{"id":422303,"date":"2023-04-09T15:35:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T15:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=422303"},"modified":"2023-04-09T16:39:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T16:39:57","slug":"broncos-gm-nfl-legend-john-elway-retires-from-football-is-looking-forward-to-family-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/broncos-gm-nfl-legend-john-elway-retires-from-football-is-looking-forward-to-family-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos GM &#038; NFL Legend John Elway Retires From Football, Is Looking Forward To Family Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of the 2022 season, GM Of Broncos John Elway, \u00a0formally left his employment with the Denver Broncos. At the beginning of the new league season in March, his contract ended.<\/p>\n<p>The Hall of Fame Elway spent more than ten years in the Broncos&#8217; front office, serving most recently as a consultant to general manager George Paton.<\/p>\n<p>He hasn&#8217;t officially indicated that he would like to work for another NFL team. Elway, who is 62 years old, seems prepared to retire from football.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">John Elway\u2019s time with the Broncos has come to an end <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y7IFPU6VLU\">pic.twitter.com\/y7IFPU6VLU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; B\/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brgridiron\/status\/1643711354606350337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Broncos GM &amp; NFL Legend John Elway Retires From Football, Is Looking Forward To Family Time<\/h2>\n<p>In an interview with Woody Paige of the Denver Gazette, Elway seemed to be at peace with what he accomplished on the field and in the front office over the years.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I don\u2019t have that desire to climb another mountain again. I\u2019ve been to the summit a bunch of times in 62 years,&#8221; Elway said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I\u2019ll always be a Bronco and a fan, and I told [CEO] Greg Penner I\u2019m here if they call on me for anything.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Denver Broncos legend John Elway confirmed to 9News in Denver that he is no longer with the franchise after the expiration of his contract on March 15.<\/p>\n<p>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NmkvNAbd0w\">https:\/\/t.co\/NmkvNAbd0w<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cj4FE937nd\">pic.twitter.com\/cj4FE937nd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNNFL\/status\/1643735693930254338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>His primary focus going forward will likely revolve around his family and business ventures.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I\u2019ve got the restaurants and car dealerships and other (enterprises) to keep me busy enough,&#8221; Elway said.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I want to play golf. The No. 1 trip on my bucket list is to Normandy. I\u2019ve always wanted to go there. (His wife) Paige and I want to take a boat trip to the Greek Isles, and I\u2019ll spend a lot of my time with my grandkids.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After spending 28 of the last 40 years in the NFL, John Elway exits football for good. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5QDKPadniz\">https:\/\/t.co\/5QDKPadniz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProFootballTalk\/status\/1644760330919108612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been with the Denver Broncos for so long that it was nice to have some sort of connection, which is what I wanted,&#8221; Elway told 9News about his consultant position. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t want an obligation. I&#8217;m getting a little older, I want to be able to do some things I haven&#8217;t done. I&#8217;m ready to have a flexible schedule.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One reason why this Stanford kid went #1 overall 40 years ago.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnelway?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@johnelway<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Broncos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Broncos<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NEho44tYkw\">pic.twitter.com\/NEho44tYkw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL Legacy (@NFLLegacy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLLegacy\/status\/1643687210766721024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Elway retires from football having won three Super Bowls\u2014two while playing quarterback for the Broncos and one while serving as a club administrator.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2_ORaaSZg24\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Mavs Won\u2019t Get Away With This: NBA Opens An Investigation Against Dallas Mavericks After Apparent Tanking\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/mavs-wont-get-away-with-this-nba-opens-an-investigation-against-dallas-mavericks-after-apparent-tanking\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mavs Won\u2019t Get Away With This: NBA Opens An Investigation Against Dallas Mavericks After Apparent Tanking<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of the 2022 season, GM Of Broncos John Elway, \u00a0formally left his employment with the Denver Broncos. At the beginning of the new league season in March, his contract ended. The Hall of Fame Elway spent more than ten years in the Broncos&#8217; front office, serving most recently as a consultant to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":422307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,48],"tags":[884,6687,6689,6686,6685,6688],"class_list":["post-422303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-denver-broncos","category-nfl","tag-john-elway","tag-john-elway-broncos","tag-john-elway-broncos-contract","tag-john-elway-nfl","tag-john-elway-retired","tag-john-elway-retires"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}