Namath back at Bama to receive degree

Celtkin · Dec 15, 2007

Broadway Joe was back on campus, finally getting a diploma to go with his football accolades.

Joe Namath, who won a national championship with the Crimson Tide in 1964 but quit school before going on to become a pro football great, returned to the University of Alabama on Friday to pick up the degree he earned 42 years later.

Namath completed a 30-hour program over the last five years to earn bachelor of arts degree in interdisciplinary studies. Bum knees aside, Namath will be one of 900 graduates to walk across the stage at Coleman Coliseum during commencement Saturday morning.
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After all that and more, Namath said he always regretted not finishing his degree, particularly because of a promise to his mother.

"It was a hole in my being, an empty spot, because I did tell someone I would finish," he said.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071214/ap_on_sp_co_ne/fbc_namath_graduates

Congrats, Joe. I admire that he went back and got his degree.

HysterikiLL · Dec 16, 2007

Pfft. You think he went back for the degree?

One word (or two, hyphenated): Co-Eds.

Celtkin · Dec 16, 2007

He took it as an external degree and it took him 5 years to finish 30 hours :lol:

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