Jack Lambert had the best Hall of Fame speech and he finished it appropriately. If I can start my life all over again I would be a professional football player and you damn well better believe I'd be a Pittsburgh Steeler
Congrats to you and your grandson. I’m sure you are extremely proud of him and all the hard work he has put in. Here’s hoping this is just the beginning for his Steelers career. And 🎉WELCOME TO STEELERS NATION🥳🍾🎊‼️‼️‼️
I was Raiders fan and hated Steelers but those were some great teams. Respected them so much. Gotta love Steelers organization for the fact they've only had 3 head coaches in the last 54 years.
Fandom can be so funny. Me and my brothers were Steelers fans growing up on Long Island in the 70's (yeah NY) and we all despised the Raiders! I think we all hated Madden the most (the 70's version of Rex Ryan in retrospect, or so it seemed), but Stabler and Biletnikoff (do you remember him smoking on the sidelines?) and Tatum were the guys on the field to be feared, and despised. My brother until he passed still hated them, even though he had become a Jets fan long before. We're all Americans, and love our country, but with a passion we'll hate teams and their fans and kick each other's asses. Fandom is definitely funny.
If it wasn't for the STEELERS I would've been a RAIDERS fan, they were the closest team to PITTSBURGH and after we defeated the RAIDERS in 75', that made John Madden, George Atkinson and other Raiders retire knowing they will never beat PITTSBURGH
I live in Cleveland and have been a Steelers fan for over 50 yrs. It started when my boyhood friend, who moved here from New Castle PA, asked me who my favorite NFL Team was. Back then, I was too young to really know anything about football so I said, I don't know, who's yours? He said the Steelers! I said, who are they, where do they play? He said, Pittsburgh and showed me a picture of Joe Greene and Jack Lambert. They had black helmets and jerseys and I said, OK, youre my friend so that's my favorite team too! The rest is history so to speak. I witnessed all 4 SB championships in the 70's and as I got older I understood more about the team, its ownership and values the Rooney's have and live by. I have been blessed to be a fan of the Steelers for most of my life and there is no Team in any sport that I care about more than them. So many great players, memories... I am forever thankful for that boyhood conversation.
Never get tired of watching the old Steelers. I’d like to mention some of the lesser known players that made huge, lesser known plays in the Super Bowls: Glen Edwards - safety 27 Mike Wagner - safety 23 J.T. Thomas - cornerback 24 Gerry Mullins - tackle 72 Reggie Harrison - special teams 46
I became a Steelers fan in 1975 at 5 yrs old, because I like there color. In 82'' at a parade in AZ, Roger Staubach was the grand Marshall he was riding a horse. 49:54 Im wearing a t-shirt with #12 on it, not a steelers shirt. He comes my way when he get to me, he bends down as I pet the horse on the nose and he says "Hey son, who is you favorite quarterback!" And I responded " TERRY BRADSHAW!" My father RIP, throw his head back and laughs with those around us. Roger Staubach trot off shaking his head laughing...haha! True story.
Three years earlier in September of 1972 at the age of 5, I myself became a Steelers fan for the same reason! I liked their colors. That was the year of the Immaculate Reception.
As a Pittsburgh kid, I remember that 70's team and I had so many great boyhood memories. Super Bowl IX was probably the first football game I ever watched. Those men were titans to me. Heroes.
Bill Nunn was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a contributor in 2021. As a Steelers Scout, 13 of his players who were drafted were also enshrined in the Hall of Fame.
If anything stands out about this franchise that commands the ultimate in respect is the fact that at 55 years old, this team has had only THREE head coaches in my entire lifetime. Growing up as and still being a New York Jets fan, you recognize the value of taking the time to select the right head football coach for your organization, and sticking with them. The stability of that instills and refines the mission and vision. That alone is priceless. I’m sure I’m not the only fan from other teams that recognize this. The childish envy you have as a younger fan toward winning teams gradually gives way to a profound respect and admiration that perhaps only fans from historically poorly run franchises, can understand and appreciate.
@@joshsmith4512 Can you elaborate or expand on what you said? It’s probably me just being slow, but I’m not picking up what you’re trying to lay down here.
@@XxProdigalSonXx yeah my bad Tomlin has been coach for years. 2009 last trip to the sb. Tomlin doesent have it in him. its long passed time to move on
@@joshsmith4512 do you feel like he’s burned out?, The game has passed him by? Or do you think it’s one of those cases where change for the sake of change might actually be a good thing even though it defies conventional wisdom? No I am not baiting you here, nor am I trying to employ any trip mines with the last part of the question.
@@XxProdigalSonXx no he just has not had much success. yes he's gotten to the playoffs in a very weak conference, but exits in the first round. probably is a case of burnout, eithier way most coaches would've been fired. roonies are loyal to a fault
Pittsburgh had a black newspaper with a sports department. One of the reporters scouted college players and recommended players the Steelers should look at. He was so good at identifying talent the Steelers hired him as a scout.
@@josephmcfarland8442 Posthumously in 2021, Bill Nunn was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a contributor. As a Steelers Scout, 13 of his players who were drafted were also enshrined in the Hall of Fame.
@@terrymercury1372: Bill Nunn, Jr., also deceased, played in several Spike Lee films, as well as the two Tobey McGuire Spider-Man films, and other movies and television shows.
From about 9years old to 16 everything on my xmas list was Steeler pennants,pajamas,hats,jackets,shirts,trash cans,helmets,posters etc. Every monday i would clip the boxscores from newspapers. I still have a full photo album with just about every steeler football card from bout 79-86. I kept some stuff but man i wish i would have saved all that stuff. Steelers got me through some very dark times as i knew no matter what i could watch them on Sundays🙂
As a lifelong (57 years) fan of the Dallas Cowboys and the Steelers was my most hated rival because of the two Super Bowls in the 70s we lost, my hatred has turned to respect! What a great matchup of two great defenses with the best nicknames the Steel Curtain vs Doomsday cmon, doesn't get better than that and both lived up to those monikers. It was simply two of the best Super Bowl games in history... hard-hitting and big plays and two teams who played their guts out. This was enjoyable to watch but still the old hurt from losing those games stings, but hey, if you had to lose then to lose to another all-time great squad...well, that is what it's all about. We managed to get one back in the 90's but we still owe you guys one and I hope before I leave this world we can get one more Steeler vs Cowboy Super Bowl. Lot of Hall of Famers in those two matchups and I have nothing but respect for those Steeler squads. Peace.
I think Jerry bought that SB ring!: He must have given O'Donnell an unGODly amount of money to throw those 2 interceptions to a guy who was over 10 yards away from the nearest receivers...
@@jimmyp9037 I hear ya, but hell we lost one in the 70's to you guys with a great tight end dropping a pass from Staubach right in his gut. Always plays that change the game, sometimes the pressure of the moment will make players make bad decisions, QB and WR have a different route in mind or a WR breaks off a route early etc. and it's a pick 6. Either way, I take nothing from those old Steeler teams as they were an all-time great team and I think the 70s was the greatest era ever in the NFL. When you go back and watch the greatest hits from the 70's you realize just how much more physical the game was back then. The players may be bigger, but they damn sure aren't tougher and they don't play with the same fire that they played with back then. The 70's made the NFL. Steelers, Cowboys, Dolphins, Raiders Vikings, Rams...some great teams some of them would have been dynasties had it not been for a couple of the teams that dominated.
my first game I paid attention to was when I was with my adoptive father my first year. He was a Pennsylvania Born fan and I was a Indiana born kid, but I sat in the living room with him with my bubblegum wrapper clad football cards and watched the Pittsburgh Steelers, and I’ve been watching every since. It is not only consistency but constancy that makes our team great. we keep the foot on the gas, our defense keeps that pressure, and all we need this coming year is to see more of that on our offense in 2025-26.
I grew up in Pittsburgh during the 60’s/70’s and the city was electric during these years. We all felt a certain pride. Chuck Noll and the Steelers put our city on the map.
I've always been a steeler fan. I can remember out Sunday paper highlighted the steeler players of 1979 in full length color portraits that I laminated for my classroom. Everyone loved them. I wish I still had them
Absolutely love seeing Myron, he'll always be missed. Here we go Steelers!! Edit: Always wished the TV broadcast and the radio broadcast could be matched up back in the days of when TV's were just TV's without all the play features they have these days 😂😂
Looking back at the older broadcasts of the 70's, the pre-game and post-game shows, and the in-game shows were 100% better than nowadays. Back then your screen wasn't crammed full of💩💩crap💩💩! Plus back then the announcers actually knew what they were talking about. Monday Night Football was so much better than now. There may have been fewer games in the 70's but the sport was covered a LOT BETTER!
I’ve been a Steelers fan over 50 years. Watch every game in the last 20 years. If we don’t make any late season signings, OBJ, we’re one and done in the playoffs. Harris running into the pile at the start of every game and having first and second and long is contributing to these slow starts. Tomlins hard head just won’t let Wilson open it up. We need to throw to run. Wins regular season games but that’s it. Tired of hearing about no losing seasons.
@@499370mlwFunny how Tomlin comes from Noll's Tree and Has a Better Win Percentage than Noll and Cowher with LESS Draft Talent, A Cap Space and lack of Rule Changes. Noll couldn't win games with a Duck Hodges. Learn Football!! Keep in Mind it took How many HOF for Noll to just Win 4 Out of 23 Years.. So Nancy Your Feelings just sound like a Hatin Karen 😁😁
What really gets under my skin is seeing people compare that 70s Steelers defensive group to the 85 Bears, 2000 Ravens and the 2002 Bucs defenses. What they forget is that the aforementioned defenses were single season defenses whilst the 70 Steelers defensive group won FOUR Super Bowls in SIX seasons and produced FIVE Hall Of Famers (6 if you want to add Tony Dungy). This is arguably the greatest defence of all time and it is not even close and up for debate!
I was too young to see the 70s steelers but they were absolutely amazing. I grew up watching the 49ers in the 80s, they would not have beaten them. In my opinion the 70s steelers are the best ever
I think the 76 defense was better than the 75 defense. In 76 they had 5 shutouts and gave up only 3 points in 2 other games. That is a total of 6 points allowed in 7 games which was half the season. That is unreal.
Yes, but what did The 1974 Steeler Defense do to The Minnesota Viking Defense in Super Bowl IX? The 1974 Pittsburgh Steeler Defense does not get as much credit as it should! Ask Vikings Quarterback Fran Tarkenton and Vikings Running Back Chuck Foreman what was The License Number of That Truck that ran over them?
The 76 Steeler Defense had amazing statistics, so it is remembered as the best because of the incredible performance, especially after all the injuries at the beginning. But the 74 Defense was before Joe Greene got injured, and noone in the league could block him, (or Ernie Holmes)... The Raiders got 27 yds. rushing, the Vikings 17... Half of those offensive linemen are in the Hall of Fame... That domination speaks for itself. 74 was before the injuries, and the Defense crushed the best of the best.
i grew up there and it's no doubt more than football to the burgh. yet, i didn't know that bill nunn, from the courier, was hired as a scout. great docu.
I was a 1970's Boston teenager, loved the bruins, Red Sox, Celtics and the Patriots, Pittsburg were the football kings, I remember hoping we could win a Superbowl, started watching in 1964 as a kid, it wasn't until Tom Brady came here and changed the Patriots forever.
No doubt! From 53:10 commentary starting with John Banaszak on - the commentary says it all. Hands down no contest the greatest front four ever. Probably best linebackers combo ever in Ham, Russell, and Lambert, and an all stud defensive backfield. Basically no weaknesses anywhere. Other than maybe 1984-85 Bears and 2000 Ravens, no one matches up against the Steel Curtain.
I feel like i'm watching a documentary on the lions and dan cambell and brad holmes amon ra sewell so on love it. Pittsburgh and the lions are going to be the two best teams in the league this year
In 68 I became a browns fan,I thought the Steelers was the joke of the league,Knoll came to town an boy did I eat my heart out thru the seventies,I did pull for the Steelers once they were in the SB,I have to say it was a time when a great group of men an fans alike all came together in a great an dominant way,I now look bk an appreciate the days of the steelers dynasty,the browns never made it to one damn super bowl,an my son has been a life long steelers fan go figure
You know I wish they followed those concepts today. I believe I can say this for all players and coaches. It's not about the game anymore. Show me the money... And also not so much drama. I'm fading away from the NFL. I don't like the direction they are heading. Even though I'm huge Steelers fan. This team needs a big time Tune- UP⁰
proud steeler fan since birth. my dad had season tickets from the early 90s to the late 2000s. i loved riding the gateway clipper over to the field. cherished memories. fuck tom brady we wouldve had so many more rings!!!!!!!!!!
We moved from Pittsburgh to Florida when I was 10 in "74 and had to watch 4 SB wins from there. Most in south Florida hated my Steelers but we always came through. It was especially great for me in '79 when the Pirates and Steelers were both champions.
The infamous "We are Family" led by Willie "Pops"Stargell and what's so ironic they played Baltimore in '71 when Pops Stargell was a rookie. How could you not like the Pirates with those black and yellow bumble bee hats.
I wish fans of the greatest team in NFL history would watch this documentary,and stack their undefeated season up against four Lombardi trophies over a six year span in the 1970s when it was still professional Football
I know that the best thing the Steelers ever did was hire Chuck Noll, but the real best thing the Steelers ever did was to hire Bill Nunn because he create the Steelers dynasty of 1970s including the 1974 NFL draft that includes Jack Lambert, John Stallworth, Lynn Swann, Mike Webster, and Donnie Shell.
Chuck Noll, Tom Landry, Don Shula and Vince Lombardi were assistants under legendary owner/coach Paul Brown. The super bowl trophy should be named after Psul Brown imho. His former assistants won,participated in all of the first 12 super bowls.
BS and pro-Steeler suck-up writer Dddinger. He incorrectly stated the narrative they declined in the 80s - it happened in one season bro! After the SB 79'! 😆 OAK did not decline after 79', we won 2 SBs and were in playoff championship football til 85! Stop with the wussing! Even Nolls wife said he admitted 'they were no longer hitting on #1 draft choices or personnel and had become an issue'. Please stop with the violin! 😆. PITT gave up - Al continued his vision after his own 79' demise and kept OAK mystique till 85'
oh, they were the worst team or at least one of them until they started drafting in the 70's. I remember Bradshaw used to throw so many picks when he first was drafted lol
Tarkenton was small to YOU, Dwight 😮😅😅. Growing up watching Fran, I always thought he was like 5 foot 8 or so. I was shocked to learn he was actually a 6 footer@
Cj stroud is going to get rookie of the year. He is having a year most veteran qbs hope to have. Yeah i dont like how Kenny is playing atm but he shows glimpses of greatness. I think he thinks too much. Because he shows up when necessary in the 4th.
Do some research on this 70's dynasty. You look good and hard. The SPARK as far as personnel... Andy Russell a '63 draftee. He transitioned from bad times into IT.. Then a GLUE kept them Thru... L.C. Greenwood. Greenwood and Russell BOTH need HOF jackets! #6 PB's L.C. & #7 Andy. C'mon -who is running that Canton, OH thing?
Totally agree, Greenwood and Russell should be in the HOF. Wagner should also be in the HOF. I can remember him picking off passes all the time and especially at times it was really needed. I remember back in 74, 75 & 76, pretty much the whole defensive starters for the AFC pro bowl wore black helmets. The AFC wore red and white and the NFC wore blue and white uniforms but everybody wore their teams helmets. Greene, Greenwood, Russell, Lambert, Ham, Blount and Wagner were the starters and Edwards, White and Holmes were backups. Those were the days to be a Steeler fan.
I would have love to seen the respect given to Coach Dan 'Bad Rad' Radakovich. The architect of the 'Steel Curtain', if there is any videos that contain that please let me know.
As a little kid growing up during the 70's I was not a fan of the Steelers or the Raiders. I still don't like the Raiders to this day. It was more of a friendly rivalry with my best buddy who I was growing up with. See he liked the Steelers, and I, oh I can't believe that I'm admitting this, I actually liked the Vikings. Being a Lifelong native of Wisconsin, saying that is not a popular topic....lol. However as a kid, I was only 7 or 8, I was a huge Fran Tarkenton, Chuck Foreman, Sammy White, and Ahmad Rashad fan. I was a Fran fan? A fan of Fran? Fran's fan? Sorry. Once I got older and I started to learn and see what the Steelers team had accomplished and had been able to achieve, I had some time to rethink my position. Plus by then I had lost my ability to cheer for the Vikings...lol. I may be a Packers fan, but I am also a Football fan. I love the game, whether it's the NFL, NCAA, WFL, the CFL, or even the old defunct USFL, I love to watch football, and as a fan of the sport you have to respect a franchise like the Steelers, and yes even the Raiders, as well as the Vikings and even the Bears. They've all have been great at some point, and they've all had some incredibly talented, iconic and legendary players. The Steelers definitely have that covered. From Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Lynn Swann, John Stallworth, LC Greenwood and that entire Steel Curtain, they were a force to be reckoned with! There are a lot more players who I didn't mention. That entire team was phenomenal! Fast, agile, powerful, intelligent, innovative, brutal, and again incredibly talented, the Steelers had it all. Their rivalry with the ⭐🤠Dallas⭐Cowboys🤠⭐ were some of the most iconic, amazing, and legendary games ever seen. Plus the Steelers vs. Browns, Bengals, and Raiders? All were hard nosed and tough games. If your a football fan you have to respect the legacy of the Steelers franchise!
I grew up in Boston area..I played football because of the Steelers and Raiders. This is what football is all about. Pittsburg, Lambert Oakland Villipiano
Villipiano is just a sore loser. PERIOD. I'm sick and tired of whining Oakland fans. Tatum hit the Ball, Harris caught it and the Steelers won. Give it up
Jack Lambert had the best Hall of Fame speech and he finished it appropriately. If I can start my life all over again I would be a professional football player and you damn well better believe I'd be a Pittsburgh Steeler
He said amids that now famous speech his real hall of fame was his family
@@LindaMerchant-dw1swyeah I thought that showed real class
Jack Lambert was, is and always will be my favourite NFL player of all time.
Great player. They don't make them like #58 in black and gold.
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From a New York Giants fan, I have the absolute utmost respect for The Pittsburgh Steelers organization.
I am now a Pittsburgh Steeler fan they just signed my grandson on the practice team let’s go Steelers welcome Joey Fisher to the team
That's awesome! Congrats and best of luck to him!!!
That's awesome, good luck to your grandson
@@loganfinn2728didn't Arizona kick the Curtain's a## Sunday?
Congrats to you and your grandson. I’m sure you are extremely proud of him and all the hard work he has put in. Here’s hoping this is just the beginning for his Steelers career. And 🎉WELCOME TO STEELERS NATION🥳🍾🎊‼️‼️‼️
I been a steelers fan since I was 8rs old. Congrats to u and ur grandson. He's on the best team he could ever be on ...lol🎉
I was Raiders fan and hated Steelers but those were some great teams. Respected them so much. Gotta love Steelers organization for the fact they've only had 3 head coaches in the last 54 years.
Fandom can be so funny. Me and my brothers were Steelers fans growing up on Long Island in the 70's (yeah NY) and we all despised the Raiders! I think we all hated Madden the most (the 70's version of Rex Ryan in retrospect, or so it seemed), but Stabler and Biletnikoff (do you remember him smoking on the sidelines?) and Tatum were the guys on the field to be feared, and despised. My brother until he passed still hated them, even though he had become a Jets fan long before. We're all Americans, and love our country, but with a passion we'll hate teams and their fans and kick each other's asses. Fandom is definitely funny.
Great rivalry Raiders Steelers
If it wasn't for the STEELERS I would've been a RAIDERS fan, they were the closest team to PITTSBURGH and after we defeated the RAIDERS in 75', that made John Madden, George Atkinson and other Raiders retire knowing they will never beat PITTSBURGH
And all of them win SBs!
The Steelers and the Raiders are the two teams known for putting the toughness in the NFL. Right after that, it’s the Bears.
I live in Cleveland and have been a Steelers fan for over 50 yrs. It started when my boyhood friend, who moved here from New Castle PA, asked me who my favorite NFL Team was. Back then, I was too young to really know anything about football so I said, I don't know, who's yours? He said the Steelers! I said, who are they, where do they play? He said, Pittsburgh and showed me a picture of Joe Greene and Jack Lambert. They had black helmets and jerseys and I said, OK, youre my friend so that's my favorite team too!
The rest is history so to speak. I witnessed all 4 SB championships in the 70's and as I got older I understood more about the team, its ownership and values the Rooney's have and live by. I have been blessed to be a fan of the Steelers for most of my life and there is no Team in any sport that I care about more than them. So many great players, memories... I am forever thankful for that boyhood conversation.
Never get tired of watching the old Steelers. I’d like to mention some of the lesser known players that made huge, lesser known plays in the Super Bowls:
Glen Edwards - safety 27
Mike Wagner - safety 23
J.T. Thomas - cornerback 24
Gerry Mullins - tackle 72
Reggie Harrison - special teams 46
Jack Deloplaine - special teams #35.
I became a Steelers fan in 1975 at 5 yrs old, because I like there color. In 82'' at a parade in AZ, Roger Staubach was the grand Marshall he was riding a horse. 49:54
Im wearing a t-shirt with #12 on it, not a steelers shirt. He comes my way when he get to me, he bends down as I pet the horse on the nose and he says "Hey son, who is you favorite quarterback!" And I responded " TERRY BRADSHAW!" My father RIP, throw his head back and laughs with those around us. Roger Staubach trot off shaking his head laughing...haha! True story.
Love it
Chuck Noll, Bill Cower, Mike Tomlin= 6 Six Super Bowls
Rodger the Dodger was the best qb in Cowboy's history, a true legend
Roger staubach and Terry Bradshaw were both great as well as rivals
Three years earlier in September of 1972 at the age of 5, I myself became a Steelers fan for the same reason! I liked their colors. That was the year of the Immaculate Reception.
As a Pittsburgh kid, I remember that 70's team and I had so many great boyhood memories. Super Bowl IX was probably the first football game I ever watched. Those men were titans to me. Heroes.
Bill Nunn was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a contributor in 2021. As a Steelers Scout, 13 of his players who were drafted were also enshrined in the Hall of Fame.
Is this flim study not played 24/7 in the film room..the humility, the greatness, the dominance..
If anything stands out about this franchise that commands the ultimate in respect is the fact that at 55 years old, this team has had only THREE head coaches in my entire lifetime. Growing up as and still being a New York Jets fan, you recognize the value of taking the time to select the right head football coach for your organization, and sticking with them. The stability of that instills and refines the mission and vision. That alone is priceless. I’m sure I’m not the only fan from other teams that recognize this. The childish envy you have as a younger fan toward winning teams gradually gives way to a profound respect and admiration that perhaps only fans from historically poorly run franchises, can understand and appreciate.
yeah but it can be too a fault. they should get rid of them one they have more. burnout is a problem
@@joshsmith4512 Can you elaborate or expand on what you said? It’s probably me just being slow, but I’m not picking up what you’re trying to lay down here.
@@XxProdigalSonXx yeah my bad
Tomlin has been coach for years. 2009 last trip to the sb. Tomlin doesent have it in him. its long passed time to move on
@@joshsmith4512 do you feel like he’s burned out?, The game has passed him by? Or do you think it’s one of those cases where change for the sake of change might actually be a good thing even though it defies conventional wisdom? No I am not baiting you here, nor am I trying to employ any trip mines with the last part of the question.
@@XxProdigalSonXx no he just has not had much success. yes he's gotten to the playoffs in a very weak conference, but exits in the first round. probably is a case of burnout, eithier way most coaches would've been fired. roonies are loyal to a fault
Pittsburgh had a black newspaper with a sports department. One of the reporters scouted college players and recommended players the Steelers should look at. He was so good at identifying talent the Steelers hired him as a scout.
Bill Nunn, they talked about him.
@@josephmcfarland8442 Posthumously in 2021, Bill Nunn was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a contributor. As a Steelers Scout, 13 of his players who were drafted were also enshrined in the Hall of Fame.
Go check out the Spike Lee film, "Do the Right Thing". Bill Nunn's son, Bill Jr., played Radio Rahim in it.
To be fair to him, so did Al Davis, at the Raiders.
@@terrymercury1372: Bill Nunn, Jr., also deceased, played in several Spike Lee films, as well as the two Tobey McGuire Spider-Man films, and other movies and television shows.
I love how articulate everyone was.
From about 9years old to 16 everything on my xmas list was Steeler pennants,pajamas,hats,jackets,shirts,trash cans,helmets,posters etc. Every monday i would clip the boxscores from newspapers. I still have a full photo album with just about every steeler football card from bout 79-86. I kept some stuff but man i wish i would have saved all that stuff. Steelers got me through some very dark times as i knew no matter what i could watch them on Sundays🙂
As a lifelong (57 years) fan of the Dallas Cowboys and the Steelers was my most hated rival because of the two Super Bowls in the 70s we lost, my hatred has turned to respect! What a great matchup of two great defenses with the best nicknames the Steel Curtain vs Doomsday cmon, doesn't get better than that and both lived up to those monikers.
It was simply two of the best Super Bowl games in history... hard-hitting and big plays and two teams who played their guts out. This was enjoyable to watch but still the old hurt from losing those games stings, but hey, if you had to lose then to lose to another all-time great squad...well, that is what it's all about.
We managed to get one back in the 90's but we still owe you guys one and I hope before I leave this world we can get one more Steeler vs Cowboy Super Bowl. Lot of Hall of Famers in those two matchups and I have nothing but respect for those Steeler squads. Peace.
Here's hoping that Jerry will stop messing in team affairs! If only Jerry could mimic the Rooney's, Dallas would be so much better!
That regular season game LC put that final hit on Roger that put him out of football
I think Jerry bought that SB ring!: He must have given O'Donnell an unGODly amount of money to throw those 2 interceptions to a guy who was over 10 yards away from the nearest receivers...
@@jimmyp9037 I hear ya, but hell we lost one in the 70's to you guys with a great tight end dropping a pass from Staubach right in his gut. Always plays that change the game, sometimes the pressure of the moment will make players make bad decisions, QB and WR have a different route in mind or a WR breaks off a route early etc. and it's a pick 6.
Either way, I take nothing from those old Steeler teams as they were an all-time great team and I think the 70s was the greatest era ever in the NFL. When you go back and watch the greatest hits from the 70's you realize just how much more physical the game was back then.
The players may be bigger, but they damn sure aren't tougher and they don't play with the same fire that they played with back then.
The 70's made the NFL. Steelers, Cowboys, Dolphins, Raiders Vikings, Rams...some great teams some of them would have been dynasties had it not been for a couple of the teams that dominated.
@Methadone4Life That play ,dropped pass would have only tied the game. O'Donnell deliberately threw those picks . Big difference.
They were the best team I ever saw.
You got that right even Brady's patriots this team never lost a super bowl. I don't think Brady could have beat them no way
This is GOLD!!!!!
I stand corrected...
THIS IS "BLACK & GOLD"!!!
This team was tough at every single position unbelievable
I was 16 when all this went down. I'm 70 now. It was a great ride.
your blessed goo steelers im 30 only got too see us win 2 superbowls lol i also have been a fan since 5
This is the best thing since sliced bread! Perfect nostalgia
And boy, do Steelers fans need this NOW.
I became a Steel City Fan in 1969 (I was 10 years old) here Iam at 65 years young 2024 & still a Loyal fan through the Good the Bad & the Ugly..
my first game I paid attention to was when I was with my adoptive father my first year. He was a Pennsylvania Born fan and I was a Indiana born kid, but I sat in the living room with him with my bubblegum wrapper clad football cards and watched the Pittsburgh Steelers, and I’ve been watching every since. It is not only consistency but constancy that makes our team great. we keep the foot on the gas, our defense keeps that pressure, and all we need this coming year is to see more of that on our offense in 2025-26.
Wow I remember those days and this video brought tears to my eyes and joy to my heart. Hail the Pittsburg Steelers!! Thank you ❤
Watching this just reminds me why I've love this team and will always love them. #Steelernation.
Greatest dynasty ever ever no doubt !!!
Their window what the 90s Cowboys - only good for 5-6 seasons and POOF!
I grew up in Pittsburgh during the 60’s/70’s and the city was electric during these years. We all felt a certain pride. Chuck Noll and the Steelers put our city on the map.
I've always been a steeler fan. I can remember out Sunday paper highlighted the steeler players of 1979 in full length color portraits that I laminated for my classroom. Everyone loved them. I wish I still had them
Absolutely love seeing Myron, he'll always be missed. Here we go Steelers!!
Edit: Always wished the TV broadcast and the radio broadcast could be matched up back in the days of when TV's were just TV's without all the play features they have these days 😂😂
Looking back at the older broadcasts of the 70's, the pre-game and post-game shows, and the in-game shows were 100% better than nowadays. Back then your screen wasn't crammed full of💩💩crap💩💩! Plus back then the announcers actually knew what they were talking about. Monday Night Football was so much better than now. There may have been fewer games in the 70's but the sport was covered a LOT BETTER!
@@EdsterIII I just loved hearing Myron call the game, he was definitely one of a kind. A true Steelers fan through and through.
They're no Myron but Billy Hillgrove and Wolfey are pretty good.
4 HOF'ers in 1 draft class?!?!?! Insane.
I’ve been a Steelers fan over 50 years. Watch every game in the last 20 years. If we don’t make any late season signings, OBJ, we’re one and done in the playoffs. Harris running into the pile at the start of every game and having first and second and long is contributing to these slow starts. Tomlins hard head just won’t let Wilson open it up. We need to throw to run. Wins regular season games but that’s it. Tired of hearing about no losing seasons.
RIP Franco. You will forever be a western PA legend.
Steelers Uniform colors were awesome
Chuck Noll, Professor of Football.
Mike Wagner was significant and very well known. Good list.
Best thing the Steelers ever did was hire Chuck Noll
And the worst thing they did was hire Mike Tomlin
@@499370mlw Perhaps they should move on rn but without him y’all don’t have another superbowl. He ain’t that bad lol
I disagree. Mike is a good coach. Who would you hire that is better? Good coaches are hard to find.
Actually the Best Thing the Steelers did was hire Bill Nunn. Noll was the 2nd.
@@499370mlwFunny how Tomlin comes from Noll's Tree and Has a Better Win Percentage than Noll and Cowher with LESS Draft Talent, A Cap Space and lack of Rule Changes. Noll couldn't win games with a Duck Hodges. Learn Football!! Keep in Mind it took How many HOF for Noll to just Win 4 Out of 23 Years.. So Nancy Your Feelings just sound like a Hatin Karen 😁😁
That Steel Curtain was impenetrable.
Wonderful history lesson 😊
What really gets under my skin is seeing people compare that 70s Steelers defensive group to the 85 Bears, 2000 Ravens and the 2002 Bucs defenses. What they forget is that the aforementioned defenses were single season defenses whilst the 70 Steelers defensive group won FOUR Super Bowls in SIX seasons and produced FIVE Hall Of Famers (6 if you want to add Tony Dungy).
This is arguably the greatest defence of all time and it is not even close and up for debate!
6 Don't forget Donnie Shell
Joe Greene
Jack Lambert
Jack Ham
Mel Blount
Donnie Shell
Tony Dungy
L.C. Greenwood and Dwight White are not in the Hall of Fame.
@@geraldroyster7011 Thanks. I will correct.
@@charlieyellowstone8248 I love Tony Dungy but sorry, he was not in HOF as a Steelers player.
@@fredlin6303 I thought he was as a coach 🤔
One of the best organizations and the Steelers are just different from another planet or something
@@TimothyZakaria Very true!
I was too young to see the 70s steelers but they were absolutely amazing. I grew up watching the 49ers in the 80s, they would not have beaten them. In my opinion the 70s steelers are the best ever
When the NFL made rule changes because of the defense, people know how special Steelers were.
@@fredlin6303 yes, and after the rule changes they still kept winning
james deebo harrison - my all-time black and yellow player!
I think the 76 defense was better than the 75 defense. In 76 they had 5 shutouts and gave up only 3 points in 2 other games. That is a total of 6 points allowed in 7 games which was half the season. That is unreal.
Yes, but what did The 1974 Steeler Defense do to The Minnesota Viking Defense in Super Bowl IX? The 1974 Pittsburgh Steeler Defense does not get as much credit as it should! Ask Vikings Quarterback Fran Tarkenton and Vikings Running Back Chuck Foreman what was The License Number of That Truck that ran over them?
The 76 Steeler Defense had amazing statistics, so it is remembered as the best because of the incredible performance, especially after all the injuries at the beginning. But the 74 Defense was before Joe Greene got injured, and noone in the league could block him, (or Ernie Holmes)... The Raiders got 27 yds. rushing, the Vikings 17... Half of those offensive linemen are in the Hall of Fame... That domination speaks for itself. 74 was before the injuries, and the Defense crushed the best of the best.
But wasn't it basically most of the same players? Duh?
@@anthonytaylor7928 Which poster are you replying to ?...
Defense for both seasons was awesome!!!🙏✨🏈👻❣️
Awesome Documentary/Highlight Reel. Subscribed 😎
Super talented Steelers
Monsters check under their beds and check their closets for Jack Lambert. Lol
i grew up there and it's no doubt more than football to the burgh. yet, i didn't know that bill nunn, from the courier, was hired as a scout. great docu.
Greatest organization in all of sports
I was a 1970's Boston teenager, loved the bruins, Red Sox, Celtics and the Patriots, Pittsburg were the football kings, I remember hoping we could win a Superbowl, started watching in 1964 as a kid, it wasn't until Tom Brady came here and changed the Patriots forever.
Best interview with Andy Russell EVER. HOF..Give that man a GOLD JACKET NOW! #7PBs #2SB's.. Joe Namath is in there for Christ sake!
Is he related to Michael Keaton?
@@lauraheacox9858 Looks so
Him along with Greenwood and Wagner. All 3 need the GOLD JACKET.
@@t74guard78 & Sam Davis & Ray MansField
He isn't ?
That was a great team. I sure enjoyed watching them
Best defense ever
No doubt! From 53:10 commentary starting with John Banaszak on - the commentary says it all. Hands down no contest the greatest front four ever. Probably best linebackers combo ever in Ham, Russell, and Lambert, and an all stud defensive backfield. Basically no weaknesses anywhere. Other than maybe 1984-85 Bears and 2000 Ravens, no one matches up against the Steel Curtain.
@@williamstoesser3633 100% correct back then a helmet to helmet hit was legal! ohhhhhhhhhhhhh how times have changed!
@williamstoesser3633 the Bears secondary falls short to the Steelers. The Bears wished they had Mel Blount. You see what Marino did.
The. Best of all. Time
Great Video...never knew of Joe Gilliam
WTF @TH-cam, I'm 22 minutes in and there's been SIX commercial breaks already! This is just nuts.
Yeah, sorry about that. I don't own the rights to these so they put in commercials in. Otherwise they would probably just block it completely.
I feel like i'm watching a documentary on the lions and dan cambell and brad holmes amon ra sewell so on love it. Pittsburgh and the lions are going to be the two best teams in the league this year
In 68 I became a browns fan,I thought the Steelers was the joke of the league,Knoll came to town an boy did I eat my heart out thru the seventies,I did pull for the Steelers once they were in the SB,I have to say it was a time when a great group of men an fans alike all came together in a great an dominant way,I now look bk an appreciate the days of the steelers dynasty,the browns never made it to one damn super bowl,an my son has been a life long steelers fan go figure
Wow painkillers like crazy hats off the way Football was back then. Tough decade
You know I wish they followed those concepts today. I believe I can say this for all players and coaches. It's not about the game anymore. Show me the money... And also not so much drama. I'm fading away from the NFL. I don't like the direction they are heading. Even though I'm huge Steelers fan. This team needs a big time Tune- UP⁰
In my opinion the greatest sports picture is Chuck Noll. Just his face.
We are the Standard 💛🖤💛🖤
proud steeler fan since birth. my dad had season tickets from the early 90s to the late 2000s. i loved riding the gateway clipper over to the field. cherished memories. fuck tom brady we wouldve had so many more rings!!!!!!!!!!
We moved from Pittsburgh to Florida when I was 10 in "74 and had to watch 4 SB wins from there. Most in south Florida hated my Steelers but we always came through. It was especially great for me in '79 when the Pirates and Steelers were both champions.
The infamous "We are Family" led by Willie "Pops"Stargell and what's so ironic they played Baltimore in '71 when Pops Stargell was a rookie. How could you not like the Pirates with those black and yellow bumble bee hats.
@@aarondigby5054 Stargell was a rook in '62 and to tell the truth I hated the, what was called, "the gay '90's" hat style.
I wish fans of the greatest team in NFL history would watch this documentary,and stack their undefeated season up against four Lombardi trophies over a six year span in the 1970s when it was still professional Football
THANKS FOR A GREAT CHILDHOOD MEN🥲
Stellar
Ps Peace Bill Nunn and his son Radio Raheem (Bill Nunn lll)
Brady and Patriots at their peak would've been beaten by 1970s Steelers...every time..Pretty boy Brady would've got his clock cleaned 😮😅😮
I know that the best thing the Steelers ever did was hire Chuck Noll, but the real best thing the Steelers ever did was to hire Bill Nunn because he create the Steelers dynasty of 1970s including the 1974 NFL draft that includes Jack Lambert, John Stallworth, Lynn Swann, Mike Webster, and Donnie Shell.
Chuck Noll was 6-3 vs Tom Landry winning the last 6 of the 7 last games they faced off in SB10,1977,SB13,1979,1982 & 1988
That rivalry is absolutely incredible and it shows just how immensely talented BOTH of those teams were. The 70's had some insanely good games.
Yeah but we kicked the xpcow ass
Chuck Noll, Tom Landry, Don Shula and Vince Lombardi were assistants under legendary owner/coach Paul Brown. The super bowl trophy should be named after Psul Brown imho. His former assistants won,participated in all of the first 12 super bowls.
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I remember NFL films naming the 89' 49ers as the best team in nfl history. I think the 70s Steelers match up pretty well against them.
The Steelers were very much like the 1960s Packers..tight...super disciplined
Rip franco harris Franco Harris (March 7, 1950 - December 20, 2022😢😢
I hated them since '77 , but I've always respected
THE STEELER WAY.
Go Raider Nation!
Go Cowboys!
Go Browns!
BS and pro-Steeler suck-up writer Dddinger. He incorrectly stated the narrative they declined in the 80s - it happened in one season bro! After the SB 79'! 😆
OAK did not decline after 79', we won 2 SBs and were in playoff championship football til 85! Stop with the wussing! Even Nolls wife said he admitted 'they were no longer hitting on #1 draft choices or personnel and had become an issue'. Please stop with the violin! 😆. PITT gave up - Al continued his vision after his own 79' demise and kept OAK mystique till 85'
Although I’ve never been a Cowboys fan, I always thought they looked so cool when they shifted into the shotgun
The offense sputtered in '74 until Rocky was named the starring HB on that Monday Night games vs ATL.
Fun fact: between 1933 and 1971 the Steelers only had one playoff appearance
oh, they were the worst team or at least one of them until they started drafting in the 70's. I remember Bradshaw used to throw so many picks when he first was drafted lol
@@mr808steelersthe Steelers had a 40-year playoff drought
This defense is better than the 85 bears because they didn’t need to blitz 6 guys
Tarkenton was small to YOU, Dwight 😮😅😅. Growing up watching Fran, I always thought he was like 5 foot 8 or so. I was shocked to learn he was actually a 6 footer@
That’s my team 💯💯
Cj stroud is going to get rookie of the year. He is having a year most veteran qbs hope to have. Yeah i dont like how Kenny is playing atm but he shows glimpses of greatness. I think he thinks too much. Because he shows up when necessary in the 4th.
Do some research on this 70's dynasty. You look good and hard. The SPARK as far as personnel... Andy Russell a '63 draftee. He transitioned from bad times into IT.. Then a GLUE kept them Thru... L.C. Greenwood.
Greenwood and Russell BOTH need HOF jackets! #6 PB's L.C. & #7 Andy. C'mon -who is running that Canton, OH thing?
Totally agree, Greenwood and Russell should be in the HOF. Wagner should also be in the HOF. I can remember him picking off passes all the time and especially at times it was really needed. I remember back in 74, 75 & 76, pretty much the whole defensive starters for the AFC pro bowl wore black helmets. The AFC wore red and white and the NFC wore blue and white uniforms but everybody wore their teams helmets. Greene, Greenwood, Russell, Lambert, Ham, Blount and Wagner were the starters and Edwards, White and Holmes were backups. Those were the days to be a Steeler fan.
The HOF is ridiculous,all of them.
Overall great list, my opinion I like former head coaches as coordinators
I would have love to seen the respect given to Coach Dan 'Bad Rad' Radakovich. The architect of the 'Steel Curtain', if there is any videos that contain that please let me know.
As a little kid growing up during the 70's I was not a fan of the Steelers or the Raiders. I still don't like the Raiders to this day. It was more of a friendly rivalry with my best buddy who I was growing up with. See he liked the Steelers, and I, oh I can't believe that I'm admitting this, I actually liked the Vikings. Being a Lifelong native of Wisconsin, saying that is not a popular topic....lol. However as a kid, I was only 7 or 8, I was a huge Fran Tarkenton, Chuck Foreman, Sammy White, and Ahmad Rashad fan. I was a Fran fan? A fan of Fran? Fran's fan? Sorry. Once I got older and I started to learn and see what the Steelers team had accomplished and had been able to achieve, I had some time to rethink my position. Plus by then I had lost my ability to cheer for the Vikings...lol. I may be a Packers fan, but I am also a Football fan. I love the game, whether it's the NFL, NCAA, WFL, the CFL, or even the old defunct USFL, I love to watch football, and as a fan of the sport you have to respect a franchise like the Steelers, and yes even the Raiders, as well as the Vikings and even the Bears. They've all have been great at some point, and they've all had some incredibly talented, iconic and legendary players. The Steelers definitely have that covered. From Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Lynn Swann, John Stallworth, LC Greenwood and that entire Steel Curtain, they were a force to be reckoned with! There are a lot more players who I didn't mention. That entire team was phenomenal! Fast, agile, powerful, intelligent, innovative, brutal, and again incredibly talented, the Steelers had it all. Their rivalry with the ⭐🤠Dallas⭐Cowboys🤠⭐ were some of the most iconic, amazing, and legendary games ever seen. Plus the Steelers vs. Browns, Bengals, and Raiders? All were hard nosed and tough games. If your a football fan you have to respect the legacy of the Steelers franchise!
I grew up in Boston area..I played football because of the Steelers and Raiders. This is what football is all about. Pittsburg, Lambert Oakland Villipiano
Shula and the Mel Blount rule. How did that work for the Dolphins?
Those Player's for The Steeler's and all other Pro-Football player's after em paid a High Price for those win's CTE.
Needs about 15 more fuckin commercials
Make The Steelers Great Again
The start to make steelers great again is get rid of the plague of Tomlin!!!!! He is a cancer that did not deserve to be there!!
You can CLEARLY see the ball hitting Tatum's Chest at 28:51
Brutal defense !!
Is there a documentary that covers the Cowher era?
Franco Harris accomplished what he did in a 14 week season. 16 week seasons didn't exist until 1978.
Villipiano is just a sore loser. PERIOD. I'm sick and tired of whining Oakland fans. Tatum hit the Ball, Harris caught it and the Steelers won. Give it up
I see you Heights High doing your thang
You played these guys you will be black and blue bloody not something you want to face
back when football was football , now it might as well be flag football
Art Rooney chuck noll put Pittsburgh on the map
Miss the ole 4-3 defense.
the black and yellow
Blitzburgh/KillerBs Next!!!