Unitas was the prototype for all modern quarterbacks.  And, he played in an era when quarterbacks didn't have the rules to protect them like they do now.

I was born and raised in Baltimore and I lived about 8 blocks from Memorial Stadium.Johnny Unitas was like a GOD in Baltimore and the Colts was Americas team at that time and Unitas made the NFL what it is today.Rest in Peace Johnny Unitas,you was the greatest

Definition of a quarterback: A person who directs and leads......Nobody has ever been better.....

Not just the greatest QB ever, a great football player.

That shot at the Ravens game where they put John up on the big screen always makes me...emotional. Rest In Peace Johnny, you were the GOAT.

A great man. If he ever met you, he would never forget you or your name.
I was sorry when he died.
He was BALTIMORE!!!!!

Johnny Unitas was the greatest quarterback in professional football history!

He was like the Pope when he walked in a room or on the field everybody stopped to watch him. He was great The Godfather of the QB position.

I grew up in Wisconsin as probably the only Baltimore Colts fan during the Packer glory years. John, Raymond, Lenny and the rest of the team were my hereos. Still are.

THE GOLD STANDARD IN THE 50s AND 60s. THANK U GOD FOR BEING BORN IN TIME TO WATCH HIM PLAY LIVE. MORE THAN A PRIVILEGED.  THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES JOHNNY U.   RIP.

Father of the modern QB and played when the QB’s were not protected by the rules like today

As a kid growing up in the 1960's there were rumors  reported that Johnny Unitas could throw a football 100 yards in the air, he was my hero as a kid

Johny football should've gotten a check from every modern QB for changing how the QB plays that position thank you Johny U for making football fun to watch

A great QB and person -- humble, hard-working and never complained -- all traits that modern Americans would do well to emulate.

In a biography on Unitas the author pointed out that, after Unitas was with the Colts and had achieved much success, they acquired a new Offensive Lineman... who was newly married. The guy bought a new home that was under construction, and, to help him move in, Unitas came over and laid down the linoleum for his kitchen floor.

When the Colts drafted Lenny Moore at Halfback, as a black man in Baltimore, no one wanted to room with him... so Unitas said he would and they did for as long as they both played for the Colts.

Born in 1952, I grew up loving the Bears because in Great Falls, MT, we got the Black & Blue division games. But when a game with Unitas at QB for the Colts was broadcast in our area, I found that I couldn't help but admire him. He was intelligent - as I could tell in his interviews, he was gritty - as I could tell from the beatings the Bears' D would issue him and he'd pick himself up and continue the game, and he was a great quarterback - as I could tell by how he would surgically remove the other team from their expectations of a WIN. To me, it never seemed like the Colts were out of a game as long as Unitas was still at QB.

He always seemed like a gentlemen and a consummate professional football player. Turns out, he was always both of those things.

P.S. But I always hated him wearing those ugly black high-top cleats. I thought they made him look like a dork. I wanted him to wear the more athletic-looking newly popular in the league white shoes... like the KC Chiefs did under Hank Stram.

The best then, the best now, the best 100 years from now......the great Johnny U.......I grew up in Lutherville/ Timonium Md, Johnny was a neighbor...as a Baltimore Colt season ticket holder I had the gift of being able to see him play.....RIP Johnny.....Heaven 19- Baltimore 0......

ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUARTERBACKS OF ALL TIME (19) 🏉 R.I.P. 🙏⚘️ JOHNNY 🏉

The Pro Football Hall of Fame voted him the best PLAYER, ( not QB, but player!) in the NFL's first 50 years!!! That about says it all!! Imagine how good the 1959 Unitas would be playing in today's game, with all the rules protecting OB's!!!

My mother was an employee of the University of Louisville and my aunt was a student there while Johnny U was quarterbacking the Cardinals. Johnny's mother had to approve U of L as his college before he would come there, and she said if he gets in trouble of any kind, she would pull him out. The college assigned my mom and aunt the unofficial job of keeping Johnny out of trouble, tutoring him and making sure he got to class.
I am proud of my family's role in helping the NFL's greatest quarterback to succeed.

Watching Johnny Unitas play is why I got hooked on watching professional football.  He was on my short list of favorite quarterbacks.