Baltimore says farewell to NFL great Unitas

Wednesday, September 18, 2002

BALTIMORE -- With the wail of bagpipes filling the cathedral and his coffin covered in white lilies and roses, Johnny Unitas was remembered as "the greatest," a quarterback who made the impossible possible.

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