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A Jets quarterback who filled in when Joe Namath went down with an injury died earlier this month.
Bill Demory, 74, passed away on Feb. 14 from prostate cancer and Parkinson’s, according to an online obituary.
He was signed by the Jets in 1973 after playing his college ball at Arizona, where he threw 28 touchdowns in three seasons.
Head coach Weeb Ewbank was given game film of Demory while at a general managers conference in Arizona and signed Demory.
But at training camp, Demory was fifth on the quarterback depth chart.
“I was a marginal quarterback at Arizona, and ended up being in the right place at the right time with the Jets,” he told the Observer-Dispatch in 2012.
With some ineffective play from QBs ahead of him, Demory moved up to third.
An injury to Namath made Al Woodall the starter and Demory was promoted from the taxi squad to backup QB.
And when Woodall was injured, Demory became the very unlikely starter.
He was the winner in a 9-7 victory over the Patriots. Demory completed only one pass…
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