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![KevG163 Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::2981667087.png) Kevin Gallagher [@KevG163](/creator/twitter/KevG163) on x 35.2K followers
Created: 2025-07-15 16:23:08 UTC

XX Years Ago Today
July 15, 1965

"Before Broadway"

Six months after signing what was then the most lucrative rookie contract in American professional sports history — a 3-year/$427,000 pact, Joe Namath takes the practice field for the first time as the New York #Jets open summer training camp at Peekskill Military Academy.

The high-priced rookie was met with resentment from some skeptical veterans in the locker room. #JetUp

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XXXXXX engagements

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