan aikinsa na wasa, sai ya shafe shekaru 11 tare da Broncos a wurare daban-daban na gaba, daga ƙarshe an inganta shi zuwa babban manajan. Elway da tsohon mai ba da gudummawa da kuma kocin Gary Kubiak su ne kawai mutane da za a haɗa su da dukkan nasarorin Super Bowl na Broncos guda uku.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Elway da tagwayensa Jana a ranar 28 ga Yuni, 1960, a Port Angeles, Washington, ga Janet (née Jordan) da Jack Elway, sannan babban kocin a Makarantar Sakandare ta Port Angeles. Iyalin biyar sun hada da 'yar'uwa Lee Ann, shekara guda da ta girme tagwayen. Sun koma shekara mai zuwa zuwa kudu maso yammacin Washington, inda Jack ya kasance babban kocin kwallon kafa na kwaleji a Kwalejin Al'umma ta Grays Harbor a Aberdeen na tsawon shekaru biyar. Yayinda yake matashi, Elway ya zauna da farko a Montana" id="mwXQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Missoula, Montana">Missoula, Montana, da Pullman, Washington,  lokacin da mahaifinsa ya kasance mataimakin koci a Montana da Jihar Washington, bi da bi.

## Ayyukan kwaleji
A shekara ta 1979, Elway ya shiga Jami'ar Stanford, inda ya buga wa kungiyar Kwallon ƙafa da kwallon kwando ta Stanford Cardinal. Rod Gilmore ya tuna cewa ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta sa ran Elway ya zama mai ba da gudummawa na tsawon shekaru uku kafin farawa, kamar Turk Schonert da Steve Dils. Bayan ganin sabon dan wasan a cikin motsa jiki na farko Babe Laufenberg da kuma wani madadin da aka canja, da sanin cewa Elway zai kasance sama da su a kan jadawalin zurfi. Stanford shine inda labarin "Elway cross" ya fara; bayan sabon shiga ya karya yatsun 'yan wasa biyu a ranar farko ta horo, masu karɓa sun fara kama Elway tare da jikinsu maimakon hannayensu, suna barin gicciye a cikin kirjin su daga suturar kwallon.

## Ayyukan sana'a

### Shirin NFL na 1983
Baltimore Colts na da zaɓi na farko a cikin Shirin NFL na 1983, wanda ake kira "Quarterback class of 1983". Elway ita ce ta farko daga cikin 'yan wasa shida da aka zaba a zagaye na farko. Elway ya yi taka tsantsan game da buga wa Colts wasa, daga cikin mafi munin kungiyoyi a gasar a lokacin, kuma mahaifinsa ya shawarce shi da ya yi wasa da kocin Frank Kush, wanda ke da suna a matsayin mai aiki mai tsanani. Yayinda Elway ya fi son kwallon kafa, wakilin sa Marvin Demoff daga baya ya bayyana cewa wasan baseball "wani zaɓi ne na gaskiya" a gare shi a lokacin. Wannan yiwuwar ya ba Elway damar yin amfani da shi a tattaunawar da Colts suka yi.

### Denver Broncos

A matsayin daya daga cikin mafi kyawun kwata-kwata da aka tsara, Elway ya shiga Denver a matsayin daya daga cikinsu akwai 'yan wasa da ake tsammani sosai a tarihin NFL. Jaridu na cikin gida sun gudanar da wani sashi da ake kira "The Elway Watch". Bayan Craig Morton ya yi ritaya bayan kakar 1982 kuma an sayar da Herrmann, 'yan jarida sun yi tsammanin Elway zai iya zama mai farawa a lokacin kakar 1983. Ya fara bugawa Broncos wasa a wasan bude kakar wasa da Pittsburgh Steelers a Filin wasa na Three Rivers, kuma an kore shi a karo na farko a cikin aikinsa na NFL a hannun linebacker da ɗan'uwan Hall of Fame Jack Lambert .  A wasansa na farko, Elway ya sami sauye-sauye daga tsohon mai tsaron gida Steve DeBerg, wanda ya jagoranci Broncos zuwa nasara. Wasan Elway na biyu ya kasance a kan hanya a Baltimore, kuma ya yi farin ciki da kin amincewarsa da ikon mallakar. A cikin abin da zai zama wasan ƙwararru na Elway kawai a Baltimore, [bayanin 1] DeBerg ya sake sauƙaƙe Elway a cikin wasan kusa, wanda ya jagoranci Broncos zuwa wani nasara. A farkon watan Oktoba, DeBerg ya zama mai farawa daga kocin shekara ta uku Dan Reeves don sauran kakar, amma raunin kafada ya dawo da Elway wata daya daga baya.

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