High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! John Albert Elway, Jr. (born June 28, 1960) is a former American football quarterback and currently is the executive vice president of football operations for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Stanford and his entire professional career with the Denver Broncos. Elway recorded the most victories by a starting quarterback at the time of his retirement. He retired as statistically the second most prolific passer in NFL history in 1999. Elway led his teams to six AFC Championship Games and five Super Bowls, winning his last two.