NFL QB Club

Looking at the old NFL QB Club photo, I decided to rank the jerseys. Stripes trump no stripes. Back in the late 80’s I won a mail-in contest to name the most QB’s in the photo. This was before the internet and Google photos, else I would’ve lost (or tied). Then I added the other teams, one of their first quarterbacks, and a little more information.

1. Colts 19 Johnny Unitas AAFC Balt to Indy

2. Packers 15 Bart Starr

3. Lions 15 Bill Munson

4. Vikings 10 Fran Tarkenton 1961

5. Cowboys 17 Don Meredith 1960

6. Browns 16 Milt Plum AAFC Clev to Balt

7. Steelers 22 Bobby Layne

8. Rams 12 Zeke Bratkowski LA to StL to LA

9. Bears 9 Billy Wade Decatur to CHI

10. 49ers 12 John Brodie AAFC

11. Eagles 9 Sonny Jurgenson

12. Giants 14 YA Tittle

13. Redskins 16 Norm Snead

14. Cardinals 14 Charlie Johnson CHI to StL to PHX

15. Falcons 11 Randy Johnson

16. Saints 17 Billy Kilmer

1. Patriots 20 Gino Cappaletti

2. Chargers 21 John Hadl LA to SD to LA

3. Jets 12 Joe Namath

4. Chiefs 16 Len Dawson Dallas to KC

5. Oilers 16 George Blanda HOU to Tenn

6. Broncos 14 Steve Tensi

7. Raiders 3 Darryl Lamonica OAK to LA to Oak to LV

8. Bills 15 Jack Kemp

9. Dolphins 12 Bob Griese

10. Bengals 14 Sam Wyche

Then the NFL / AFL merger. The Colts, Steelers, and Browns moved to the AFC to even the teams at 13 per conference.

27. Buccaneers 14 Steve Spurrier

28. Seahawks 10 Jim Zorn

29. Panthers

30. Jaguars 8

31. Ravens

When I was a kid I had a cool NFL poster, with drawing of each team on a map of the US. I’ve been looking for that same poster on eBay and Google, but have never seen anything close. I did determine the artist, whose work was featured in the book The First 50 Years.

ERNIE BANKS [SABR Bio] has more extra-base hits as a Chicago Cub than anyone else who ever played for the franchise, with 1,009 XBH. Billy Williams is a distant second with 881. So it’s no wonder that Banks was walked intentionally (202) more than anyone else in the 145 years of that storied franchise. No one hit more home runs off Sandy Koufax than Banks – seven times. He is tied with Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson & Felipe Alou.

Youssef: In our society, it's the wealthy and assertive people who get their way—the CEO who doesn't take no for an answer, the social media influencer who has all the right connections. Their me-centric attitude is lauded, valued, and even expected in our culture. "That's how to get ahead—how to be happy," says society, "Use power to take what you want in life." But Jesus says this earth belongs to the meek. When you think of a meek person, you might think of someone who's quiet and reserved, a pushover even. But Biblically speaking, meekness is not weakness—and it's not limited to people with a certain kind of personality. Rather, a meek person is one who has his power under control. The meek are so submitted to the Spirit of God that even when they are maligned, they choose to die to self. When reviled, they revile not in return. There is no greater example of meekness than Jesus Christ. It took more power for Jesus to surrender to the soldiers who came to arrest Him in Gethsemane than it did for Peter to pull out his sword and chop the ear off the high priest's servant (see John 18:1-14).    The meek are happy because they trust in the Lord's deliverance and justice. They wait patiently for the Lord, who says, "Vengeance is mine." The meek know there is no need to struggle and fight their way to the so-called "good life"; they already have it because they have Jesus.

"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth" (Matthew 5:5).

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