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The '''New York Jets''' are a [[National Football League]] team based in [[East Rutherford, New Jersey]].

:Founded:  [[1960]] (charter [[American Football League|American Football League (AFL)]] member; joined the NFL in the [[1970]] merger)
:Formerly known as:  New York Titans, [[1960]]-[[1962]].  [[Sonny Werblin]] changed the name to ''"Jets"'' when he bought the team in [[1963]].
:Home stadiums: First the [[Polo Grounds]], then [[Shea Stadium]], then [[Giants Stadium]], [[ East Rutherford, New Jersey]]
:Uniform colors: Green and White
:Helmet design: A green oval, with the letters "NY" superimposed, and superimposed over that, the word "JETS" and a football
:'''[[professional football championship games|League championships]] won: American Football League [[1968]]'''
:'''[[professional football championship games|World Championships]] won: [[Super Bowl]] [[Super Bowl/III|III]] (1968 post-season)'''
=== Franchise history ===
The Jets began as the '''Titans of New York'''.  When [[Sonny Werblin]] bought the team from Harry Wismer, he re-named them the [[New York Jets]] and signed Alabama's [[Joe Namath]] away from the NFL.  That move reinforced the [[American Football League]]'s position as the genesis of modern professional football when the Jets were pitted against the so-called ''"best team in the history of the NFL"'', the [[Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]], and scored one of the greatest upsets in the history of sport by defeating the Colts 16-7 in [[Super Bowl III]], a feat that had been ''"guaranteed"'' by [[Joe Namath]].

=== Players of note ===
'''[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]rs:'''
*[[Don Maynard]]
*[[Joe Namath]]

'''Current stars:'''
*[[Wayne Chrebet]]
*[[Curtis Martin]]
*[[Santana Moss]]
*[[Chad Pennington]]
*[[Vinny Testaverde]]

'''Retired numbers:'''
*12 [[Joe Namath]]

'''Not to be forgotten:'''
*[[Verlon Biggs]]
*[[Mark Gastineau]]
*[[Larry Grantham]]
*[[Winston Hill]]
*[[Bill Mathis]]
*[[Wahoo McDaniel]]
*[[Babe Parilli]]
*[[Gerry Philbin]]
*[[Paul Rochester]]
*[[Matt Snell]]
*[[Bob Talamini]]
*[[Jim Turner]]
*[[Sonny Werblin]]

[http://www.newyorkjets.com/index2.php New York Jets official website]

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====References====
* Adapted from the [[Wikipedia]] article, "New_York_Jets" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Jets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Jets], used under the [[GNU Free Documentation License]]