Joe Montana Is Now Almost 71, How He Lives Is Sad

Joe Montana. Born June 11, 1956. Sixteen seasons in the NFL. Nicknamed "Joe Cool" and "the Comeback Kid," widely regarded as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. Four Super Bowls. Zero losses. The first player in NFL history to win three Super Bowl MVP awards, and the holder of the all-time highest passer rating in Super Bowl play — 127.8 — across all four of those games. For twenty years after he walked away, the debate was closed. Joe Montana was the greatest who ever played. And then the world moved on. Today, he is almost 71 years old, and the distance between what he was and what his life looks like now is almost painful to measure. The broken body. The 30-year wound that will not heal. The grandchild was almost stolen from his arms. And the slow, quiet erasure of a legend. This is how Joe Montana actually lives today.