John Elway and his first wife, Janet Elway, divorced in 2003 after about 19 years of marriage.

Quick Scoop

  • John and Janet (Buchan) Elway married in 1984.
  • Reports describe them as being together for 19 years before their marriage ended in divorce in 2003.
  • Some coverage notes they separated in 2002 and finalized the divorce the following year, which is why 2003 is widely given as the divorce year.

A Little Context

  • The separation first became public in 2002, when it was reported that Janet had moved out of their home, though no divorce papers had yet been filed at that time.
  • Later reporting on both John and Janet’s lives after the split consistently states that the couple divorced in 2003, and that John later remarried Paige Green in 2008–2009 (sources differ slightly on the exact ceremony date but agree it was mid‑to‑late 2000s).

TL;DR: John Elway got divorced from Janet Elway in 2003, after separating in 2002 and ending a 19‑year marriage that began in 1984.

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