Editing Johnny Unitas (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Pro Football Hall of Fame (24937139048).jpg|thumb|Unitas jersey exhibited at the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]]]
* Unitas held the record for most Pro Bowl appearances (10) by a quarterback until [[Brett Favre]] broke his record in 2009.
* Unitas set the original standard for [[most wins by a starting quarterback (NFL)|most wins as a starting quarterback]] with 118 regular season victories (since surpassed by multiple quarterbacks).
* Unitas was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979.
* Laid the foundation for the modern two-minute drill.<ref name=":6" />
* Unitas is 11th in all-time number of regular season games won by an NFL starting quarterback with 118 wins.
* Unitas is 16th in all-time percentage of regular season games won by an NFL starting quarterback with a percentage of 64.5.
* United was inducted into the American Football Association Semi Pro Hall of Fame in 1987.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hall of Fame |url=http://www.americanfootballassn.com/hall-of-fame.html |website=americanfootballassn.com |access-date=November 8, 2024}}</ref>
* Unitas's no. 16 is the first number retired by the football program at the University of Louisville.<ref name=":14" />
* Unitas Tower, a dormitory at the University of Louisville, is named for Johnny Unitas.<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |title=Johnny Unitas (1933-2002) — College of Arts & Sciences |url=https://louisville.edu/artsandsciences/news/events/hallofhonor/inductees/unitas.html |access-date=November 7, 2024 |website=louisville.edu}}</ref>
* The Johnny Unitas Football Museum is in the Cardinal Football Complex at Louisville.<ref name=":15" />
* A statue of Unitas sits in the north end zone of [[Cardinal Stadium]] at the University of Louisville. It is a tradition for each Cardinal player to touch the statue as he enters the field.<ref>{{cite web|title=Big East gameday traditions: Louisville|url=http://www.espn.com/blog/bigeast/post/_/id/8258/big-east-gameday-traditions-louisville|website=ESPN|date=March 3, 2010|access-date=September 18, 2017|archive-date=September 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919234224/http://www.espn.com/blog/bigeast/post/_/id/8258/big-east-gameday-traditions-louisville|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Since 1987, the [[Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award]] has been awarded to the top senior quarterback of the current year in [[college football]]. The award is presented annually in Louisville. Among the winners was University of Tennessee, and future Colt, quarterback [[Peyton Manning]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |last=Sahadi |first=Lou |title=Johnny Unitas America's Quarterback |publisher=Triumph Books |year=2004 |isbn=1-57243-610-7 |pages=ix-xi}}</ref>
* In 1999, he was ranked No. 5 on ''[[The Sporting News]]'' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://archive.sportingnews.com/nfl/100/|title= Football's 100 Greatest Players|publisher= Archive.sportingnews.com|access-date= August 5, 2009|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080601193351/http://archive.sportingnews.com/nfl/100/|archive-date= June 1, 2008}}</ref> behind only [[Joe Montana]] among quarterbacks.
* In 2004, ''The Sporting News'' ranked Unitas No. 1 among the NFL's 50 Greatest Quarterbacks, with [[Joe Montana]] at No. 2.
* In 1999, [[ESPN]]'s ''Sportscentury: 50 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century'' ranked Unitas No. 32.
* Just before his death, Johnny Unitas became the community liaison for athletics in [[Towson, Maryland]]. The football stadium at [[Towson University]] was renamed [[Johnny Unitas Stadium]] in 2002. Unitas died less than a week after throwing his last pass in the grand opening of the stadium.
* Set the record for [[Most consecutive games with a touchdown pass (NFL)#All-time consecutive games with at least one touchdown pass|consecutive games with at least one touchdown pass at 47 games]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Joyce |first=C. Alan |url=http://www.worldalmanac.com/blog/2007/01/unbreakable_sports_records.html |title="Unbreakable" Sports Records |publisher=The World Almanac |date=January 5, 2007 |access-date=August 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802071249/http://www.worldalmanac.com/blog/2007/01/unbreakable_sports_records.html |archive-date=August 2, 2009}}</ref> This record was surpassed by [[Drew Brees]] in 2012.<ref>[https://www.nfl.com/news/drew-brees-breaks-johnny-unitas-td-pass-record-0ap1000000078087 Drew Brees breaks Johnny Unitas' TD pass record] Retrieved October 20, 2012.</ref>
* Set the record for [[Most consecutive games with a touchdown pass (NFL)#All-time consecutive games with at least two touchdown passes|consecutive games with at least two touchdown passes at 12 games]]. This record was surpassed by [[Don Meredith]], [[Peyton Manning]] (twice), [[Tom Brady]], [[Aaron Rodgers]], [[Philip Rivers]], and [[Patrick Mahomes]].
* Set the record for most consecutive games with at least a 120 passer rating (4); this record was later matched by [[Kurt Warner]].
* For the game following his death, Indianapolis Colts quarterback [[Peyton Manning]] asked to wear a pair of black cleats as a tribute to Johnny's signature black boots. The league denied his request and threatened Manning with a US$25,000 fine; Manning decided not to wear them. Despite the threatened fine, [[Chris Redman]], a Louisville alum like Unitas, and then quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens, decided to pay homage by wearing the signature cleats during a game against the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mortensen |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Mortensen |date=September 17, 2002 |title=NFL thwarts Manning in attempt to honor Unitas |url=https://www.espn.com/chrismortensen/s/2002/0917/1432826.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528033239/http://espn.go.com/chrismortensen/s/2002/0917/1432826.html |archive-date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=July 21, 2014 |website=[[ESPN.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2002/09/16/nfl-has-laces-tied-too-tight-banning-colts-high-top-tribute/|last=Vecsey|first=Laura|title=NFL has laces tied too tight, banning Colt's high-top tribute|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=September 16, 2002|access-date=July 21, 2014|archive-date=October 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016013943/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2002-09-16/sports/0209160143_1_unitas-colt-cleats|url-status=live}}</ref> Manning later said he regretted not doing it, and that every quarterback in the league should have done it that day to honor Unitas.<ref name=":7" />
* In 2013, a movie project was announced by ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' called ''Unitas We Stand'', which will feature Ravens quarterback [[Joe Flacco]] as Unitas during the 1958 NFL Championship.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sessler|first=Marc|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/joe-flacco-will-portray-johnny-unitas-in-upcoming-film-0ap1000000158038|title=Joe Flacco will portray Johnny Unitas in upcoming film|publisher=[[National Football League]]|date=April 6, 2013|access-date=April 8, 2013|archive-date=April 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408080247/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000158038/article/joe-flacco-will-portray-johnny-unitas-in-upcoming-film|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 19th Street in [[Ocean City, Maryland]], is named "Johnny Unitas Way" in his honor.
* [[Johnny Unitas Stadium]] on the campus of [[Towson University]] in [[Towson, Maryland]], home of the [[Towson Tigers football]] and [[Towson Tigers men's lacrosse]] teams is named in his honor.
* Unitas was posthumously inducted into the National Lithuanian American Hall of Fame on August 24, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=PRESS RELEASE: Lithuanian American Legends, Dick Butkus, Ruta Lee, Johnny Unitas Enter The National Lithuanian American Hall of Fame 2013|url=http://www.lithhof.org/index.php/events/item/141-induction|website=lithhof.org|access-date=November 12, 2016|archive-date=November 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112213152/http://www.lithhof.org/index.php/events/item/141-induction|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=August 24, 2013, The National Lithuanian American Hall of Fame Welcomes Dick Butkus, Ruta Lee, and Johnny Unitas|url=http://www.lithhof.org/index.php/events/item/148-induction-ceremony|website=lithhof.org|access-date=November 12, 2016|archive-date=November 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112214408/http://www.lithhof.org/index.php/events/item/148-induction-ceremony|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Readers of NFL.com voted Unitas the Greatest Quarterback of All Time in 2014. Unitas scored 72 percent of the vote over [[Joe Montana]], after the two quarterbacks were the final ones remaining out of a [[bracket (tournament)|bracket]] of players over the history of the NFL.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 7, 2014 |title=Johnny Unitas wins Bracketology as greatest QB of all time |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/johnny-unitas-wins-bracketology-as-greatest-qb-of-all-time-0ap2000000339884 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114013100/https://www.nfl.com/news/johnny-unitas-wins-bracketology-as-greatest-qb-of-all-time-0ap2000000339884 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |access-date=January 14, 2024 |website=NFL.com}}</ref>
* There is an historical marker dedicated to Unitas in Pittsburgh.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Johnny Unitas Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=40892 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |website=www.hmdb.org}}</ref>
* In 1999, HBO and NFL Films produced a documentary, ''Unitas'', about Unitas, his life, career and impact, and his relationship to Baltimore, narrated by actor [[Liev Schreiber]], including interviews with Unitas, [[Jim Brown]], [[Frank Deford]], and Raymond Berry, among others. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Unitas, Turner Classic Movies |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/476112/unitas#overview |access-date=November 7, 2024 |website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>
* Unitas was featured twice on The Simpsons, first in the episode "[[Homie the Clown]]", in which Unitas (voiced by himself) encourages the usage of the Krusty Moustache Removal System in a non-stop infomercial. In "[[Mother Simpson]]", Homer's father admires Unitas' short hair in contrast to Joe Namath's controversial sideburns, calling it "a haircut you could set your watch to".
* Unitas played the head coach of the Dallas Knights in Oliver Stone’s 1999 film ''[[Any Given Sunday]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Weyer |first1=Michael |last2=Mocella |first2=Stefano |date=April 7, 2022 |title=NFL Players Who Made Cameos In Movies |url=https://www.thesportster.com/nfl-players-movie-cameos-tom-brady-brett-favre-clay-matthews/ |access-date=November 6, 2024 |website=TheSportster}}</ref>
* Unitas is referenced in the 1991 movie ''[[Point Break]]''. One of the characters in the movie said "They got me babysitting some quarterback punk, named Johnny Unitas or something", when they get a new partner.<ref>{{Citation |title="Point Break (1991) Garry Busey: Pappas" – IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102685/characters/nm0000997/ |access-date=April 28, 2024 |archive-date=April 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429053026/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102685/characters/nm0000997/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Unitas is referenced in a 1992 episode of the Nickelodeon television show [[The Adventures of Pete & Pete]] titled "Space, Geeks and Johnny Unitas."<ref>{{Citation |title="The Adventures of Pete & Pete" Space, Geeks and Johnny Unitas (TV Episode 1992) – IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0506148/ |access-date=May 11, 2023 |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524040457/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0506148/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Unitas played himself in the 1976 Disney movie ''[[Gus (1976 film)|Gus]].''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gus |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/gus/2030277685/ |access-date=November 6, 2024 |website=TVGuide.com}}</ref>