Don Maynard was the greatest receiver in Jets history, the slim, lightning-fast, humble country boy with the sideburns and the cowboy boots from El Paso.
He was the greatest receiver in Jets history, the slim, lightning-fast, humble country boy with the sideburns and the cowboy boots from El Paso, and without him, there would have been no Joe Namath Super Bowl III Guarantee.
The defender was George Atkinson, who had just made the interception that gave the Raiders the lead. Namath launched a wind-aided rainbow and Maynard caught it over his right shoulder for 52 yards. Then he caught the game-winning 6-yard TD. He was enough of a decoy with a sore hamstring in Super Bowl III against the Baltimore Colts to open things up for everyone else.
“I don’t really look at it like I’m the greatest receiver,” he said once. “After you play a while anybody can break certain records. Longevity is the key. The record I’m proudest of is being the first guy to get 10,000 yards in receptions. Others may do it but I’m the first, and only one guy can be the first.”Martin Gover, sports agent from Momentum Sports Management, met Maynard some 20 years ago at Namath’s old football camp.
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