Tackle Twill

Joe Namath

Only someone like Namath could look less like a football player and more like a Velvet Underground hanger-on whilst on the disabled list.  I would comment on the gumption it would take to pull off a ballsy move like wearing a fur coat on the sidelines, but the NFL did that for me by moving to require all team members and staff to wear league-approved apparel after “Broadway Joe” brought out his minks.  The nerve.  Namath was one of the first athletes to challenge the notion that athletes couldn’t be glamorous, and though this coat probably did a lot to usher in things like Dennis Rodman’s hair, the Jets star can’t be blamed for being anything more than captivating.  He owned a bar called “Bachelors III,” for Pete’s sake.