Namath clears room on mantel for diploma By Peter Barzilai, USA TODAY "Broadway Joe" is about to become "College Graduate Joe."
Joe Namath needed 15 credits to graduate from Alabama when left school to join the New York Jets as a flashy quarterback in 1965, but now the 60-year-old has returned to Tuscaloosa to earn his degree, according to The New York Times.
"Most of it I can do at my pace, but I've been back to Tuscaloosa a few times," he told The Times on Tuesday. "I've taken a humanities course on Vietnam and a writing course. I'm down to my last two courses, a writing course and a senior project."
Namath said he was persuaded to go back to school by professional golfer Jerry Pate, an Alabama graduate.
"Jerry went back years later and graduated, so did several football players," Namath said. "When I first went to Alabama, I wanted to major in commerce, but as a football player, I was told to take elementary education and history.
"Now that I'm back there some 40 years later, I'm a little embarrassed, but everybody keeps telling me it's great."
Namath lives in Florida with his daughters, 18-year-old Jessica and 13-year-old Olivia, and works for ESPN Classic.
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