who had the most career passing touchdowns prior to 1970

Before 1970, Johnny Unitas had the most passing touchdowns, with 266 touchdowns.

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	NAME	TD	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	266	171	2,450	4,456	55.0	35,502	8.0	207.6	213	81.1	6.0	4.8	12	93
2	George Blanda G. Blanda	224	256	1,843	3,872	47.6	25,965	6.7	101.4	265	60.5	5.8	6.8	1	4
3	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	213	164	1,982	3,526	56.2	26,978	7.7	164.5	163	81.7	6.0	4.6	40	322
4	Y.A. Tittle	212	178	2,118	3,817	55.5	28,339	7.4	159.2	221	73.6	5.6	5.8
5	Bobby Layne B. Layne	196	175	1,814	3,700	49.0	26,768	7.2	153.0	243	63.4	5.3	6.6
6	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	187	165	1,693	2,995	56.5	21,886	7.3	132.6	203	72.2	6.2	6.8
7	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	186	126	1,630	3,022	53.9	23,140	7.7	183.7	134	81.0	6.2	4.4	36	289
8	Len Dawson L. Dawson	184	135	1,356	2,397	56.6	19,103	8.0	141.5	122	86.8	7.7	5.1	13	89
9	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	178	189	1,552	3,330	46.6	22,681	6.8	120.0	220	59.6	5.3	6.6	0	0
10	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	173	140	1,553	2,895	53.6	23,611	8.2	168.7	178	75.1	6.0	6.1
11	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	173	161	1,418	2,833	50.1	19,488	6.9	121.0	167	68.2	6.1	5.9
12	John Brodie J. Brodie	160	153	1,870	3,422	54.6	23,934	7.0	156.4	170	71.7	4.7	5.0	16	134
13	Frank Ryan F. Ryan	149	125	1,089	2,129	51.2	16,039	7.5	128.3	111	77.7	7.0	5.2	0	0
14	Tobin Rote T. Rote	148	149	1,329	2,907	45.7	18,850	6.5	126.5	191	56.8	5.1	6.6
15	Bart Starr B. Starr	144	178	1,644	2,849	57.7	22,787	8.0	128.0	122	82.5	5.1	4.3	24	217
16	John Hadl J. Hadl	143	112	1,239	2,512	49.3	19,026	7.6	169.9	145	69.7	5.7	5.8	18	190
17	Norm Snead N. Snead	142	113	1,504	2,993	50.3	21,655	7.2	191.6	175	65.6	4.7	5.8	21	170
18	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	137	128	904	1,744	51.8	14,686	8.4	114.7	132	75.0	7.9	7.6
19	Don Meredith D. Meredith	135	104	1,170	2,308	50.7	17,199	7.5	165.4	111	74.8	5.8	4.8
20	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	128	158	1,091	2,145	50.9	16,472	7.7	104.3	115	74.0	6.0	5.4	7	63
21	Billy Wade B. Wade	124	128	1,370	2,523	54.3	18,530	7.3	144.8	134	72.2	4.9	5.3
22	Milt Plum M. Plum	122	129	1,306	2,419	54.0	17,536	7.2	135.9	127	72.2	5.0	5.3	1	12
23	Jack Kemp J. Kemp	114	122	1,436	3,073	46.7	21,218	6.9	173.9	183	57.3	3.7	6.0	21	187
24	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	109	88	1,149	2,231	51.5	15,406	6.9	175.1	75	76.1	4.9	3.4	14	112
25	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	108	87	1,030	2,047	50.3	14,928	7.3	171.6	110	69.6	5.3	5.4	11	101

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