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45 Facts About the Greatest Quarterbacks Of All-time, Peyton Manning

One of the greatest Quarterbacks of all-time and five times league MVP award winner

Peyton Manning is regarded as one of the greatest Quarterbacks of all-time. He's been awarded league MVP for five times (a record). Here're 45 facts about him:

  • Peyton Manning, or Peyton Williams Manning is an American football quarterback for the Denver Broncos of National Football League (NFL).
  • He was born on March 24, 1976.
  • Archie Manning, Manning's father is a former NFL quarterback.
  • His elder brother Eli Manning is a quarterback for New York Giants.
  • He has played or the Indianapolis Colts for 14 seasons between 1998 and 2011.
  • Manning attended Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, Louisiana where he led his team to a 34-5 record during three seasons as starter.
  • He was awarded Gatorade Circle of Champions National Player-of-the-Year and Columbus (Ohio) Touchdown Club National Offensive Player-of-the-Year in 1993.
  • While at school, Manning started wearing number 18 in honor of his older brother Cooper, who was forced to give up football due to spinal stenosis.
  • Manning attended University of Tennessee and played for the Tennessee Volunteers football team.
  • He became Tennessee's all-time leading passer with 11,201 yards and 89 touchdowns.
  • In college, Manning won 39 of 45 games as a starter, breaking the Southeastern Conference (SEC) record for career wins.
  • Manning completed his degree in three years.
  • He was projected to be the top overall pick in the NFL Draft, but returned to Tennessee for his senior year.
  • As a senior, Manning was consensus first-team All-American.
  • He was also won numerous awards, like Maxwell Award, the Davey O'Brien Award, the Johnny Unitas Award, and the Best College Player ESPY award, etc.
  • One of the streets leading to Neyland Stadium has been renamed Peyton Manning Pass.
  • Manning was chosen by the Indianapolis Colts with the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft.
  • Manning also did academically well and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa Society in 1997.
  • He was also awarded the National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Award.
  • From 1998 to 2010, he led the Colts to eight (seven AFC South and one AFC East) division championships, two AFC championships, and one Super Bowl championship (Super Bowl XLI).
  • He has been awarded league MVP five times which is a league record.
  • He was the most valuable player of Super Bowl XLI.
  • In 2009, Manning was named the best player in the NFL.
  •  Fox Sports and Sports Illustrated named him he NFL player of the decade for the 2000s.
  • Even before 2013 season had finished, SI named him Sportsman of the Year.
  • In 2011, he underwent neck surgery.
  • After surgery he signed a five-year, $90 million contract extension with the Colts in July 2011.
  • Manning, unexpectedly had to undergo second, and much more serious surgery in September 2011.
  • He never missed NFL but had to miss the entire 2011 season due to the surgery.
  • He signed with the Denver Broncos on March 20, 2012.
  • Two years later, in 2014, he broke Brett Favre's record for most career TDs when he threw his 509th touchdown pass. It was a game against the San Fransisco 49ers.
  • Manning also has a nickname "The Sherif," thanks to his pre-snap routine.
  • He is also one of the most recognizable and parodied players in the NFL.
  • Manning, a Christian, married his wife Memphis on St. Patrick's Day, 2001.
  • Both have twins, a boy and a girl.
  • Manning reportedly has an excellent memory for plays. He memorized the Colts' playbook within a week after being drafted,[39] and in 2012 was able to precisely recall the details and timing of a specific play he had used at Tennessee 16 years earlier (source).
  • Manning has also co-authored a book entitled Manning: A Father, His Sons, and a Football Legacy. It was released in 2000.
  • Nine years later, Peyton, Eli, and Archie co-authored a children's book entitled Family Huddle, which describes in simple text and pictures how the three Manning brothers played football as young boys.
  • Manning has donated more than $8,000 to Republican politicians which includes Fred Thompson, Bob Corker and former president George W. Wish.
  • Manning purchased 21 Papa John's Pizza franchises, all in Colorado.
  • On his 31st birthday, Manning hosted Saturday Night Live with musical guest Carrie Underwood.
  • Manning has also won the Favorite Male Athlete award for the Kids Choice Awards.
  • Manning has also guest voiced (with his brothers, Eli and Cooper) on an episode of The Simpsons called "O Brother, Where Bart Thou?".
  •  Star Wars novelist Drew Karpyshyn has named Manning the NFL personality most likely to become a Jedi Knight.
  • Manning also has his own charity - the Peyback Foundation, whose mission is to help disadvantaged kids, and focuses its efforts in Louisiana, Tennessee, and Indiana.

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