Given the salary Joe Theismann earned as one of the game's top QBs, racking up over 25,000 yards and two Super Bowl wins with the Washington Redskins, this payroll check from Theismann's rookie season seems like pin money. The check is dated October 4, 1974, in the amount of $4,993.71. Theismann signed on the lower left in blue pen, with the signature rating a near perfect 10.