In 1975, I was a skinny white kid that only wanted to be number 88, Lynn Swann. All through my childhood and on into high school, I wore 88 and played WR and kick off returns. Probably the most underrated WR to ever play the game
There was no dry eye in America when Art Rooney was handed the Vince Lombardi Trophy for his Pittsburgh Steelers winning their first ever NFL championship. All the decades of bad luck befallen on this gracious and humble gentleman and his beloved team were finally rewarded with the first of many Super Bowl championships for the Steelers. And Rooney still remained a gracious and humble gentleman right up to his passing. Hail To The Chief!
No doubt and right on the money. I am born and raised in Chicago and The Bears are in my blood and I have very deep love for them which will go on for eternity and they have been and always will be my team. That being said, I love those 1970's Steelers teams. That was a once in a lifetime team that will will never be duplicated. Much love to Mr. Rooney. What a legend.
RIP Franco Harris I'm a Bengals fan had the honor of meeting him in 2005 at the NFL Hall of Fame induction what a awesome player he was those were great Steelers teams back then.
Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Lynn Swann, John Stallworth, Mike Webster, joe greene, jack ham, jack lambert, Mel Blount and Chuck Noll. They had 10 hall of famers on this team. Incredible.
I like the story about how as a rookie, Joe Greene was introduced to the offensive line, and they wanted to show him what the pro game was about. And Joe proceeded to destroy the entire offensive line. They were like, "Whoa! This guy can play!"
I can't believe there have only been 29,000 views of this incredible video!?! Heck, I've watched it 100 times! If you're a Steeler's fan this started it ALL!
Footnote Glenn Edwards #27 wins a couple Rings goes from one of Footballs great dynasties to a team in San Diego who couldn't stop a bloody nose on defense.
I was so fortunate to have grown up in the 70's, in Pittsburgh, watching the Steelers. Sundays were spent in my great grandmother's living room (with popcorn plastic covered couches), seeing their dynasty emerge and flourish. THAT'S the way to create a life-long Steeler fan😊
Gosh I love these Documentaries 😭😢. I've watched most of them but not all. I'm gonna finish the ones I haven't watched yet but I can tell you I watched all of the 90's champions and most of the 80's.
Those Steelers never blitzed; they never needed to. They had seven defenders drop back in coverage in every passing situation... and Ernie Holmes really was mean!!!
Yes it being in the zone is something to behold the 75 Steelers as well even 76 but Oakland was greater in 76 crazy. The 91 & 92 Bulls the 2000 & 2001 Lakers were teams that were in a zone real talk
Watching them kick Oakland’s ass after the way they taunted the Steelers earlier that season in a 17-0 beat down was sweet. Especially watching stabler crying on the sidelines.
I thought the Raiders Dolphin game was, ; finished on a lucky pass from stabler as he was getting tackled. My neighbor is a dolphins fan, and never got over that loss
I challenge anybody to name a TEAM with back to back Super Bowl wins not once but twice with more players from a single team inducted into the HOF all while making hundreds of thousands of dollars LESS than players after them as an added bonus 3 Coaches in 54 years, i can wait for your answer.... never question the loyalty of a Pittsburgh Steelers fan 🙏🇺🇸🏈 those of us that have been around to remember all of it held our faith they would get better through all the terrible years
it isn't your psyche, it isn't your attitude, you just can't run fast enough or jump high enough. Classic Noll. I don't care about your attitude but can you play. If Noll looked at attitudes Bradshaw would have never seen the field.
Glib Joe Greene was the NFL defensive player of the '70s. Noll was part Don Shula's immediate coaching tree, as was Ray Perkins. Perkins hired a young assistant named ... Bill Belichick.
He definitely changed the franchise between Chuck know him and Bradshaw all the defensive players that they drafted everything they did was perfect that was the best team to this day and we'll be forever on A-list Chuck Noll comes back as a another head coach in the NFL and his next life which of course he probably prefers heaven
Oh, the way Noll and his scouts built that team was incredible…. I saw a video on the 1974 draft… Noll took it down to the final seconds on whether to take Swann or Stallworth first…. Had he taken Stallworth, the Cowboys were planning to pick Swann, which would’ve changed everything for both teams….
I don't know who on the Steelers suggested drafting Joe Greene, or any of those guys drafted from '69 to the mid-70s, but if he (or they) were around now it would solve some of the current woes with the Steelers. But the 2024 draft went pretty good. Last year wasn't too bad, either. Hope springs eternal.
whats amazing is Pitt started in 1933 and to the time Chuck Noll coached they won nothing . Noll first year in 69 they go 1 an 13 and then dynasty is born much respect
Rooney was a great man..but bad at running a team. Steelers started getting better when Dan Rooney took over. Art was the owner but his son ran the team.
Unfortunately, Mr. Greene is the only member of the Steel Curtain that is still alive. Ernie Holmes, L C Greenwood (a disgrace that he's still not in the Hall of Fame), and Dwight White are all deceased along with Steve Furness, who took Holmes' place.
Wrong Yes they were the first front but Mrl Blunt greatest CB of all time who was so dominant that the NFL literally changed the rules on how CB can play and do and named it after him not mentioning he won two more championships after that
John Harold Lambert (born July 8, 1952) is an American former football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL). Recognized by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990 as "the greatest linebacker of his era," Lambert was the starting middle linebacker for four Super Bowl-winning teams during an 11-year career with the Pittsburgh Steelers.[2] He played college football for the Kent State Golden Flashes.
So yes your correct that they were the creators and the for front but you take nel blunt or jack Lambert than we don't win 4 championships the cowboys would than be the actual first choice for the nickname American team instead of the runners up and given to them as a participation trophy and if you didn't know If not for The Chief saying were not Americans team were Pittsburgh Team they would not have got that nickname
James Harris was a great quarterback… If the Rams had stuck with him the way the Steelers stayed with Bradshaw, things probably would’ve been much different… The Rams’ were too quick to switch out their QBs… Hadl, Harris, Haden and then Farragamo…. They had a great team and shoulda been to more than one SB… and probably shoulda won at least one…. Their defense was equal to Pittsburgh’s…
@@williamhicks7736 You forgot Ron Jaworski in between the Quarterbacks you have mentioned. Sad to say, Coach Chuck Knox had his seasons cut short by 2 Hall of Fame Coaches.
Jesus look at the game action right after Joe Greene said that Ernie Holmes told Gene Upshaw he was going to kick his ass. Greene just crushed Jim Otto.
well not exactly but niners were the closest thing to pittsburgh dynasty since then; and don't forget the packers won 5 nfl championships/superbowls in 7 seasons in the 1960s i didnt see that team; the best team i've ever seen is that steeler team... with any luck AT ALL they would have won their 3rd straight super bowl in 1976 season and would have 5 of 6 instead of 4 of 6
Wow, I did not know Coach Knoll benched Terry Bradshaw and went with the other qbs instead in the beginning of this dynasty and for most of those games that season. Shame on Chuck! I bet he felt foolish about that decision after their four Superbowls.
Nala is correct. And also consider his benching might've gave Bradshaw needed time to reflect and mature into the position. I was a Steeler fan then... I recall Bradshaw looking like a bust.
i knew; i remember it well as a kid... i just remember hearing the name "frank o'harris" over and over while watching the games with my pops ...didnt find out his actual name until couple yrs of watching; yeah i thought he had an irish name when bradshaw took over for gilliam i even as a kid thought it was a racial thing; we didnt know he had a drug issue and chuck knoll was NOT having that ; i remember very well hanratty and bradshaw and gilliam in 73-74 i also remember that 35-35 tie vs the broncos because it was the FIRST regular season "sudden death" over time game in nfl history and i saw it
As great as Chuck Knoll was, Imagine if he would have said if he had said "... the best team is sitting right here" 4 years earlier. Probably could have had his "8 superbowls"
Gene Upshaw is in the Hall of Fame but, Ernie Holmes always, Gene will say this too, beat his ass in the ground. In fact, many former STEELERS will say Ernie Holmes was just as good as Joe Greene.
I wonder what could have been if Pittsburgh was still in the NFC facing Dallas, and Minnesota, but i am glad bc the rivalries with Miami, Oakland and Houston, my uncles showed my brothers and I 1966-2000
@@TSimo113 I’m going to guess you were not around then. When you get boxes of hate mail and death threats, why was he getting those if it wasn’t race related. Bradshaw never got death threats. But when someone accuses another of playing the race card, it’s usually because they are themselves.
Ben Davis ,George Atkinson ,Conrad Dobbler ?? Heck the raiders team mantra was if your not cheating ,your not trying to win ,they literally reveled in the mystique of their felonious tactics on both sides of the line of scrimmage ,seen on various NFL film segments basking in the glow of their carnage they induced by breaking , bending, destroying the NFL rules legislation,with a subtlely raiders whimsical wink . Mean Joe Greene wasn't a angel, but his frustration at being held and the refs not throwing a flag was his rationale,he didn't commit assault upon a adversary just to appease his ego ,the raiders were notorious for that . Atkinson 1976 clothesline on Swann ,Ben Davis off the top turn buckle splash on chiefs QB Lynn Dawson in 1970, the raiders annual routine of loading their arm pads and tapped thumb illegally ,with intentions for initiating bodily harm ie dirty tactics ???
👍💯 ,yep ! Dick Butkus blindsided LC Greenwood on a special teams play ,knocking him.senseless ,which triggered Mean Joe Greene who was on the sidelines to orchestrate the standard that the Steelers weren't going to be merely punching bag tools any longer, by challenging at that time the percieved NFL 's biggest bully , Butkus to a square off ,intensified by the spit running down Dick Butkus face mask .
Your obsolutely correct in the dolphins superior win's ,lose record vs pittsburgh, 3-0 , advantage during Shula's stead as the team headcoach during the early 70's. Those Steelers teams however didn't have Swann ,Lambert , Stalworth,Webster ,Shell ,all hofers on its roster yet ,all made excellent contributions during their rookie seasons , no Jimmy Allen either,who was a solid football player . That potentially makes a difference in some of those contests that were close loses for Pittsburgh . The pendulum had swung in terms of a new dynasty opportunity opening by the end of the 1974 regular season. The dolphins dynasty had various players who became besieged with injury and stepping out of their prime years . The long enduring attrition of 5 consecutive post seasons/ 3 consecutive SB contests was the guilty culprit . Several of it's key essential pieces were brittle during the iconic raiders contest ,no longer in their prime any longer ,,, after a strenuous mental and physical exhaustion hypocritical post season victory over the raiders ,these 1974 dolphins weren't going to successfully endure traveling on the road a second consecutive week and defeating the athletic, effervescent, 1974: Steelers. who,unlike the raiders could match ,even dominant the dolphins along the lines of scrimmage, and this newer ,improved , 1974 post season version of Terry Bradshaw was now fully capable of exploiting holes in the former legendary dolphins secondary ,a headcoach in Chuck Noll,who could partake in strategizing.against Don Shula and win that titanic confrontation. The 1974 Steel Curtain defense wasn't going to allow the dolphins the opportunity for offensive success those raiders did .
