Facts: - highschool: beaver falls -lrb- pa -rrb- - number: 12 - draftpick: 12 - birth date: 31 may 1943 - weight: 201 - nfl: nam415291 - statlabel: pass yards qb rating attempts pass completions percentage td -- int passing - heightin: 2 - statvalue: 3,762 1,886 50.1 173 -- 220 27,663 65.5 - caption: namath jets . in 1965 , as a rookie with the - heightft: 6 - college: alabama - birth place: beaver falls , pennsylvania - draftyear: 1965 - position: quarterback - image: namath 1965.jpg - hof: 161 - draftround: 1 - image size: 230 - afldraftyear: 1965 - afldraftpick: 1 - afldraftround: 1 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joe namath .
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joseph william '' joe '' namath -lrb- ; born may 31 , 1943 -rrb- , nicknamed '' broadway joe '' or '' joe willie '' , is a former american football quarterback and actor .he played college football for the university of alabama under coach paul '' bear '' bryant from 1962 to 1964 , and professional football in the american football league -lrb- afl -rrb- and national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- during the 1960s and 1970s .namath was an american football league icon and played for that league 's new york jets for most of his professional football career , and finished his career with the nfl 's los angeles rams .he was elected to the hall of fame in 1985 .namath retired after playing in 143 career games -lrb- including playoff games -rrb- with 68 wins , 71 losses and 4 ties , in his 132 career starts he was 64 -- 64 -- 4 , and he was 4 -- 7 coming off the bench in relief .in his career he threw 173 touchdowns , 220 interceptions , and completed 1,886 passes for 27,663 yards .during his thirteen years in the afl and nfl he played for three division champions -lrb- the 1968 and 1969 afl east champion jets and the 1977 nfc west champion rams -rrb- , earned one league championship -lrb- 1968 afl championship -rrb- , and one super bowl victory -lrb- super bowl iii -rrb- .in 1999 , he was ranked number 96 on '' the sporting news '' list of the 100 greatest football players .he was the only player on the list to have spent a majority of his career with the jets .in his 1975 autobiography , alabama head coach paul '' bear '' bryant called namath the most natural athlete he had ever coached .he is known for once boldly guaranteeing a jets ' victory over don shula 's nfl baltimore colts in super bowl iii -lrb- 1969 -rrb- and then making good on his prediction with a 16-7 win for the jets .