About New York Jets Memorabilia, Collectibles & Merchandise
They are based in the New York metropolitan area. The New York Jets are professional American football team that is at present part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League. It was in the season of 1960 that the team began to play as a charter franchise of the American Football League. Their old name was the Titans of New York. In addition, their name as the New York Jets was adopted by the team in the season of 1963. The team then joined the NFL in the AFL-NFL merger of 1970. They foremost played in the Polo Grounds. They played in that arena from 1960 to 1963. The present owner of the team is Woody Johnson and they are currently under the head coach, Rex Ryan. Furthermore, the New York Jets is being managed by Mike Tannenbaum. The colors that are representing the team are hunter green and white.
Holding the record of being the pioneering team to beat an NFL team in an AFL-NFL World Championship Game, the New York Jets won a historical game over Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III year 1968. In the American Football League alone, they have been eastern division championships for years 1968 and 1969 and for American Football Conference in 1998 and 2002. The Jets have already appeared 13 times in the playoffs from 1981 to 2009 for the NFL. Indeed, this team also has something to brag about.
Year 1967, Joe Namath became part of the New York Jets from being an Alabama quarterback. His entry was also the time when the Jets had a 8-5-1 record, their best so far. In the same season, the new recruit was able to reach a record of 4,007 passing yards. Because of that, he was named the first professional quarterback to have passed 4,000 yards in one season alone. You must be impressed with his record. By now, you would want to own a
Joe Namath memorabilia among our list of collectibles you can purchase. His story is just one of the many milestones this team has produced.
The team also made people notice
Brad Baxter. In the team, he has tallied a remarkable 11 rushing touchdowns. In his entry in 1991, it was also the time when the Jets won over Miami Dolphins.
Neil O’Donnell also became part of the team and he made 17 touchdowns in his entry. He played along with Adrian Murrell who ran for a number of 1,000 yards. These names are just some of the many athletes who played for the team and made a mark. These names are also the ones you would want to collect memorabilia for.
Most popular New York Jets players: Al Atkinson, Brad Baxter,
Emerson Boozer, Mark Brunell,
Plaxico Burress,
Wayne Chrebet, Kellen Clemens, Kyle Clifton, Laveranues Coles, Jerricho Cotchery, Antonio Cromartie, Braylon Edwards, Shaun Ellis, D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Jay Fiedler, Nick Folk, Clark Gaines,
Mark Gastineau, Vernon Gholston,
Shonn Greene, John Hall, Bobby Hamilton, Bruce Harper, David Harris,
Santonio Holmes, Marvin Jones,
Dustin Keller,
Joe Klecko, Jeff Lageman, Pat Leahy, Mo Lewis, Ray Lucas,
Marty Lyons,
Curtis Martin, Don Maynard, Joe McKnight, Walt Michaels, Rob Moore, Joe Namath, Kevin Porter, Randy Rasmussen,
Darrelle Revis, Tony Richardson,
Rex Ryan,
Mark Sanchez, Bart Scott, Brad Smith, Matt Snell, Rusty Staub,
Vinny Testaverde, Richard Todd,
LaDainian Tomlinson, Al Toon,
Wesley Walker