I see that Earl Morrall has passed. Dead at 79.

There’s a story in The Miami Herald.

Not a guy we think of as being one of the great quarterbacks, but Morrall won a lot of games. He was the NFL’s MVP in 1968, leading the Colts to a 13-1 record. And when Don Shula left Baltimore for Miami, he took Morrall with him. When Bob Griese got hurt in 1972, it was Morrall who started 9 of the 14 regular-season games on the only team that’s gone through an entire season undefeated.

Among quarterbacks with at least 100 career starts, only 12 have better all-time winning percentages.

Of the 12 listed in front of him, three are active players – Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Ben Roethlisberger. All but two of the others are in the Hall of Fame (Ken Stabler and Jack Kemp being the exceptions).

WINNINGEST QUARTERBACKS
PlayerGWLTPct
Tom Brady191148430.775
Roger Staubach11485290.746
Joe Montana166117490.705
Peyton Manning240167730.696
Terry Bradshaw158107510.677
Ben Roethlisberger14295470.669
Ken Stabler14696491.661
Steve Young14394490.657
Johnny Unitas186118644.645
John Elway231148821.643
Jack Kemp10565373.633
Jim Kelly160101590.631
Earl Morrall10363373.626
Brett Favre2981861120.624
Norm Van Brocklin10161364.624
Joe Theismann12477470.621
Bob Griese15192563.619
Bart Starr15794576.618
Philip Rivers12879490.617
Len Dawson15994578.616
Dan Marino240147930.613
Donovan McNabb16198621.612
Randall Cunningham13582521.611
Bobby Layne13580514.607

—Ian Allan