Editing Johnny Unitas (section)

====1959 MVP season====
In 1959, Unitas was named the NFL's MVP by the [[Associated Press]] (AP) for the first time,{{efn|Contemporary sources and [[Pro-Football-Reference.com]] recognize Unitas as the 1959 AP MVP,<ref>{{cite news|title=Unitas Named Player Of Year In Pro Football|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19591223&id=Fh8fAAAAIBAJ&pg=6203,3662328|access-date=January 9, 2017|work=The Tuscaloosa News|agency=Associated Press|date=December 24, 1959|page=10|archive-date=July 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715031303/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19591223&id=Fh8fAAAAIBAJ&pg=6203,3662328|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AP NFL Most Valuable Player Winners|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/ap-nfl-mvp-award.htm|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=June 20, 2016|archive-date=June 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610022530/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/ap-nfl-mvp-award.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> while others, including the ''2015 Official NFL Record and Fact Book'', list [[Charlie Conerly]] as winning the award.<ref>{{cite book|title=2015 Official NFL Record and Fact Book|date=2015|publisher=National Football League|page=524|url=https://nflcommunications.com/Documents/2015%20NFL%20Record%20and%20Fact%20Book.pdf|access-date=August 1, 2016|editor1-last=Lee|editor1-first=Brenden|editor2-last=Gellerman|editor2-first=Jacob|editor3-last=King|editor3-first=Robert|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001192546/http://www.nfl.com/static/content/public/photo/2015/07/21/0ap3000000502939.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=National Football League MVPs By The Associated Press|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19910108&id=5akfAAAAIBAJ&pg=2653,730199|access-date=January 9, 2017|work=Gadsden Times|agency=Associated Press|date=January 8, 1991|page=B2|archive-date=March 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326091501/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19910108&id=5akfAAAAIBAJ&pg=2653,730199|url-status=live}}</ref>}} as well as [[United Press International]]'s player of the year, after leading the NFL in passing yards (2,899), touchdown passes (32), and completions (193). He then led the Colts to a repeat championship, sparking a fourth quarter comeback to beat the Giants again 31–16 in the title game.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sell|first1=Jack|title=Colts Destroy Giants for Pro Crown, 31–16|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A39IAAAAIBAJ&pg=7340%2C4704915|access-date=January 17, 2017|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=December 28, 1959|page=20|archive-date=April 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415121250/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A39IAAAAIBAJ&pg=7340,4704915|url-status=live}}</ref>

With the Colts fresh off back-to-back championships, Unitas was lauded by rookie head coach of the [[Green Bay Packers]], [[Vince Lombardi]], who said of the 26-year-old signal caller: "Without him, they're just ordinary. With him, they're great. He's the best quarterback I've ever seen."<ref>Murray Olderman, "Johnny Unitas Makes the Colts Click," ''Pro All Stars 1960 Pro Football.'' New York: Maco Magazine Corporation, 1960; p. 9.</ref>