John Albert Elway, Jr. (born June 28, 1960) is a former American football quarterback and currently is the executive vice president of football operations for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Stanford and his entire professional career with the Denver Broncos. Elway recorded the most victories by a starting quarterback at the time of his retirement. He retired in 1999 and statistically was the second most prolific passer in NFL history. Elway led his teams to six AFC Championship Games and five Super Bowls, winning his last two.
Elway set several career records for passing attempts and completions while at Stanford. He also received All-American honors. Elway was drafted #1 overall in the 1983 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts before being traded to the Denver Broncos. In 1987, he embarked on what is considered to be one of the most clutch and iconic performances in sports and in NFL history, helping engineer the Broncos on a 98-yard, game-tying touchdown drive in the AFC Championship Game against the Cleveland Browns. The moment is known in National Football League lore as "The Drive". Following the AFC Championship Game, Elway and the Broncos lost in Super Bowl XXI to the New York Giants. It would be the first of a record five Super Bowl starts at quarterback in Elway's career, a record that he solely held until 2012 when Tom Brady earned his fifth Super Bowl start.
Patrick Dennis "Pat" Bowlen (born February 18, 1944) is the Majority Owner, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Denver Broncos. The Bowlen Family, including his two brothers and sister, purchased the team from Edgar Kaiser in 1984 and saved the team from possible bankruptcy.
Bowlen was born in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, the son of Arvella (née Woods) and Paul Dennis Bowlen, who became a millionaire in the Canadian oil business, founding Regent Drilling as a wildcatter. Bowlen attended the University of Oklahoma and earned degrees in business (1965) and law (1968). The younger Bowlen became wealthy in his own right by becoming a successful lawyer in Edmonton, Alberta. He also worked as an executive for his father's company and as a real estate developer and had major investments in the mining industry.
Bowlen is an initiated member of the Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity. He was initiated by the University of Oklahoma, Beta Omicron chapter in 1963. He is a member of the bar association and law society of Alberta, Canada. Bowlen is also one of the largest donors to the University of Denver.
Brett Lorenzo Favre (born October 10, 1969) is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He was a 20-year veteran of the NFL, having played quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons (1991), Green Bay Packers (1992–2007), New York Jets (2008) and Minnesota Vikings (2009–2010). Favre is the only quarterback in NFL history to throw for over 70,000 yards, over 500 touchdowns, over 300 interceptions, and over 10,000 pass attempts. He officially retired on January 17, 2011.
Favre started at the quarterback position for the University of Southern Mississippi for four years before being selected in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft by Atlanta (33rd overall). He was traded to Green Bay on February 10, 1992, for the 19th pick in the 1992 NFL Draft.
Favre became the Packers' starting quarterback in the fourth game of the 1992 season, and started every game through the 2007 season. He was traded to the New York Jets and started at quarterback for the 2008 season before signing with the Vikings on August 18, 2009 as their starting quarterback. He made an NFL record 297 consecutive starts (321 including playoffs).
Walter Jerry Payton (July 25, 1954 – November 1, 1999) was an American football running back who played for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) for thirteen seasons. Walter Payton was known around the NFL as "Sweetness". He is remembered as one of the most prolific running backs in the history of American football. Payton, a nine-time Pro Bowl selectee, once held the league's record for most career rushing yards, touchdowns, carries, yards from scrimmage, all-purpose yards, and many other categories. He was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993. Hall of Fame NFL player and coach Mike Ditka described Payton as the greatest football player he had ever seen—but even greater as a human being.
Payton began his football career in Mississippi, and went on to have an outstanding collegiate football career at Jackson State University where he was an All-American. He started his professional career with the Bears in 1975, who selected him as the 1975 Draft's fourth overall pick. Payton proceeded to win two NFL Most Valuable Player Awards and won Super Bowl XX with the 1985 Chicago Bears. After struggling with the rare liver disease primary sclerosing cholangitis for several months, Payton died on November 1, 1999, aged 45, from cholangiocarcinoma. His legacy includes the Walter Payton Award, the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, and a heightened awareness of the need for organ donations.
Peyton Williams Manning (born March 24, 1976) is an American football quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Indianapolis Colts for 14 seasons from 1998–2011. He is the son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and an elder brother of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning.
Manning played college football at the University of Tennessee, leading the Volunteers to the 1997 SEC Championship in his senior season. He was chosen by the Indianapolis Colts with the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft. From 1998 to 2010, he led the Colts to seven AFC South division championships, two AFC championships, and to a Super Bowl championship (Super Bowl XLI). He has won a record four league most valuable player awards, was the most valuable player of Super Bowl XLI, has been named to eleven Pro Bowls, has eleven 4,000-yard passing seasons (including a record six straight), and is the Indianapolis Colts' all-time leader in passing yards (54,828) and touchdown passes (399). In 2009, he was named the best player in the NFL and Fox Sports along with Sports Illustrated named him the NFL player of the decade of the 2000s.
She's a whiskey headed woman
And she stays drunk all the time
Yeah!
She's a whiskey headed woman
An she stay drunk all the time
Yeah!
Baby, an if you don't stop drinkin'
I b'lieve gonna lose yo' mind
Now, ev'rytime I see you, babe
You at some whiskey joint
Standin' around Mr. Crowley
Beggin' for one mo' half-a-pint
'Cause you's a whiskey headed woman
An ya stay drunk all the time
Babe now, if you don't stop drinkin', little woman
I b'lieve gonna lose yo' mind
Yeah
Now, didn't I tol' you, baby
When you fell down 'cross your bed?
You is drinkin' that moonshine whiskey
An talkin' all out' yo' head
'Cause you a whiskey headed woman
An ya stay drunk all the time
Baby, now if you don't stop drinkin'
I b'lieve gonna lose yo' mind
Yeah!
Now, look-a-here, baby
I don't wanna tell you no mo'
You can get all my lovin'
If you just let him go
'Cause you's a whiskey headed woman
An ya stay drunk all the time
Yeah-hey
Now, if you don't stop drinkin', baby
I b'lieve gonna lose yo' mind
Now, when you start a-drink
Make me a pallet on yo' flo'
'Cause if you keep on drinkin'
I ain't come to yo' house no mo'
'Cause you a whiskey headed woman
Baby, ya stay drunk all the time
Yeah-hey!
Now, if you don't stop drinkin', little woman
I b'lieve ya gonna lose yo' mind
Yeah!
Now you a whiskey headed woman
An you stay drunk all the time
'Play it man, play it long as your satisfied'
Now, you a whiskey headed woman, babe
An you stay drunk all the time
An it's a-sure if you don't stop drinkin'
Aw, that moon has gone down, baby, North Star 'bout to
shine
Aw, the moon goin' down, baby, North Star 'bout to shine
Rosetta Henry told me, "Lord, I don't want you hangin'
'round"
Oh well, where were you now, baby,
Clarksdale mill burned down
Oh well, where were you now, babe, Clarksdale mill burned
down?
(spoken: Boy, you know where I were)
"I were way down Sunflower with my face all full-a
frowns"
They's a house over yonder, painted all over green
They's a house over yonder, painted all over green
(spoken: Boy, you know I know it's over there!)
Some of the finest young women, Lord, a man most ever
seen
Lord, I think I heard the Helena whistle
, Helena whistle, Helena whistle blow
Lord, I think I heard the Helena whistle blow
(spoken: Well, I hear it blowin' now)
Lord, I ain't gonna stop walkin' till I get in my
You and me were such good friends (ens)
For years and years we acted like kids (ids)
Now were in our teen years (ears)
And we want to be more than just friends.
When I look into your big blues eye
I get a feeling inside that I can't descride.
We walk around holding hands.
I just can't believe that our close frendship turned out to be like this.
Sometimes I wonder why you chose me out of all the people in the world.
But honestly I wouldn't have it any other way
A couple months have went by since we we've been together
And now I relize that you want to be with her
So why don't you just go!
It's not like I'm holding you back
Now everyday when I look into your eyes
All I feel is pain and I know you feel it too