finalyear debutyear statvalue article_title finalteam draftround birth_date draftyear heightin collegehof heightft image college debutteam name statlabel caption birth_place nfl weight hof position highschool draftpick currentteam
1998 1983 300 -- 226 51,475 79.9 john elway
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john elway

john albert elway , jr. -lrb- born june 28 , 1960 -rrb- is a former american football quarterback and current general manager and executive vice president of football operations for the denver broncos of the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- .
elway played college football at stanford and his entire 16-year professional career with the denver broncos .
at the time of his retirement in early 1999 , elway recorded the most victories by a starting quarterback and statistically was the second most prolific passer in nfl history .
he was also a prolific rusher of the ball , being one of only two players ever to score a rushing touchdown in four different super bowls -lrb- the other being thurman thomas -rrb- and the only quarterback to do so .
-lrb- 156 attempts -rrb- he led his teams to six afc championship games and five super bowls , winning his last two .
elway set several career records for passing attempts and completions while at stanford and also received all-american honors .
he was the first selection in the 1983 nfl draft , famously known as the quarterback class of 1983 , where he was taken by the baltimore colts before being traded to the denver broncos .
in january 1987 , elway embarked on one of the most notable performances in sports and in nfl history , helping engineer a 98-yard , game-tying touchdown drive in the afc championship game against the cleveland browns .
the moment is known in national football league lore as '' `` the drive . '' ''
following that game in cleveland , elway and the broncos lost in super bowl xxi to the new york giants .
it was the first of a record five super bowl starts at quarterback for elway , a record that he solely held until 2012 , when tom brady earned his fifth super bowl start .
in 2015 , tom brady would break the record with his sixth super bowl start .
after two more super bowl losses , the broncos entered a period of decline ; however , that ended during the 1997 season , as elway and denver won their first super bowl title by defeating the green bay packers 31 -- 24 in super bowl xxxii .
the broncos repeated as champions the following season in super bowl xxxiii by defeating the atlanta falcons 34 -- 19 .
elway was voted mvp of that super bowl , which would be the last game of his career .
elway was inducted into the pro football hall of fame in 2004 in his first year of eligibility .
since his retirement , elway has owned several businesses , including co-ownership of the inactive colorado crush , an arena football team .
