45 Facts About the Greatest Quarterbacks Of All-time, Peyton Manning

One of the greatest Quarterbacks of all-time and five times league MVP award winner

19 June 2015, 7:49 am EDT By Kamal

Peyton Manning is regarded as one of the greatest Quarterbacks of all-time. He's been awarded league MVP for five times (a record). Here're 45 facts about him:

Peyton Manning, or Peyton Williams Manning is an American football quarterback for the Denver Broncos of National Football League (NFL).
He was born on March 24, 1976.
Archie Manning, Manning's father is a former NFL quarterback.
His elder brother Eli Manning is a quarterback for New York Giants.
He has played or the Indianapolis Colts for 14 seasons between 1998 and 2011.
Manning attended Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, Louisiana where he led his team to a 34-5 record during three seasons as starter.
He was awarded Gatorade Circle of Champions National Player-of-the-Year and Columbus (Ohio) Touchdown Club National Offensive Player-of-the-Year in 1993.
While at school, Manning started wearing number 18 in honor of his older brother Cooper, who was forced to give up football due to spinal stenosis.
Manning attended University of Tennessee and played for the Tennessee Volunteers football team.
He became Tennessee's all-time leading passer with 11,201 yards and 89 touchdowns.
In college, Manning won 39 of 45 games as a starter, breaking the Southeastern Conference (SEC) record for career wins.
Manning completed his degree in three years.
He was projected to be the top overall pick in the NFL Draft, but returned to Tennessee for his senior year.
As a senior, Manning was consensus first-team All-American.
He was also won numerous awards, like Maxwell Award, the Davey O'Brien Award, the Johnny Unitas Award, and the Best College Player ESPY award, etc.
One of the streets leading to Neyland Stadium has been renamed Peyton Manning Pass.
Manning was chosen by the Indianapolis Colts with the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft.
Manning also did academically well and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa Society in 1997.
He was also awarded the National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Award.
From 1998 to 2010, he led the Colts to eight (seven AFC South and one AFC East) division championships, two AFC championships, and one Super Bowl championship (Super Bowl XLI).
He has been awarded league MVP five times which is a league record.
He was the most valuable player of Super Bowl XLI.
In 2009, Manning was named the best player in the NFL.
Fox Sports and Sports Illustrated named him he NFL player of the decade for the 2000s.
Even before 2013 season had finished, SI named him Sportsman of the Year.

In 2011, he underwent neck surgery.
After surgery he signed a five-year, $90 million contract extension with the Colts in July 2011.
Manning, unexpectedly had to undergo second, and much more serious surgery in September 2011.

He never missed NFL but had to miss the entire 2011 season due to the surgery.
He signed with the Denver Broncos on March 20, 2012.
Two years later, in 2014, he broke Brett Favre's record for most career TDs when he threw his 509th touchdown pass. It was a game against the San Fransisco 49ers.
Manning also has a nickname "The Sherif," thanks to his pre-snap routine.
He is also one of the most recognizable and parodied players in the NFL.
Manning, a Christian, married his wife Memphis on St. Patrick's Day, 2001.
Both have twins, a boy and a girl.
Manning reportedly has an excellent memory for plays. He memorized the Colts' playbook within a week after being drafted,[39] and in 2012 was able to precisely recall the details and timing of a specific play he had used at Tennessee 16 years earlier (source).
Manning has also co-authored a book entitled Manning: A Father, His Sons, and a Football Legacy. It was released in 2000.
Nine years later, Peyton, Eli, and Archie co-authored a children's book entitled Family Huddle, which describes in simple text and pictures how the three Manning brothers played football as young boys.
Manning has donated more than $8,000 to Republican politicians which includes Fred Thompson, Bob Corker and former president George W. Wish.
Manning purchased 21 Papa John's Pizza franchises, all in Colorado.
On his 31st birthday, Manning hosted Saturday Night Live with musical guest Carrie Underwood.
Manning has also won the Favorite Male Athlete award for the Kids Choice Awards.
Manning has also guest voiced (with his brothers, Eli and Cooper) on an episode of The Simpsons called "O Brother, Where Bart Thou?".
Star Wars novelist Drew Karpyshyn has named Manning the NFL personality most likely to become a Jedi Knight.
Manning also has his own charity - the Peyback Foundation, whose mission is to help disadvantaged kids, and focuses its efforts in Louisiana, Tennessee, and Indiana.