# What is the record for the longest throw of a football? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 13, 2002, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-the-longest-throw-of-a-football/128197 "2002-09-13T01:24:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_B.Goode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Johnny\_B.Goode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_B.Goode)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-the-longest-throw-of-a-football/128197/1 "2002-09-13T01:24:37Z")
This is a question I have been wondering about for many years. [These are the cryptic results of last year’s NFL Quarterback Challenge](http://www.nfl.com/ce/feature/0,3783,5519016,00.html) I am assuming that the table with the column “first throw” has the yardages of each QB’s throws (I didn’t see the event so I don’t know). As an aside, even if nobody can answer this question for me, does anyone have an opinion on which QB has or had the strongest arm? I’m not that old but I would go with one of the following: Terry Bradshaw, Jay Shroeder, Dave Klingler, Jeff George or Brett Favre. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-the-longest-throw-of-a-football/128197/2 "2002-09-13T02:31:34Z")
There is a similar question being discussed, so I’ll close this thread and direct further comments and questions to the other thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=135127](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=135127)