Joseph Clifford "Joe" Montana, Jr., (born June 11,
1956), nicknamed Joe Cool and Comeback Joe, is a retired
and iconic American football player whose professional
career in the National Football League (NFL) spanned the
late 1970s through the mid-1990s. Montana started his NFL
career in 1979 with the San Francisco 49ers, where he played
quarterback (QB) for the next 14 seasons. He spent the 1993
and 1994 seasons, his final two years in the NFL, with the
Kansas City Chiefs. While a member of the 49ers, Montana
started four Super Bowl games and the team won all of them.
In 2000, Montana was elected to the Pro Football Hall of
Fame.