Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 124, No. 9, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 29, 2006 Page: 68 of 80
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Joe Montana remembers celebrating his first
of many Super Bowl wins on Jan. 12, 1969.
Sure, the record books say another quarterback named Joe—the New York
Jets Joe Namath—celebrated a Super Bowl victory in Miami on that date. But
Montana, then age 12, relished his own victory—with imagi-
nary teammates in his backyard in Monongaheta,
Penn. (pop. 4,761). "I’ve won a thousand of
them since," retails Montana,
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when we played in Pontiac, Michi-
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bxxrs as you wal keel on the field for ja, Montana met wife Jennifer
warm-ups. when they appeared together in a
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ftxrus was when he surprised teammates by diverting his offense’s attention from
the game for a moment. During the 1989 Super Bowl, the 49ers found them-
selves on their own 8-yard line, trailing the Cincinnati Bengals 16-13 with three
minutes remaining in the game. Feeling the palpable tension in the huddle,
Montana kneeled and caught sight of actor John Candy eating popcorn on the
sidelines. “Look, isn't that John Candy?” Montana asked.
The players looked at the sidelines and then returned their attention to
their quarterback, who they thought had lost his mind. Laughter erupted in the
huddle, and the tension evaporated. The 49ers scored the winning touchdown
with 34 seconds to spare.
These days, Montana is a ftxjtball spectator, joining his
vife, Jennifer, in the stands to cheer sons Nathaniel, lo.
and Nicholas, 13, both quarterbacks for their schools
teams. “I'm pretty quiet,” he says. “I tend to help
» the boys, more than anything. I really just try to
b watch fundamentally what they are doing and
try' to keep them right that way. I don’t want
Bj\ to talk to them too much; I want to try to help
them if they are having a problem.
“Otherwise, they are going to make bad
HP throws and bad decisions. That is all pan
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The couple's daughters, Alevas.
11 i;, HI ^ra< 20, and Elizabeth, 19, artei
d¥/‘t /?' ■ their father's alma mater, the I T
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Page 6 • American Profile
Cover Story
SUPER BOWLHEROl
JOE MONTANA KEffS
courtesy of joe Montana
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 124, No. 9, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 29, 2006, newspaper, January 29, 2006; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth788565/m1/68/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.