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|Birth = May 7, 1933
 
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|Death = {{deathdate|2002|9|11|1933|5|7}}
 
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'''John Constantine''' "'''Johnny'''" '''Unitas''' (May 7, 1933 – September 11, [[2002]]) was an American football player, most famous for playing quarterback for the {{w|Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts}} from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. He voiced {{ch|Johnny Unitas|himself}} in the [[season 6]] episode "[[Homie the Clown]]".
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'''John Constantine''' "'''Johnny'''" '''Unitas''' (May 7, 1933 – September 11, [[2002]]) was an American retired football player, best known for playing as quarterback for the {{w|Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts}}. He voiced {{ch|Johnny Unitas|himself}} in the [[season 6]] episode "[[Homie the Clown]]".
  
== Behind the Laughter ==
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In the [[season 3]] episode "[[Bart the Lover]]", the writers of the show had originally wanted to use an image of Johnny Unitas for [[Bart]]'s [[Woodrow|personal ad alias]], but were unable to obtain the rights to use his image for free, so instead they used an image of [[Gordie Howe]].<ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/the-simpsons/bart-the-lover-1336/ tv.com - The Simpsons - Season 3 - Episode 16 Bart the Lover]</ref>
*Unitas's picture is seen in the episode "[[Mother Simpson]]", where [[Grampa]] describes him as having a "haircut you could set your watch to".
 
*In "[[Bart the Lover]]", the producers had originally wanted to use Unitas's picture for Bart's [[Woodrow|personal ad alias]], but were unable to obtain the rights to use his image for free.
 
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
 
*{{IMDB|name/nm0881260/}}
 
*{{IMDB|name/nm0881260/}}
*{{Wikipedialink|Johnny Unitas}}
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
  
 
{{Season 6 Guest Stars}}
 
{{Season 6 Guest Stars}}
{{Real-world deaths}}
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{{Real-world deaths|guests=yes}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Unitas, Johnny}}
 
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[[Category:Deceased]]
 
 
[[Category:American guest stars]]
 
[[Category:American guest stars]]
 
[[Category:Self-voicing guest stars]]
 
[[Category:Self-voicing guest stars]]

Revision as of 10:23, September 12, 2014

This article is about the guest star. For the character, see Johnny Unitas (character).
Johnny Unitas
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John Constantine "Johnny" Unitas (May 7, 1933 – September 11, 2002) was an American retired football player, best known for playing as quarterback for the Baltimore Colts. He voiced himself in the season 6 episode "Homie the Clown".

In the season 3 episode "Bart the Lover", the writers of the show had originally wanted to use an image of Johnny Unitas for Bart's personal ad alias, but were unable to obtain the rights to use his image for free, so instead they used an image of Gordie Howe.[1]

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