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ANOTHER SUPER SEVEN

JOHNNY UNITAS

he skinny: Appeared in two Super Bowls, the first in January 1969, when he relieved Earl Morrall in the fourth quarter and led the Colts to their first score of the day. However, Joe Namath’s Jets prevailed, 16-3. Two years later, in Super Bowl V, Unitas started and threw a 75-yard TD before leaving the game with injury. Morrall entered in relief to pull out a Colts win. However, Johnny U’s combined Super Bowl numbers weren’t pretty: He

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