Very impressive 62/62
I wished they would have clocked Elway's throws.
"On the first day of official practice as a freshman, John threw the ball so hard he broke the fingers of two of our wide receivers. Our coaches were joking that we might not have enough guys to get through the practice, let alone the season.
And the stories about the "Elway cross" are true, and the legend started at Stanford. Given the choice of catching John's passes with their fingers or their chest, receivers opted for their chest. The ball was thrown so hard the seams on the point of the ball would leave a cross imprinted on a receiver's chest. It became known as an Elway cross."
The hardest thrower ever may have been the Denver Broncos’ John Elway, who may have thrown in the rare category of above 60 mph. “They used to set the Jugs machines at 70 to 80 mph for us receivers to simulate John’s throws,” recalls Elway’s former receiver, Rod Smith.