1. John Riley Brodie was born on August 14,1935 and is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League for 17 seasons.
25 Facts About John Brodie
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John Brodie had a second career as a Senior PGA Tour professional golfer and was a television broadcaster for both sports.
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In particular seasons, Brodie led the NFL in passing yardage, passing touchdowns, fewest sacks, and lowest percentage of passes intercepted.
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John Brodie retired as the third most prolific career passer in NFL history.
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John Brodie was the league MVP in 1970 and a two-time Pro Bowler.
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John Brodie was a standout athlete at Oakland Technical High School and graduated in 1953.
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John Brodie played college football across the San Francisco Bay at Stanford University, where he was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity.
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John Brodie nearly chose golf for his sporting career, turning professional following completion of his time on the Stanford team and playing in several tournaments on the PGA Tour.
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John Brodie was the third overall selection of the 1957 NFL draft and saw limited action as a rookie with the 49ers in 1957.
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John Brodie got more playing time in 1958 through 1960, sharing time with Y A Tittle; he became the starter in 1961, and continued in that role through 1973.
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John Brodie was among the leading passers in the league throughout the 1960s.
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An improved contract offer from the 49ers moved John Brodie to stay put in San Francisco and a multi-year deal paying John Brodie $900,000 over several seasons was instead inked.
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When Brodie retired from the NFL at the end of the 1973 season, he ranked third in career passing yards, behind only Johnny Unitas and Fran Tarkenton.
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John Brodie ranked eighth in touchdown passes upon his retirement, and stayed in the top ten for most touchdown passes from 1970 to 1988.
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In 2004, John Brodie was named to the Professional Football Researchers Association Hall of Very Good in the association's second HOVG class.
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John Brodie spent two seasons as the network's No 1 NFL analyst, alongside play-by-play man Curt Gowdy, and called Super Bowl XIII in January 1979.
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John Brodie competed as a professional golfer on the Senior PGA Tour from 1985 to 1998.
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John Brodie had one win and twelve top-ten finishes, earning a total of $735,000.
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John Brodie suffered a major stroke in 2000, rendering speech difficult for him.
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Dilfer, a close personal friend of John Brodie, hoped to bring attention to John Brodie's bid for enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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John Brodie was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1986.
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In 2010, John Brodie was inducted into the African-American Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame, becoming the first European-American so honored.
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John Brodie's son-in-law is the renowned dermatologist Dr Will Kirby.
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John Brodie received cortisone shots in an effort to remedy the problem, without apparent success.
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John Brodie was for years thereafter one of the leading celebrity endorsers of the Church of Scientology.