Talk:Steve Young

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He is the great-grandson of both Brigham Young and his brother Joseph Young. Care to disambiguate? :) Fuzheado 03:53, 28 Aug 2003 (UTC)


 * What do you have in mind?. (Of course, it might have helped if I'd typed 3-G-grandson, but I fixed it now). Everyone has 32 great-great-great-grandparents: two of Steve Young's are Brigham Young and Joseph Young. I could give you the lines of descent, but somehow I feel it's too genealogical to put in an article... -- Someone else 04:01, 28 Aug 2003 (UTC)

How about his marriage? His GGG Grandfather said any man not married by 25 was a menace to society and he was famous in some circles for not doing so until 29 if I'm correct. dvhatwiki (sorry, not logged in)

That's totally unfounded, by the way. That quote cannot be found in any credible source and was probably fabricated before becoming widespread. Tannerb 07:34, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

In the disambiguation page it states that Steve Young is the best known quarterback for the San Fransisco 49ers, which is a questionable suggestion.207.157.121.50 06:57, 9 October 2005 (UTC)mightyafrowhitey


 * Actually, it states, "best known as quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers". Gentgeen 07:20, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Wow,Gentgeen, you're absolutely right. I've read that sentence numerous times and somehow failed to se the modifier "as"207.157.121.50 03:29, 11 October 2005 (UTC)mightyafrowhitey

I believe the stated "fact" about Young being still paid by USFL is incorrect. USFL is bankrupt -- then who pays him? and if USFL is still paying him, how did he play for the 49ers without a contract buyout?
 * Not sure if he is actually still getting paid, but its definitely possible. The 49ers were still paying Jerry Rice even when he was playing with the Raiders and the Seahawks (part of the contract/trade, can't find the link) Jklharris 12:04, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

The Bengals were not moribund in 1984; they made the Super Bowl in 1981 and were 7-2 in 1982 and 7-9 in 1983. They got the No. 1 pick because Tampa Bay traded its first-round pick (which became No. 1 overall) to Cincinnati for Jack Thompson. Young didn't want to go to the Bengals because he would have had to sit behind Ken Anderson for a year and he wanted to play. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PpA_1W4qZc

Trivia edits
Reworded a poorly written sentance about commercial appearances and deleted the following line.--Atomicskier 21:52, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Steve Young's favorite movie is a tie between the Da Vinci Code and the Russian sci-fi thriller Nightwatch.

Title changed from Steve Young (athlete) to Steve Young (football player)
I can't see when this change to the title was made or who made it. Was this a necessary change?--Atomicskier 00:25, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

I think that if you check the articles of other football players, you will find their specific "title" regarding the sport they are/were involved in. So perhaps the chance wasn't exactly necessary, but it doesn't weaken the article. "Athlete" was perhaps just too vague. --DavidD4scnrt (talk) 23:01, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: Move. Jafeluv (talk) 07:14, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Steve Young → Steve Young (disambiguation) – The football player received almost 28 times as much traffic in 2010 as the next most popular, the musician—clearly the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC by any reasonable threshold. –CWenger ( ^ •  @ ) 02:14, 15 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Steve Young (American football) → Steve Young
 * Support the move.  Eagles   24/7  (C)  02:22, 15 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment I think you got article set 1 and article set 2 reversed in the multimove (ie. this page should appear in current1, and the dab page should be at current2), which confused RMbot. 65.94.47.63 (talk) 09:53, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
 * My intent was (1) to put the move request on the page that would get the most traffic, i.e. this one, and (2) to list the moves in logical order, i.e. move the page to a new location first and then move the new page in its place. I did not realize this would confuse RMbot, as I thought it would be smart enough to simply add a notice at whatever talk page did not have the move request rather than simply the talk page of current2... Sorry for the mixup but I know for the future now. I have copied RMbot's notice to Talk:Steve Young manually. –CWenger ( ^ •  @ ) 15:01, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I tentatively support this move, but I should point out that what is important in traffic statistics is not the proposed primary topic's relation to the next-most popular usage, but rather its relation to all other uses combined. Powers T 12:45, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Page views for 2010:
 * Steve Young (American football): 387590
 * Steve Young (musician): 14010
 * Steve Young (guitarist): 1998
 * Steve Young (writer): 3706
 * Steve Young (law enforcement): 1370
 * So still over 18× as much traffic for the football player versus all the rest combined. –CWenger ( ^ •  @ ) 20:57, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
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Infobox items (current team, number)
The current version of the article includes currentteam=San Francisco 49ers and currentnumber=8 in the infobox. He isn't currently playing for the 49ers (or any other team), so is this really appropriate? On the other hand, his jersey has been retired, and I think the only way to note where he was when he retired is by using the currentteam and currentnumber parameters. What do people think? Rich wales (talk) 22:58, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * No, the  parameter is only for current members of teams. I've removed the entire parameter.  Eagles   24/7   (C)  23:24, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * But it's still showing "No. 8" in the infobox. Because of the number=8 parameter, I assume?  Should that be removed too?   Rich wales (talk) 23:39, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * No, as I just said (in my reply on my talk page), the number parameter, for retired players, is for their numbers over their career. Notice that there are parameters for "currentnumber" and "number," while there is only a parameter for "currentteam."  Eagles   24/7  (C)  23:50, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Highest Passer Rating Amongst Retired Players
isn't this more valid? i mean, aaron rodgers has only played a few years, and i'm sure young's was higher at that stage of his career. i remember a lot of talk amongst analysts in the late 90s about him retiring before he lost his +100 rating. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.53.24.43 (talk) 06:41, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Records and legacy
For "College NCAA Division I records:", this entire section needs to either be revised or deleted. The footnote(8) refers to an article from November 1983, and so the section should clearly state that the records listed are as of that date (if this is true). They are most certainly not current records (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_football_records#Passing). What stood out immediately as an egregious error, which prompted me to write this, was the first record listed - 1,832 career games gaining 300 yards or more?

Strongly recommend research-->revise or complete deletion.

Jpk0721 (talk) 12:23, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

BYU stats
I updated his USFL stats and was thinking of adding his BYU stats also. Does anyone object? It is in line with others in his category.--MattyMetalFan (talk) 16:57, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

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