It was not much different when John Elway left Stanford, moved to Denver and played for the Broncos. Jack Elway was too busy recruiting for San Jose State in 1983 and Stanford from '84-88, and too ...

Accorsi (Christl interview, post-draft 1983): "If everything fell through, you pick John Elway. That's not a bad backup position and that was a position we took from the start. If we had an ...

"I told Marvin, "Look, I think John's the best prospect I've ever seen ... Irsay didn't involve Accorsi in Elway's trade to Denver, and Accorsi resigned after the 1983 season because of that. "Dad not ...

John Elway is the only player to amass 50,000 yards ... The Baltimore Colts made Elway the No. 1 pick in the 1983 draft, but he snubbed them, saying he wanted to play elsewhere.

Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway is thought by many as the greatest NFL draft prospect of all time when he came out of ...