John Elway's Life

John Albert Elway, Jr. was born on June 28, 1960 in Port Angeles, Washington. His parents are Janet Elway and John Elway, Sr. In 1979, he led the Granada Hills High School baseball team to the Los Angeles city championship. Elway had a .491 batting average and a 4-2 pitching record. He was the most highly recruited high school athlete in the United States. John made the following All-America teams: Parade, Scholastic Coach, Football News and National Coaches Association. He was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the summer baseball draft. and signed a letter of intent to attend college at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. In 1981, Elway played his final season of college baseball, batting .349 with nine homers and fifty runs batted in. He was the first selection of the New York Yankees in the summer baseball draft. In 1982, John played baseball for the New York Yankees' Class A. It was a farm club in Oneonta, New York. He had .318 average and 24 RBI. He went to football in the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association). Then, Elway ended his college football with five major NCAA Division 1-A records and nine major Pac-10 records. He finished in second place in the Heisman Rrophy balloting. In 1983, he earned his degree in ecomonics from Stanford University. John was the first to be selected in the NFL (National Football League) draft. He played for the Baltimore Colts (now the Indianapolis Colts) then played for the Denver Broncos. John Elway has won some Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos. He retired in 1997 and in 2011 he became the Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the Broncos. he is still living and is currently fifty-two.