Who is doing the coin toss at Super Bowl 50?
The coin toss has become a big deal in recent Super Bowls. In the beginning, only the officials would do the toss before starting the game. Now, it has become something of a huge honor. For Super Bowl 50, it will be Joe Montana, the former quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers and a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
Montana is a great pick considering the game is in the Bay Area. At 58 years old, Montana remained one of the most treasured players in National Football League history, winning four Super Bowls with San Francisco. Montana was a third-round pick in the 1979 NFL Draft out of the University of Notre Dame, coming to the two-win 49ers.
In 1981, Montana was in his third season and led the 49ers to an NFC-best 13-3 mark. In the playoffs, San Francisco defeated the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC Championship Game, famously known for “The Catch” by Dwight Clark. Two weeks later, San Francisco defeated the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XVI. Montana would win three more Super Bowls, including victories over Dan Marino in 1984 and John Elway in 1989.
Montana would retire one of the great clutch quarterbacks of all-time, finishing up with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1994.