A Brief Biography Of Joe Montana (Football Star)

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Joe Montana (Football Star) Joe Montana was born on June 11th, 1956. (Channel) He was born in New Eagle, Pennsylvania. He was an only child and showed unsurpassed physical attributes. His mother once said “He nearly destroyed his crib by rocking it back and forth and managed to get out of it from time to time and ran to Joe’s and I bed”. Joe started playing sports all year long when he was only 10 years old. Even though he was a Multi- Sports Star, football was his main sport. He lived in a port of the state where use to be coal producing tough-minded people that believed in “hard work pays off” which he learned very quickly. “Joe Montana showed he was a leader on and off the field” said his peewee coach. (Ramen 15) He started his official football career at Ringgold High School where he stunned the coaches and became starting quarterback during his junior year and he was also phenomenal at basketball and he was so skilled at basketball that he got a scholarship to North Carolina. At the time that he got the scholarship to North Carolina was when Michael Jordan went to North Caroli...

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