WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE IN TRIESTE AS PART OF THE CAMP COACHING STAFF Joseph Clifford “Joe” Montana, Jr. (!!! BORN June 11, 1956), nicknamed Joe Cool and The Comeback Kid, is a FORMER professional FOOTBALL player, a HALL OF FAME QUARTERBACK with the SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS and KANSAS CITY CHIEFS. After winning a COLLEGE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP at NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY, Montana started his NFL career in 1979 with San Francisco, where he played for the next 14 SEASONS. Traded before the 1993 season, he spent his final two years in the league with Kansas City. While a member of the 49ers, Montana started in four SUPERBOWL games and won all of them. Montana was elected to the PROFOOTBALL HALL OF FAME IN 2000, his first year of eligibility.In 1989, and again in 1990, the ASSOCIATED PRESS named Montana the NFL MOST VALUABLE PLAYER(MVP), and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED magazine named Montana the 1990 “SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR”. Four years earlier, in 1986, Montana won the AP NFL COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD. Montana was elected to eight PROBOWLS, as well as being voted 1st team All-Pro by the AP in 1987, 1989, and 1990. Montana had the highest PASSER RATING in the NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE (NFC) five times 1981, 1984, 1985, 1987 AND 1989); and, in both 1987 and 1989, Montana had the highest passer rating in the entire NFL. Noted for his ability to remain CALM UNDER PRESSURE, Montana helped his teams to 31 fourth quarter come-from-behind wins. In the closing moments of the 1981 NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME and SUPERBOWL XXIII, Montana threw game-winning TOUCHDOWN PASSES. The touchdown at the end of the championship game was so memorable that SPORRTS JOURNALISTS, FANS and many others, refer to the play simply as “THE CATCH”. The touchdown in the closing moments of Super Bowl XXIII came at the end of a 92-yard DRIVE. The 49ers retired the number 16, the jersey number Montana wore while with the team. In 1993, Montana was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs and led the franchise to its first AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME in January 1994. In 1994, Montana earned a spot on the NFL 75TH ANNIVERSARY ALL-TIME TEAM; he is also a member of the NFL 1980S ALL DECADE TEAM. In 1999, EDITORS at THE SPORTING NEWS ranked Montana third on their list of...