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Namath Retires Over Dispute With Rozelle

The Newspaper.com History Headline of the Day comes from the New York Daily News on June 7, 1969, which...

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"Namath Retires Over Dispute With Rozelle"

Last updated 📅 2025-06-05

The Newspaper.com History Headline of the Day comes from the New York Daily News on June 7, 1969, which posted:

Joe's Sense of Loyalty Will Bring Him Back.  Joe Namath Quits Football in Clash with Rozelle over Saloon Ownership!

June 6, 1969 - Quarterback Joe Namath resigns from football after NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle informs Namath that he must sell his share in a bar ownership stake. This occurred 5 months after Broadway Joe was awarded the Super Bowl III MVP trophy. Rozelle referenced media reports that the bar was frequented by "mafia associates" and was not in the best interest of the NFL. Namath's decision to quit stunned everyone, including the Commissioner.

Meetings between NFL executives and Namath in late June and early July proved fruitful, as Namath eventually sold his stake and played with the Jets once again in the 1969 season.

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"Joe 'Nostradamus' Namath Predicts Another"

April 2, 1977—Future Hall of Famer and Super Bowl III MVP Joe Namath was released by the New York Jets just days earlier (March 31). He announced that he still wanted to play football and that Los Angeles might be his next stop.

Joe not only predicted a Jets win in the 1969 big game over the favored Colts but also called it right on his final NFL uniform, which he would wear as old number 12 when he suited up for the LA Rams in 1977 in his swan song. He started four games in 1977 for the Rams splitting time with Pat Haden and Vince Ferragamo.

The former Alabama QB spent the first dozen years of his career with New York in both the AFL and after the merger.