Elway Made an Impression On High School Teammates

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Near the end of the summer of 1976, a scrawny, knock-kneed, pigeon-toed kid with shaggy blond hair and a toothy grin turned up for football practice at Granada Hills High.

"Little did I know," said Scott Marshall, then one of the team's quarterbacks. "I thought I was going to baby him along. I didn't think he was a threat to me."

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Elway Made an Impression On High School Teammates

Then John Elway began throwing a football.

It didn't take long before things began to change -- beginning with Marshall's position. Soon word spread beyond the neighborhood of the boy with the cool hand and the rocket right arm. In time, the entire world of football would become well versed.

Elway's career will culminate Sunday when he is enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It's been 25 years since he left the Valley and his stay was brief, but in t...

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