30 best nicknames in NFL history
16. “Joe Cool” Joe Montana
When the lights were their brightest, Joe Montana played his best. Four Super Bowls, four wins.
The one story that everyone always comes back to is the final drive against the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII. The Bengals had the lead and Montana came into the huddle with less than three minutes to play, No. 16 strolled into the huddle. He then pointed to the crowd and pointed out that John Candy was there. That wherewithal to let his team know that they were fine and that he had everything under control is Joe Montana in a nutshell- calm, collected, and ready to win.
The 49ers did quite a lot of winning under Montana. Four Super Bowl victories, multiple trips to the NFC Championship Game- none of which would have happened if Montana wasn’t the man under center. The 49ers were an incredibly stacked team, but Montana was the gas that made the car go.
In the biggest moments with the game on the line, he always delivered. In his time with the 49ers, he was a seven-time Pro Bowler, as well as a two-time MVP. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000.