Take 5: Broadway Joe tackles acting

Joe Namath, still the Jets' greatest quarterback after all these years, is the subject of a new profile airing Saturday on HBO. But Broadway Joe's TV appearances weren't limited to his on-field heroics. Take these five:

1. THE BRADY BUNCH (1973) -- In the "Mail-Order Hero" episode, Bobby Brady (Mike Lookinland) lies to his friends that Namath is a family friend. So with help from Cindy (Susan Olsen), he fakes a serious illness to convince Namath to come to his house.

2. THE WAVERLY WONDERS (1978) -- Namath starred in this short-lived (just three episodes aired) sitcom as Joe Casey, a failed pro basketball player now teaching history and coaching the girls' hoops team at a Wisconsin high school.

3. MARRIAGE IS ALIVE AND WELL (1980) -- This TV movie was a failed pilot for a series starring Namath as a wedding photographer.

4. THE LOVE BOAT (1981) -- Namath and Fred Willard played swinging bachelors (were there any other kind on this show?) who find out that money isn't everything when they meet a beautiful woman.

5. THE A-TEAM (1986) -- Namath was a member of a football team playing an exhibition game in East Germany. The game was a smoke screen designed by the guys of "The A-Team" to rescue a defecting scientist.