A Football Life: Terry Bradshaw 

My father sat next to Mr. Bradshaw on a 3 hour flight over 25 years ago. He said that he was sitting in his seat and Terry came onboard and sat next to him and looked over at my Dad and said “ hey, you look familiar, do I know you from somewhere “? Lol. My Dad always loved to tell that little story. He said that you couldn’t have met a nicer guy. 👍👍

I watched the Steelers as young kid and must say that Bradshaw is the man. One of the best of all time. Thanks for beating the cowboys. I’m a Texas boy but love them Steelers.

This Pittsburgh kid's boyhood hero. Love this!

Terry, watched you in the 70's and want to thank you and the team for giving me and my family the opportunity to see the BEST football ever played. God bless you and your family. Much, much love from a gal born and raised in Pittsburgh...this is my home and yes, it's yours too! 🥰🤗❤ We love you, Terry.

Terry is the most under rated player in NFL history. He was 51st on the NFL 100 greatest players. On the 100th anniversary team he was left off. Roger Staubach made it. Terry beat him ever time they played. Terry was MVP of the Super Bowl over him. He was MVP of the League over him. I think during his years in the media he pissed a lot of the selectors off.

Terry Bradshaw is my idol best quarterback ever for the Steelers

As a kid I hated Bradshaw for beating my Cowboys in the 1979 Super Bowl. He broke my heart. However I learned to love Terry and his shenanigans. I also learned to appreciate his football contributions. The man was a big game clutch quarterback.

I'm live long Dallas Cowboys fan. But I'm a big Terry Bradshaw fan...he's one of the best quarterback and person ever....!

Remember when they interviewed his first wife before one of the Super Bowls. It was pretty sweet. But he broke my heart every time Vikings lost. Lol

As a cowboy fan for many years . I love Terry he is awesome with a capital A.

Best QB ever. To me.

From one Woodlawn Knight to another, Terry was my idol. And on the eighth day God created the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers.

Absolutely my favorite quarterback of all time! Ty, Terry for all you gave us and continue to! God bless from one Louisianian southerner to another.

What I appreciate about Terry so much is that he is a thinking, feeling person with deep personal convictions, and accepts who he is, he has certainly paid a price for it, as you do in this world no matter who you are and how you are, someone is always going to criticize. He is a good and decent person and a very bright light in this world.

Man there was nothing better than watching the Steelers and Cowboys play on any given Sunday from back in the day. Thanks for the memories Terry.

When being quarterback meant you had to be a tough SOB. Great guy who I love and is an inspiration to many.

I feel like I’ve been a Steelers fan my entire life, and Terry Bradshaw is a main reason. I’m glad he’s enjoying his life. His open discussion of his battles with depression helped inspire me to get help with mine. I’ve admitted to a crush on him for decades, and I don’t think that would ever change.

Brad had a cannon for an arm & made this Chicago native a Pittsburgh Steelers fan for life! Here we Steelers here we go!

I’m glad this is back on RU-vid. Oiler fan here. Grew up going to Oilers games in the 70’s. When the Steelers and Bradshaw came to town…that was a big deal!

I learned some things about him I didn’t know, but he has always been one of my favorite Quarterbacks.

DAM!!!!! He is the best.

Does not get enough credit for how good he was. They beat the crap out of the qbs in that era. Rules to open up the passing game never came around till 1978...when they did he was nfl mvp in 1978.maybe the best big game qb ever. His name should be right up there with any qb that ever played.

Pure athlete, respective all of team mates with a good ole boy without biases. He made it happen. Never meaning no harm. That was influenced by the desire to play with the best and win.

I'm gonna cry when we lose that great man

Terry Bradshaw my hero

Terry was exciting quarterback a 4 time Super Bowl Winner Excellent sport commentator. Just a great all around person

I love Terry's laugh. It's so hearty and genuine.

As a lifetime Steeler fan TB was my idol as a kid he created so many lifetime memories that I still and will always remember vs Houston vs Dallas vs LA Rams vs Oakland vs Denver TB was the best big game qb ever threw the best deep ball and was THE leader of the Steelers!!

I cried when you went back to Pittsburgh I'm not a Pittsburgh fan but I am a Terry Bradshaw fan and suffer from depression as well I'm 53 you have a great personality I'm sorry for what you went through I too do better at small schools who cares what people think about being intelligent that doesn't mean they get to be disrestfull it's obvious they were wrong..

That first bit about his fame🤩 was hilarious. Humble, accomplished with a sense of humor/laughter, 😊, 👏👏👏

Need Kenny to watch this and understand what it takes to be a Steeler Quarterback

Terry Bradshaw Steelers icon legendary player a 4x super bowl champ a 1st Round 1st overall pick out of Louisiana Tech University in the 1970 nfl draft

Lambert was the heart, Greene was the soul, Harris was the spirit and Swan was the style, but Terry was the mind, and that mind overcame it all to own the '70s and it was a privilege to watch him go. Thank you for the wins.

That man has a lot he can teach us all.

Enjoyed this very much!

THEE Original TB12!!!!!!!! 🖤💛🖤💛🖤

I would put TB up there as one of the toughest QB's to ever play the game. In his day, it was open season on the QB and TB took more than his fair share of hard hits and cheap shots and still found a way to win. I salute you Mr. Bradshaw and thank you for the memories.

Kenny Pickett needs to watch this story of Terry Bradshaw of what he'd went through to be of what he was before and what he is now hopefully he'll learn from the best in TB for sure it's just a matter of time

Some people cannot handle funerals. And if you suffer from depression they can be a trigger for that condition. As someone who had depression as a younger man, I can tell you it is brutal.

Te quiero, Terry... Nadie mejor ...que tu. Algún día voy a ver un partido en la casa de Acero

Only here to watch his beautiful daughters 😍

I was about 12, living in Michigan, when Terry caught my attention when he playing in college. How exactly that came about, I can't quite recall. Anyway, from there on, I was a fan and very excited to watch him and the Steelers win 4 Super Bowls.

Every boy needs a hero. I had two. My dad a WWII vet, and Terry Bradshaw.

Love Terry Bradshaw and I'm not even into Football.

Terry Bradshaw was a hell of a quarterback, I don't understand why he's not mentioned among the elite. And don't try to quote me stats because the man was no slouch

Not everyone booed Terry in Pittsburgh. A lot of us were behind Terry from day one. I hope he knows that !

19:29 Ooh, needed replay on this one!!!

Great NFL QB thank u Terry for all the memories and stay on TV

Franco is most well-known for the Immaculate Reception, but without Terry's incredible athletic ability, the play doesn't happen.

I love TB!

4:19, Terry just ran over a defender. As a 23 year old, who grew up in the modern NFL, this is absolutely baffling to me. People weren’t kidding, it was a different game back then!

Man this mf a character 😂 Terry is that guy

As a young kid in the late 70s I became a BROWNS fan... whenever Terry dropped back and you can count to 3...you were going to get hurt bad..here comes the the deep pass

It’s always a fascinating thing to wrap your head around when you see a man who was a #1 overall draft pick, 4x Super Bowl winner, 2x Super Bowl MVP, NFL MVP, college football HOF member, pro football HOF member, and always has a happy go lucky personality struggles with insecurity and depression. It’s an incredibly transparent display of how challenging depression truly is. Even someone who has achieved some of the pinnacles of success in their life, is widely beloved, and in a public sense seems to not have a care in the world can struggle. So sad that the reality is it can strike anybody and if they don’t tell us we could never even know.

Hollywood Henderson probably cost Dallas the superbowl from his rude and disrespectful comments about Bradshaw! lol So glad the Steelers won! Favorite team of all time! All their players were just fantastic. Terry Bradshaw my favorite quarterback! Happy I grew up during that era!

He was the throwback TB12.

Seems like a great true nordic cousin and a good ol boy nature lover. I can relate

With Terry and Chuck Noll were oil and water. Chuck being the cold business approach and Terry the southern boy farm boy who loved being social. Terry even said it himself if he would have loved to be on another team with a coach like say Pete Carroll who was the players coach who congratulated everyone. The thing is those two won 4 Super Bowl together. Somehow through the uneasy relationship they won together. Terry had that TV persona of being a goof, but in reality a goof doesn't get to call their own plays. Terry did and Chuck trusted Terry enough to do that. The thing all Terry wanted was Chuck Noll to give him a pat on the back and say good job, Chuck wasn't that type of person. Chuck was the type of coach where if you practiced and prepared for the week, your play on the field speaks volumes. Even Chuck's own son said his dad wasn't the hugging type of father.

😂 my all time favorite QB

Wow. Terry is just a good ol boy from Shreveport who is smart and wise. He has the last laugh.

TB is clearly an animal lover. That’s all I need to know. Those who love the birds of the air and the beasts of the fields are clearly tight with God.

Him an Dale sr the night before the 01 Daytona 500 was a good one

Kool🎉🎉🎉🎉

He was hilarious in the movies too

Aside from the obvious he was one tough SOB.

Bradshaw was a killer

At least 10 HOF enshrinees on those SB teams. DANG!

Go Steelers!

I remember when they said Terry wasnt smart enuf to win it all yeah right Steelers.

and a lot of Steeler fans talking about Kenny Pickett isn't the guy for Pittsburgh, didn't watch the life of Terry Bradshaw...he was sacked for safeties in his first 3 games, & threw 6 touchdown & 24 interceptions!!!..and started 5-9 his first year!?!?!?!..😮😮😮

Terry in todays game with todays rules would have 500 yards a game passing.

F _ _ K football. I love this guy as a man.

Man TB, gotta let some ish go. Your an an all time great, you proved CK wrong or right. He clearly trusted you as he inserted you for the 74 playoff run because he knew you were the man. It appears that benching helped you one way or another. Still love ya TB, but pettiness and grudges will leave you with a lot of regrets.

Something else Thomas 'Hollywood' Henderson did eventually publicly apologize to Bradshaw reiterating that he watched Bradshaw's induction into the hall of fame while he was in prison.

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freeze at 2:51 and he looks like an aged kirk cousins

He's me

22:48

Bret Favre type before there was a Bret Favre type.

Yeah, today too many people want a superstar winning qb from their first game. Were all used to Tom Brady winning the Bowl his first year and then winning 7. Tom Brady was a freak. Hes in a league by himself. Franchises cant expect any new qb to be a Tom Brady. Terry Bradshaw was awful in his first year and wasn't a statistical god but he was a fighter, a winner, and his will and heart were huge. You cant measure that. Today tesms need to give 3 years to a qb at least. In those 3 years, you want to see a change from rookie to 3rd year. If you see a really good change for the better than you give him another 3 years. I think by the 5 th year, a coach should be sble to realize if this guy is going to take us to the super bowl. The fans and media need to be not listened too for the first few years. Everyone thinks they onow whats best for there team but nobody knows more than the coach and the players. Im so sick of the media with Tom Brady is to old and all done, then he goes and wins the Superbowl again. Terry was a good qb, very good but people immediately say, he would've sucked in this era. That doesn't mean shit. He didn't play in this era and wont. Pittsburgh was the team in the 70s. Terry, Franco, and the steel curtain. Lynn Swann was my favorite receiver. Joe Montana was my favorite qb. I was a Pats fan but was a fan of the game so i loved players from other teams. Loved Bradshaw, just hated that he beat us Pats all the time. Pittsburgh stuck with him when the fans wanted him out. He was dumb. Lol. You cannot be dumb if your a qb in the nfl. To much to learn and winning 4 Superbowl proves he was smart. Very smart.

I don't like the revisionist history they portray about Bradshaw's last two Super Bowls. Yeah he threw four touchdowns against Dallas. But he also had three turnovers. He threw two touchdowns against the Rams. But he also had three turnovers. He got two MVP awards, and it could have been argued he shouldn't have gotten any. Stallworth should have gotten the one in Super Bowl XIV.

In the early 70's my neighbor went out with Terry after he hit on her on a airplane .

Loved Bradshaw until he criticized Aaron Rogers for not taking the shot.

He likes them blondes 😂

He wouldn't have been able to succeed in today's game.

I am 44 years old and I can honestly say that if Terry Bradshaw played in this era he wouldve won 10 superbowls easily

I'm from New England , and with the rule changes that made for a more sensible game , Brady is the goat , but he never would have survived Terry Bradshaw time. No f 'n way.