1. Joe Montana
Joe Montana didn’t merely win four Super Bowls. He rescued a down-and-out Bay Area from its lost Altamont-to-AIDS decade—encompassing the Zodiac and Zebra Killings, the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, Jonestown, the taking of Patty Hearst, and the leaving of sanity. Cool Joe boasts a 127.8 passer rating in Super Bowls. Montana’s “Isn’t that John Candy?” quip in the huddle on the eve of his Super Bowl XXIII’s game-winning drive exemplifies the laid back confidence that teammates found contagious. And wasn’t he great as Sincere Guy Stu on SNL?
