John Elway was originally drafted by the Baltimore Colts with the 1st overall pick of the 1983 NFL draft. Unfortunately for the Colts, Elway threatened to give up football and pursue a professional baseball career if they didn't trade him to a select list of teams. Realizing this was no idle threat (Elway had already spent two summers playing in the New York Yankees minor league system), the Colts traded him to the Denver Broncos for QB Mark Herrmann, OL Chris Hinton, and a first-round pick in the 1984 draft. Elway would go on to have a stellar career with the Broncos, leading the team to five Super Bowls and back-to-back Super Bowl victories in 1997 and 1998. He ended his career in a blaze of glory, earning MVP honors in Super Bowl XXXIII, and in 2004, his first year of eligibility, he was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame.