New York Jets

The New York Jets are a National Football League team that plays its home games in East Rutherford, New Jersey, but is based on Long Island. The Jets began as the Titans of New York, a charter member of the American Football League in 1960. When a group including Sonny Werblin bought the team from Harry Wismer in 1963, the team was re-named the New York Jets.

Ewbank, who had enjoyed success with the Baltimore Colts in the 1950's, patiently began a building program with the Jets. Patience is one thing . . . but on January 2, 1965, the Jets received an instant transfusion when Werblin signed Alabama quarterback Joe Namath. The signing of the highly-regarded Namath proved to be a major factor in the eventual end of the AFL-NFL war that raged in the 1960's.