Namath Reflects on His Immigrant Forbears

"Wearing a gold apple in his lapel and accompanied by his daughters, Jessica and Olivia, he wondered aloud how his grandfather Andras Nemet and his father Janos, neither of whom spoke English on arrival, had the fortitude for the long journey from the Carpathian Mountains to the Pennsylvania steel town where he was raised. Neither made much fuss about what they had endured and just worked hard to assimilate, according to Mr. Namath." New York Times, May 19, 2009.