... John Elway was able to end his career.

After having to deal with the questions of whether he could win the big games, Elway finally silenced his critics by winning back-to-back Super Bowls to cap off his Hall of Fame career.

Elway had a stigma surrounding him since day one that perhaps he was just your typical soft quarterback. He refused to play for the Baltimore Colts, who had the first overall selection in the 1983 draft and needed a quarterback. Elway was the obvious choice, and everyone knew it.

He was so adamant that he would never play for the Baltimore Colts, and even went so far as to look into pursuing a professional baseball career with the New York Yankees by meeting with George Steinbrenner.

Well, the Colt...

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