Steve Thompson jokes that whenever he wants to enliven a conversation, he’ll scratch his chin so his Super Bowl III ring becomes visible.
“It’s pretty big,’’ he said. “It’s got a lot of bling on it. People say, ‘Whoa, what’s that?’ ”
But Thompson’s stint with Joe Namath’s legendary 1968 Jets, which culminated in a transformational victory for the American Football League over the NFL’s Baltimore Colts in the 1969 Super Bowl, is just one part of a remarkable life.
In fact, Thompson, who will be honored Saturday night as the “Husky Legend” during Washington’s game with Montana, is still writing new chapters at age 72.