'Football' hero

Famous & Interesting No. 3: Yelberton Abraham Tittle
Tittles from the United States (where they have their own special sports so that only they can be world champtions) will be aware of this famous barer of the Tittle name. Y.A. Distinguished himself in the sport that North Americans erroneously call 'football'. As Wiki says:
Yelberton Abraham Tittle (born October 24, 1926, in Marshall, Texas), better known as Y. A. Tittle, is a former American football quarterback who played for the Baltimore Colts, San Francisco 49ers, and the New York Giants. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, inducted in 1971.
See the rest of his Wikipedia entry here.