Known as "The Golden Arm," Johnny Unitas (born 1933) is considered to be one of the best quarterbacks to ever play in the National Football League (NFL). As a member of the Baltimore Colts, he played in what is arguably the greatest game in NFL...

The gaudiest names on the gridiron often are quarterbacks. In the 1990s, such glamour boys as Joe Montana and Steve Young, Dan Marino and John Elway and Bret Favre have earned the bulk of National Football League fame. However, none of these superstar...

John Constantine "Johnny" Unitas (May 7, 1933 – September 11, 2002), nicknamed The Golden Arm and often called Johnny U, was a professional American football player in the 1950s through the 1970s. He was the National Football League's most...

Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Despite the assertion of the metaphysicians, "eras" can be imposed on the ragged trajectory of human affairs, as in the death at 69 on Wednesday of Johnny U. Johnny Who? Ah, if you don't instantly make the connection...

Remembering a Football Legend If you didn't grow up in Baltimore in the 1950s and 1960s, you don't know what Johnny Unitas meant to boys my age and even 10 years older. "Hero" and even "idol" barely approximate the veneration he inspired....

Maybe the trick is to tell Peyton Manning the regular season runs into January.Because the minute he gets anywhere near the NFL playoffs, the quarterback who is quite possibly the best of his generation in the regular season looks more like a scrub.The Indianapolis Colts...

Johnny Unitas was in the midst of a Hall of Fame career when he walked off the field and handed his helmet to a young member of the Baltimore Colts Marching Band.The white helmet, with a blue horseshoe on each side and the numbers 1...