Why was Joe Montana called nicknames like Joe Cool and the Comeback Kid?
Joseph Clifford Montana, Jr., (born June 11, 1956 in New Eagle, Pennsylvania), nicknamed Joe Cool and Comeback Joe,[1] is a retired American football player whose professional career in the National Football League (NFL) spanned the late 1970s through the mid-1990s.[2] Montana started his NFL career in 1979 with the San Francisco 49ers, where he played quarterback (QB) for the next 14 seasons.[3] He spent the 1993 and 1994 seasons, his final two years in the NFL, with the Kansas City Chiefs. While a member of the 49ers, Montana started four Super Bowl games and the team won all of them. In 2000, Montana was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[4] In 1989, and again in 1990, the Associated Press named Montana the NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP), and Sports Illustrated magazine named Montana the 1990 “Sportsman of the Year”.[5] Four years earlier, in 1986, Montana won the AP NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award.[6] Montana was elected to eight Pro Bowls, as well as being voted 1st t
