Editing Jim McMahon (section)

==Legacy==
Throughout his career, McMahon was known for both on- and off-field antics. His wearing of a [[headband]] while on the sidelines led to him being fined by then NFL commissioner, [[Pete Rozelle]], since the headband had an unauthorized [[Adidas]] corporate logo on it. The next week, his headband simply said "Rozelle". The commissioner later admitted in a letter to McMahon that the headband with Rozelle's name was "funny as hell", but declined to rescind the $5,000 fine. Prior to [[Super Bowl XX]], hundreds of fans mailed McMahon headbands in hopes he would wear them during the game; Rozelle warned the quarterback not to wear anything "unacceptable".

In response, McMahon decided to help bring attention to [[Diabetes mellitus type 1|Juvenile Diabetes]] by wearing a headband simply stating "JDF Cure", before switching to one stating "[[National League of Families POW/MIA Flag|POW-MIA]]", and finally one with the word "Pluto", the nickname of his close friend and favorite collegiate receiving target, former BYU wide receiver Danny Plater, who was afflicted with a [[brain tumor]].<ref name=benson>{{cite book |title=And They Came to Pass |last=Benson |first=Lee |publisher=Deseret Book Co. |date=August 1, 1988 |language=en |isbn=9780875791555}}</ref>

McMahon is known for his trademark sunglasses, which he wears for medical reasons. At age six, while trying to untie a knot in a toy gun holster with a fork, he accidentally severed the [[cornea]] in his right eye when the fork slipped. While his [[visual perception|vision]] was saved, the accident left that eye extremely sensitive to [[light]].<ref>''[[America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions]]'', "#2. 1985 Chicago Bears." Premiered on [[CBS]], February 3, 2007</ref> On the field he was among the first to wear a helmet fitted with a tinted plastic visor covering the eyes, leading to nicknames like "Darth Vader".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Wiedeman |first=Reeves |title=What's in a Nickname? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/whats-in-a-nickname |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=August 21, 2018 |date=October 7, 2011 |archive-date=August 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822014752/https://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/whats-in-a-nickname |url-status=live}}</ref>