Fred Zangaro, a teammate of Unitas’ at Louisville, consoled the quarterback and drove him to the home field of the semipro Bloomfield Rams where he made $6 per game. “He was good. Took a lot of ...

But everything changed in 1946 when Washington began reintegration by signing with the Rams. There were mobile ... for franchise quarterbacks. Johnny Unitas didn’t necessarily change the game ...

Notre Dame thought Johnny Unitas was too small. The Pittsburgh Steelers thought he wasn't smart enough. The Baltimore Colts got it right. Unitas, 6-feet and 145 pounds in high school, became a ...

So Johnny Unitas is the antithesis of legend because everything about him is so documented. It is in the record book. What he did was so astounding that we don't even feel the need to embellish.