Talk:John Elway

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From [1]: “In October 1997, Elway and his partners sold the dealerships to Wayne Huizenga’s Republic Industries for $82.5 million…” —Fleminra 19:03, Dec 2, 2004 (UTC)

shoulder injury in 1996 - ?

i'm not a big elway fan( well i am, he's the shizzzzz)nigggaaaaa but i'm surprised this article doesn't have any info on the surgery he had before 1997. if i remember correctly his tendon had to be reattached but could not have been attached in the anatomically correct manner. the fact that he recovered from that and still had two great years as a quarterback is pretty impressive. 207.29.128.130 17:24, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Held back in high school?

The following text was added anonymosly: “His father decided to hold John back a year in school, so he would be a better athlete than his peers. As a result, he was a very successful High School Quarterback…”. While it could be true, no source was cited and a quick Google didn’t find anything. I’m removing this until it can be substantiated (c.f. John Seigenthaler Sr.#Wikipedia controversy). —Fleminra 02:12, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence in favor: Despite being born in 1960, he graduated high school and went to Stanford in 1979, which would be one year later than expected. Typically one graduates in the year that one turns 18. (http://espn.go.com/nfl/profiles/profile/0195.html). —User:72.140.108.96

Huh? I have a friend that didn't get held back at all, and when he graduates he'll be just about 19. Better straighten up your facts... Footballrocks41237 19:15, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That is accurate. I've seen that fact discussed on ESPN Sports Century (of John Elway). So while it can go back in, I think it goes without saying he would have been successful either way.--Lindsay 03:54, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Opening paragraph

I think it would be consistent with Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies) to say something in the first paragraph that distinguishes Elway from the other ~400 persons in Category:American football quarterbacks. I'm only Talking about it here (before I edit) because someone recently added a vague accolade and it was reverted. —Fleminra 08:46, 31 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AFL Colorado Crush

Isn't John Elway the coach for the Arena Football League's Colorado Crush? If he is, I think that is worth mentioning in this article.

He's the owner of the Colorado Crush, I believe - sounds relevent for this article

It states in the Colorado Crush official website that he is the Co-Owner, and the CEO.

pass attempts per interception/ypg in postseason

hey. i was kinda thinking of adding these stats to the page but haven't yet figured out how to manipulate that table, and think a section all its own is a bit much. the stats are as follows, in case somebody more able feels like beating me to it:

32.07 pass attempts per interception in the regular season 31 pass attempts per interception in postseason 225.6 yards per game in postseason

or maybe not. the PAPI stat, i think, is a better barometer of quarterback performance than, say, interception totals. either way.-Nod 21:17, 1 March 2006 (UTC) John Elway,FIGHTING!!![reply]

Jhon Elway is the best Q.B

Career wins?

The article makes two references to Elway as the NFL's all-time leader in career wins by a quarterback, but provides no citation. Is there a valid source that can verify this for us? Otherwise, it has to come out. | Mr. Darcy talk 18:13, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, found it and added it. The article still could use some citations, though; the footnote I added was the first. | Mr. Darcy talk 18:17, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Last Game?

The article states that Super Bowl XXXIII was his last game. However, if my memory is correct, he accepted an invitation to play in the last game at Mile High Stadium before it was shut down. Should this not be mentioned in the article? Atsfrr3000 02:19, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Super Bowl XXXIII was Elway's last actual NFL regular-season or playoff game. In other words, the last game he played that mattered. You could argue that the last NFL-sanctioned game he participated in was the Pro Bowl following the 1998 season, which he started, leading the AFC to a touchdown on his only drive of the game (http://starbulletin.com/1999/02/08/sports/story1.html). The event at Mile High Stadium was a Denver Broncos-sponsored exhibition. --Pbrownpbrown 05:32, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Redundancy?

It seems like several things are restated from the article in the "Career Highlights" section. Particularly the 'stats' section is repeated. Should this be edited?

Wow!

Wow! I just came across this as a random article. jj137 13:38, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]