In her telling of it, the young sister hid under the bed in tears and terror almost all the day, fearing her guinea pig would be promptly taken off and put to a sorry death for having endangered one finger on Joe Namath's million-dollar hands.

In the actual event nothing happened. I suppose the finger healed shortly and he went on to play more football.

Another little-known fact: Joe Namath taught Christine Lavin how to throw a forward pass.


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