| He spent 15 years pushing the physical limits of football, making jaws drop and
decorating highlight clips with bursts of brilliance. Then, with one fearless
thrust of his 37-year-old body late in the third quarter of Super Bowl XXXII,
John Elway finally lifted the Denver Broncos to the top. Fittingly, in the
greatest Super Bowl the pivotal moment belonged to one of the NFL's alltime
greats ... "That was the ultimate win, there's no question," Elway
said. "There have been a lot of things that go along with losing three
Super Bowls and being labeled as a guy who has never been on a winning Super
Bowl team." That was a label he would never have to wear again.
--From "Champions At Last", Sports Illustrated, February 10, 1999,
by Michael Silver |
