{"id":69751,"date":"2025-07-19T14:03:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T14:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=69751"},"modified":"2025-07-19T14:03:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T14:03:42","slug":"nfl-icons-resurfaced-sideline-call-has-fans-saying-thats-a-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=69751","title":{"rendered":"NFL Icon&#8217;s Resurfaced Sideline Call Has Fans Saying \u2018That\u2019s a Husband\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p><i>NFL Icon&#8217;s Resurfaced Sideline Call Has Fans Saying \u2018That\u2019s a Husband\u2019 originally appeared on Parade.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>San Francisco 49ers legend <strong>Joe Montana<\/strong> put the romance in professional football. The four-time Super Bowl champion, 69, may be considered one of the greatest NFL quarterbacks of all time \u2014 but the celebrated athlete is also a hopeless romantic.<\/p>\n<p>In a newly resurfaced video from an interview with <em>NFL Films<\/em>, the Niners legend shared the sweet reason he used to call his wife, <strong>Jennifer Montana<\/strong>, from the sidelines of a football game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: Tennis Legend, 66, Makes Bold Admission About His Life Falling Apart<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what made me do it,\u201d he said. \u201cBut one day I\u2019d hung up and I\u2019m sittin\u2019 there goin\u2019, \u2018Hmmm, I wonder if these things call out.\u2019 So I pick up the phone and I hit\u2014what do you normally\u2014 you hit 9, right? Gives you an outside line. I hit 9, got a dial tone, I called my house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The interview then cuts to Jennifer Montana, who glows as she adds, \u201cHe goes, \u2018I\u2019m calling you to say I love you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The athlete later shared that he looked for an outboud phone in every stadium in which he played, hoping to call his wife.<\/p>\n<p>Fans couldn\u2019t get enough of the lovebirds\u2019 story, rushing to the comments section to join the conversation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: Country Star&#8217;s Epic Rendition of &#8216;Hallelujah&#8217; Leaves Concert Goers Speechless<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at her,\u201d one fan wrote. \u201cShe\u2019s absolutely glowing. That\u2019s the type of man to marry, ladies. She looks so happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another added, \u201cThis is so sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joe Montana retired from the NFL in 1995. Though his professional football career has long ended, he remains one of the most lauded quarterbacks in Super Bowl history. He and Jennifer Montana have been married for 39 years.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfacSIGN UP for Parade&#8217;s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news &amp; celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox\ud83c\udfac<\/p>\n<p>NFL Icon&#8217;s Resurfaced Sideline Call Has Fans Saying \u2018That\u2019s a Husband\u2019 first appeared on Parade on Jul 19, 2025<\/p>\n<p><i>This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 19, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL legend had game on and off the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":69752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NFL Icon&#039;s Resurfaced Sideline Call Has Fans Saying \u2018That\u2019s a Husband\u2019 - 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