Thanks to Terry and all the great players around him, we’re still the only team to win back to back SBs on 2 different occasions and all within 6 years. We’ve held that record now for 44 years. And that was a nice interview with Terry.
I'm from Pittsburgh. I grew up in Pittsburgh during the 70's. No one I knew, not my family or extended family or my friends and their families, hated Terry Bradshaw. In fact, for those of us from that era, we still use Bradshaw as that stick in which we measure all other Pittsburgh quarterbacks; including Big Ben. Terry will always be #1 to us yinzers.
Shout out to Terry Bradshaw. I am a lifelong Cowboys fan, but I have the greatest respect for him. It was touching to see him on the field with Jimmy Johnson when Jimmy was inducted into the Cowboys Ring of Honor.
I remember all those Sundays in ‘74 at my grandparents’ house in Aliquippa, PA, with the men drinking, eating, and arguing cats and dogs about Bradshaw, Gilliam, and Hanratty. And Noll. And yeah, the mills weren’t a memory or a shopping mall then. Good time to be in Pittsburgh.
i was there for all of it. He was considered dumb by the fans They wanted Hanratty and Gilliam. Actually the Immaculate reception game was blacked out for 100 miles , i went about 25 miles east to Tyrone Pa to watch the game with my dad. Everyone was bummed out but mildly satisfied then a guy YELLED "HE CAUGHT THE FUCKING BALL" and it all began!!
I worked in engineering at a steel mill in Northeast Texas then. Some employees from a Pittsburgh steel mill visited us on business one day. We asked them about Bradshaw who was kind of a local favorite because he played college ball not far away at Louisiana Tech. They also said that he was too da## dumb.
This is cap. Nobody wanted Gilliam over a white QB back then. Whites weren’t willing to accept blacks playing the NFL’s most prized position, and many still don’t like it even today. Gilliam was an 11th round draft pick. He wasn’t projected to be a star.
I grew up in that era and was a big football fan. With the NFL films and Monday Night Football halftime replays done by Howard Cosell, I got this impression that it was all glory and thought how great and easy life must be for the players who got to play. I think Terry's interviews paint a realistic picture that isn't all that different from what the rest of us experience at work, which is that you can have a difficult boss and people looking over your shoulder, all of which results in anxiety, anger, and more than a few sleepless nights. He does sometimes trend negative, but you get to see that success comes with a lot of struggle. As a Vikings fan all the way back in January 1975, I wasn't a big fan of his then, but I am now.
One of the greatest memories of my childhood was the original TB12 sliding on his butt in the freezing rain against the Houston Oilers in the AFC championship game. I was there with my dad. Three Rivers Stadium. Section 278. Row E, seats 3 and 4, though seat 4 never had the number 4 on it. We went all the time and we loved you Terry.
I worked for the Steelers from 1970-75. I was at camp and during games, the sidelines. Terry would remember me as "Red." To me, Terry was well-liked, and all of us knew he could throw a football. The Steelers were consistent losers, but by 1970 the city, especially season ticket holders, were ready for a change. They knew how good the team could be. They wanted that change quickly. Back to TB, I did not ever hear a bad word about him. I worked with Jack, Tony, Ralph, Bobby, et al, and we knew TB was special. I still need to thank TB for a special gift. When I left the Army, he greeted me at the plane door at Pgh airport. I served 4 years, most in the 82d airborne. All my buddies wanted to know about TB & Joe Green. Transitions can be difficult. Noll brought in Babe (former Boston Pats QB) to aid TB in becoming a great QB. My view is it worked, and I suspect it was a difficult move for Noll. TB would know better about that, and the value of Babe. I liked Coach Noll, but I wasn't playing for him. I liked TB (& still do), but I didn't play with him. My view of the tension is some folks view things from the margins and kinda/sorta miss the folks in the middle. The middle is much larger than the margins. Pgh has a lot of respect for TB and what he did for a long-standing mediocre team. Best wishes, TB.
What a great story! First and foremost thank you and your family for your service. After listening to Bradshaw say how difficult it was for him it’s nice to read your prospective and to hear that the Steelers organization really did care for him.
@@WideTier I should add that I went to camp at 14 yrs old. Prior to many games TB would throw to me. A 60 yard pass was easy for him. I had to relay the ball back to him. TB may remember a game at 3 rivers vs the Browns. I was the ball boy on the Steelers sidelines. Weather was kinda cool and damp, kinda like a regular London mist. I put a ball against my stomach, under the slicker I wore. Browns were ahead. Steelers have one last drive. Touchdown wins the game. The ball is warm & dry. Steelers are near the Browns'' 10 yard line. I throw that ball to the refs. [One has to understand the refs checked the balls before each game, and a ball is a ball, etc.] The left cornerback for the Browns is screaming at me. He's yelling at the refs & me. To him, that ball was illegal & I committed a crime. TB calls a pass. Touchdown. Jim (clickety) Clack, playing center comes over and thanks me. TB does the same. The receiver (I've forgotten who caught the ball) thanked me. The whole time I'm watching the corner hoping he doesn't come after me. In the locker room more players thanked me for that warm & dry ball. Small contribution in my view. I waited for the Browns to leave the field before I did. I did not want to meet their corner. Back to TB: he didn't need a warm & dry ball to win games, and all knew that. Fans can be fickle. One day you're great, but the next day you're not. It's unrealistic to expect them to always be on your side. However, fans should know that TB did not ever - in my view - stop signing balls. That was one of my tasks: get players to sign balls. TB was gracious, regardless of the circumstances. 99% of the Steelers were, too. In closing, I hope TB & Steeler fans regard TB as a thoughtful, talented team player. Sincerely,
@@tnrodgers I had a draft card, but I enlisted. Old Pgh airport, not much security. Not sure how Terry saw me. He walked to the a/c door and we shook hands. That was the first & last time I wore Army greens home; jump boots, senior para badge & Pathfinder badge.
The picture of those four defensive lineman at 5:20. How would you like to try to run the football by them. I remember those days when they were playing.
I was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio about 60 miles west of Pittsburgh and I 'm a lifelong Steeler fan. I watched Terry's trials in Pittsburgh first hand. It was really hard on him when they pulled him, started Joe Gilliam, and then Terry Hanratty. Finally, he got his job back and the rest is history. He had a rooting section called "Bradshaw's Bombers", just like Franco's "Italian Army." I wish you could all experience those Steeler times. Terry is still one of my favorite Steelers of all time, but remember, don't "Knock the Rock", Rocky Bleier, #20 and a Vietnam combat vet, my Brother in arms!
In 1970, brilliant Chuck Noll gave rookie QB Terry Bradshaw ALL rookie WR and one rookie TE and expected Terry to call all of the plays. A rookie QB can use help.
Bradshaw interviews always go negative, more than any other sports figure. He always gets emotional, but I have to remind myself that we are tapping into bad memories from a 21 yr old (child). Never would have guessed fear of losing was a motivation. He stepped up his game like no other (statistically proven) in the big game. It's not just you Bradshaw, ask other players - they dwell on their big losses more than celebrate their wins (Mike Curtis was extreme). I felt he was peaking in 83, when he got hurt. I wonder if a few years of more success would have provided better therapy.
In addition to Bradshaw being so much better in the playoffs than the regular season, he really got a boost when they changed the rules. His best year was 1978.
I don't know if it's the fear of losing or the hurt of losing but I can totally relate. My wife and I have often discussed this. I would a million times rather not ever get/achieve 'X' than to get there and lose. I hate it. I would rather go 9-6 than14-1, especially if that one loss is the championship. My wife would be ecstatic over being14-1 and losing the championship. She would be proud and enjoy her great season. I only remember the one loss and would be po'd every time I think about it which would be often. I envy my wife but at the same time think she doesn't value winning enough. I don't know how the guys on the Bills team lived with themselves. Losing 3 Super bowls in a row? Just shoot me.
I lived in NY but had a Bradshaw Jersey in 1973 due to that crazy Oakland game in 1972. Always rooted for him and realized he was very immature years later but that was on him. Many QBs had tough coaches, he was too thin skinned. Still a fan of his!
The controversy of the immaculate reception was not whether or not Franco Harris caught the ball. Even with the technology of that time it was clear. Franco caught the ball in the air. The controversy was whether it hit Jack Tatum first or Frenchy Fuqua. The way the rules were at the time, if the ball hit Frenchy Fuqua first, it would’ve been an incomplete pass. But if it hit the defending player, Jack Tatum first, then it was a legal play. Thank God they changed that rule. To me, it clearly look like the ball hit Jack Tatum first, and then rebounded to the spot where Franco Harris was, and the rest is history.
The fact of the matter is that Joe Gilliam was never better than Terry Bradshaw. He was successful because the Steelers were a great team. Further proof is that he was out of the league within the next three years because he had a drug addiction.
The City, the fan base, were hard-nosed people... A large portion worked the coal mines or steel. I grew up in the area. We all thought he was too sensitive. Yes, Noll was a hard ass. Terry had no structure in college. Whether he realized it or not, he needed a guy like Noll to bring out the best in him.
Brother no one ever did it. As GREAT as the 70 STEELERS and TERRY WE THE FANS LOVED YOU... ,the Media just wanted to make themselves relevant .. MOST of the MEDIA never played the GAME... BUNCH OF SISSIES PROBABLY NEVER BEEN KNOCKED ON THEIR ASSES.. BACK THEN THE GAME WAS STICK EM TRY TO PUT YOUR HELMET THRU YOUR OPPONENT... Those were the DAYS.. LOVE YOU TERRY .. ....
Terry Bradshaw won his Superbowl rings between my eleventh birthday and my eighteenth birthday. There may have been old men and contemporaries of Mr Bradshaw who didn't like him early in his career, but there were always fans there, too.
I find this to be sad. Bradshaw isn't the first athlete to overcome adversity, but he might be the first to do so and attain incredible success on the field and beyond, yet remain bitter at someone who unquestionably had a hand in his success. In 10 years Chuck Noll turned the NFL's worst franchise into 4-time Super Bowl champions and a dynasty. I grew up in western PA and Bradshaw was fantastic after his rough start. After '74, he was never again challenged as the starting QB. His HOF career is why he's so accomplished as an NFL commentator. He's got Noll to thank for that. Had he been drafted by the Saints, he'd be long forgotten now.
Yikes…bitter is not exactly a word I would use to describe Terry here. In any way. Maybe examine yourself for any bias favoring the organization over the individual.
I'm not basing my opinion on just this video. Terry has commented numerous times regarding his relationship with Noll and it's seldom if ever been positive. For the record, I hold Bradshaw in very high regard as a player. He's the best to ever play QB in Pittsburgh. After 1974, the starting job was his until his career ended. @@jeremyapache
Without Bradshaw Noll may not have won a single superbowl. Almost every great coach got there with a great QB. Belichick with Brady, Bill Walsh with Montana, etc.
I was a kid in Pittsburgh during this time and never heard anything from fans hating Bradshaw, that was the media with newspaper articles making him out to be an idiot when he was doing the best he could.
I love seeing the Immaculate Reception...cause it reminds me the next game was in Three Rivers for the AFC Championship against the undefeated Miami Dolphins (the Championship game rotated between divisions in the AFC back then, thus the Dolphins with the better record had to play an away game)...of course we know what happened in '72...the Dolphins beat the Steelers in their house and went on to win the SB with a perfect record.
Terry is so ungrateful and sour grapes about his relationship with Noll. Would he have had a better relationship with Landry, Madden or Shula?? Most likely not. Chuck put up with alot of antics from Bradshaw. Then to top it off he didn't attend the funeral of Art Rooney ,Noll and other Steelers whose funerals were in Pittsburgh!!! He needs to think about had it not been for Noll he wouldn't have 4 rings and a bust in Canton. Had he gone to Atlanta or New Orleans or even Dall-ass we wouldn't be watching him whine about how terrible his life was. This is also the man who criticized John Elway for not wanting to play in Baltimore.
I know Chuck Noll was a private man, but it would have been cool if John Madden and he would have been friends after their coaching days were over. Although as a Steelers fan, I hated the Raiders, Bradshaw was right. They were two similar teams, and they made each other better because of the rivalry. A “happily ever after” ding to the story would have been having the two men responsible for that success became close friends.
TB deserves HOF as much as Joe Namath. Any decent QB could have won with that Steelers team. 212 TD 210 INT. So many right time right place players in HOF. Jeez Trent Dilfer won with a similar team. Big Shot Bob won multiple rings on NBA. Put em all in HOF lol
The Vikings were really good. The Vikings might have won that super bowl if it wasn't for the weather. It's my feeling that the weather impacted the Vikings more than it did the Steelers. The Vikings relied more on Tarkenton's abilities to make plays, while the Steelers were about running, and especially running to the outside with Franco. The slick field kept Tarkenton and the Vikings receivers in check while Harris ran all these short baby step runs to keep progressing down the field. That was the Super Bowl that the Vikings really got snake bit by, and they probably would have won it if the Superdome would have been ready in time.
Yet his coaches and teammates didn’t go around talking sh!t about him. Yeah, I’m referring to how the LoB (Sherm, Kam, and KJ) treated Russ, and how Sean Payton treated Russ. People act like the entire LoB hated Russ. Truth is, only Sherm and Kam showed disdain for him. ET called him a friend. Bennett, BWags, Avril, and Shead liked him and defended him. They showed up at his parties and invited him to theirs. I just have a real problem with athletes and coaches taking sh!t outside the locker room. And note how coaches like Chuck Noll, Bill Belichick, and other coaches had QBs they didn’t care for personally but worked with them. There goes Sean Payton’s excuse.
LOB did not hate Russ... They just reminded people that he wasn't held accountable for his failures as the defense was. They were pushed, Russ was coddled and excused. LOB was the Hood, Wilson suburban. LOB gritty realty, Russ' Positivity & Word of Faith.
I find it sad that he didn't find in his heart to tell the truth that Joe Gilliam led Pitt to a 11-1 record before they pulled him..for Bradshaw. The city didn't like Joe Gilliam
Pickett will be okay. Everyone needs to lighten up. It will be okay. The more the local media is impatient. Fuck the local media. Stick with it. Pickett will be okay. Go Steelers!!
I have not been able to look at Bradshaw the same way since he sat on the set with Howie, Jimmy and the guys and with a huge smile on his face proclaimed; “You’re either accurate or you’re not. Josh Allen is not accurate.” During Allen’s second year. I’m a life long Bills fan that waited over 20 years for the Bills to find Jim Kelly’s replacement, and all I want is for this big athletic kid to fill those cleats. And the 4 time SB winning Hall of Fame legend Terry Bradshaw dismisses those chances as if he were talking about Ryan Leaf. In fact I was so upset I looked up Terry Bradshaw’s career completion percentages: 50%! But nobody cares 4-0 in SB’s HOF of course being completely average as a thrower meant nothing to Bradshaw’s career. My favorite team and all time favorite QB went 0-4 in four straight SB’s. Who am I to criticize Terry Bradshaw for Heaven’s sake?? However, since Bradshaw criticized Josh Allen and wrote him off as never becoming accurate, Allen has raised his career completion percentage to a quite excellent 63.2% after coming out of little Wyoming as a 54% passer. And despite all of his frustrating turnovers, Josh Allen is still one of the best QB’s in the NFL today.
The fans were working the steel Mills and coal mines. They didn't have time for a guy who wanted to be coddled. It wasn't that he was from the south, they didn't think he was tough enough. I grew up in the area during that time. It wasn't a black and white or north and south thing. Hell, Joe and Mel still live in the are.
@@burgcarli929 Yeah, not black or white, I know that. But Terry was tough, he just had that southern drawl that, back then, people from the north associated with intelligence, or lack thereof. You make good points about the men from the steel mills and coal mines. They were getting old waiting on the Steelers to become a contender. I believe Terry and Joe live in the Dallas area, and Mel and John live in the Pittsburgh area but I’ll look it up.
Terry, you won the fans over in 1977 when playing with a broken wrist you literally carried the team on your back. Another turning point was the hiring of a quarter back's coach. Also you called your own plays.
Haven’t watched this video, only read the thumbnail Bradshaw needs to let that crap go. A. It’s been over 50 years ago B. How can you expect them to have “liked you” prior to you accomplishing anything positive? Ridiculous * I’ve heard him whining about it before on other interviews. Some people will find, magnify and never let go of the negative in any given situation even if said negative only makes up 0.01% of the whole. Again…. Ridiculous
Greatest QB of the modern era....greater than Brady and Maholmes.....they can only call an audible....Bradshaw called EVERY PLAY IN COLLEGE AND THE PROS.......4 super bowls in 6 years....now the League is pure statistics....Payton Manning, statistics...2 super bowls...Eli, 2 super bowls against who, the goat.......Payton, hall of fame......Eli, ..... Eli did what Dan Marion couldn't.........pardon the misspelling
It's NOLL, and he was nothing like that other guy you named. Chuck Noll did his best to avoid publicity and never used the media to "send messages" to his players. The other guy became rather full of himself right after the Giants won their first Super Bowl and never got tired of people kissing his ass. To hear him tell it, he invented football.
When they drafted Bradshaw Chuck Noll and Steeler managers said he was dumb. He got hurt and Joe Gilliam came in and won 8 games and they went back to Bradshaw because the fans hated the fact that a black quarterback was better.
@@Raider352 it doesn't matter if you witnessed it a lot of people witnessed stuff in the wrong on it the other guy never won a super bowl became inconsistent and and became irrelevant and was not good how the hell you going to say somebody is as good as somebody else one guy won four super bowls one guy one zero get the hell out of here with what you witnessed you're not honest that other guy lost his job I watched some of it and looked at his stats because he was terrible
@@Alphasports576 His job was taken because of the Racist ass fans in Pittsburgh. All that bs you wrote I wouldn't waste my time reading that crap you must one of those either from Pittsburgh or Louisiana.
I cant listen to Joe Buck. I stopped watching this video because of him. Whenever He is on tv I mute or change the channel. Looking for alternative radio broadcasts. He has no business calling Football games? He must be a Plant from Hollyweird. I wonder if Katt W knows anything?
Have heard this story before, over time. Chuck Noll was a dick. But, all old skool coaches were dicks. You each need to decide: did that make TB better, or did that make him worse as a QB? Sure as hell hurt his feelings and changed him as a human.
I always heard that Chuck Noll was a really likable guy that was good to his players and treated them all very well, except for Bradshaw who he treated like shit, which messed with Bradshaw's head. It was like "why am I the only person this guy hates?" which was the last thing a sensitive guy like Bradshaw needed.
@@thegrinch7989 Bradshaw admitted many times that he didn't study the playbook or look at much game film, and that angered Noll at his lack of prep. Chuck knew he could yell at Terry and he'd respond.
Thanks to Terry and all the great players around him, we’re still the only team to win back to back SBs on 2 different occasions and all within 6 years. We’ve held that record now for 44 years. And that was a nice interview with Terry.
Who's we?
U were on those teams?
Green Bay had a nice run in the 60’s with Lombardi. They just didn’t call it the Super Bowl. Same game. Different name
@@davidd5407 everyone talks like that whether it's college or pro. So just keep on hating.
I'm from Pittsburgh. I grew up in Pittsburgh during the 70's. No one I knew, not my family or extended family or my friends and their families, hated Terry Bradshaw. In fact, for those of us from that era, we still use Bradshaw as that stick in which we measure all other Pittsburgh quarterbacks; including Big Ben. Terry will always be #1 to us yinzers.
I live outside Pittsburgh about 40 min in Indiana County.We ALL yinzers feel the same! Terry's will always be a sports hero in our family...
Shout out to Terry Bradshaw. I am a lifelong Cowboys fan, but I have the greatest respect for him. It was touching to see him on the field with Jimmy Johnson when Jimmy was inducted into the Cowboys Ring of Honor.
I ALWAYS liked Terry Bradshaw. Always.
I remember all those Sundays in ‘74 at my grandparents’ house in Aliquippa, PA, with the men drinking, eating, and arguing cats and dogs about Bradshaw, Gilliam, and Hanratty. And Noll. And yeah, the mills weren’t a memory or a shopping mall then. Good time to be in Pittsburgh.
The more I hear from Terry Bradshaw, as to the older I've become. I can relate in my own life in how one gets angry to get somewhere.
i was there for all of it. He was considered dumb by the fans They wanted Hanratty and Gilliam. Actually the Immaculate reception game was blacked out for 100 miles , i went about 25 miles east to Tyrone Pa to watch the game with my dad. Everyone was bummed out but mildly satisfied then a guy YELLED "HE CAUGHT THE FUCKING BALL" and it all began!!
I worked in engineering at a steel mill in Northeast Texas then. Some employees from a Pittsburgh steel mill visited us on business one day. We asked them about Bradshaw who was kind of a local favorite because he played college ball not far away at Louisiana Tech. They also said that he was too da## dumb.
This is cap. Nobody wanted Gilliam over a white QB back then. Whites weren’t willing to accept blacks playing the NFL’s most prized position, and many still don’t like it even today. Gilliam was an 11th round draft pick. He wasn’t projected to be a star.
The Steelers Dynasty started with Joe Greene and finished with Terry Bradshaw. 2 Warriors that still shine.
I grew up in that era and was a big football fan. With the NFL films and Monday Night Football halftime replays done by Howard Cosell, I got this impression that it was all glory and thought how great and easy life must be for the players who got to play. I think Terry's interviews paint a realistic picture that isn't all that different from what the rest of us experience at work, which is that you can have a difficult boss and people looking over your shoulder, all of which results in anxiety, anger, and more than a few sleepless nights. He does sometimes trend negative, but you get to see that success comes with a lot of struggle. As a Vikings fan all the way back in January 1975, I wasn't a big fan of his then, but I am now.
My childhood hero by a country mile. Thank you for the fondest of memories any adolescent boy could ever dream of having.
One of the greatest memories of my childhood was the original TB12 sliding on his butt in the freezing rain against the Houston Oilers in the AFC championship game. I was there with my dad. Three Rivers Stadium. Section 278. Row E, seats 3 and 4, though seat 4 never had the number 4 on it. We went all the time and we loved you Terry.
Raiders fan here. Terry is underrated. Probably always will be.
I worked for the Steelers from 1970-75. I was at camp and during games, the sidelines. Terry would remember me as "Red." To me, Terry was well-liked, and all of us knew he could throw a football. The Steelers were consistent losers, but by 1970 the city, especially season ticket holders, were ready for a change. They knew how good the team could be. They wanted that change quickly. Back to TB, I did not ever hear a bad word about him. I worked with Jack, Tony, Ralph, Bobby, et al, and we knew TB was special. I still need to thank TB for a special gift. When I left the Army, he greeted me at the plane door at Pgh airport. I served 4 years, most in the 82d airborne. All my buddies wanted to know about TB & Joe Green.
Transitions can be difficult. Noll brought in Babe (former Boston Pats QB) to aid TB in becoming a great QB. My view is it worked, and I suspect it was a difficult move for Noll. TB would know better about that, and the value of Babe. I liked Coach Noll, but I wasn't playing for him. I liked TB (& still do), but I didn't play with him. My view of the tension is some folks view things from the margins and kinda/sorta miss the folks in the middle. The middle is much larger than the margins. Pgh has a lot of respect for TB and what he did for a long-standing mediocre team.
Best wishes, TB.
What a great story! First and foremost thank you and your family for your service. After listening to Bradshaw say how difficult it was for him it’s nice to read your prospective and to hear that the Steelers organization really did care for him.
@@WideTier I should add that I went to camp at 14 yrs old. Prior to many games TB would throw to me. A 60 yard pass was easy for him. I had to relay the ball back to him. TB may remember a game at 3 rivers vs the Browns. I was the ball boy on the Steelers sidelines. Weather was kinda cool and damp, kinda like a regular London mist. I put a ball against my stomach, under the slicker I wore. Browns were ahead. Steelers have one last drive. Touchdown wins the game. The ball is warm & dry. Steelers are near the Browns'' 10 yard line. I throw that ball to the refs. [One has to understand the refs checked the balls before each game, and a ball is a ball, etc.] The left cornerback for the Browns is screaming at me. He's yelling at the refs & me. To him, that ball was illegal & I committed a crime. TB calls a pass. Touchdown. Jim (clickety) Clack, playing center comes over and thanks me. TB does the same. The receiver (I've forgotten who caught the ball) thanked me. The whole time I'm watching the corner hoping he doesn't come after me. In the locker room more players thanked me for that warm & dry ball. Small contribution in my view. I waited for the Browns to leave the field before I did. I did not want to meet their corner. Back to TB: he didn't need a warm & dry ball to win games, and all knew that. Fans can be fickle. One day you're great, but the next day you're not. It's unrealistic to expect them to always be on your side. However, fans should know that TB did not ever - in my view - stop signing balls. That was one of my tasks: get players to sign balls. TB was gracious, regardless of the circumstances. 99% of the Steelers were, too. In closing, I hope TB & Steeler fans regard TB as a thoughtful, talented team player. Sincerely,
@@TC-ti2srsuch a great read. Thanks for your service, assuming you were drafted at 18 or so? TB meeting you upon your return, outstanding!
@@tnrodgers I had a draft card, but I enlisted. Old Pgh airport, not much security. Not sure how Terry saw me. He walked to the a/c door and we shook hands. That was the first & last time I wore Army greens home; jump boots, senior para badge & Pathfinder badge.
@@TC-ti2sr Nicely done! Again, thank you for your service.
The picture of those four defensive lineman at 5:20. How would you like to try to run the football by them. I remember those days when they were playing.
Likes his honesty.
Never been a greater dynasty than Terry’s Steelers.
what about the 1950's Browns?
@@horaceball5418Can we go with in the Super Bowl era? Kinda hard to beat Green Bay in the 60's.
No one can argue against those dominant Packer teams.@@chizorama
Aikman’s cowboys>>>>
@@chizorama Won two Super Bowls then went to sleep for 30 years
Joe Greene told the team Terry was their guy, you don't argue with Joe, & the rest is history...
He was crazy we loved Terry as a qb.
My favorite quarterback of the 70 s
I was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio about 60 miles west of Pittsburgh and I 'm a lifelong Steeler fan. I watched Terry's trials in Pittsburgh first hand. It was really hard on him when they pulled him, started Joe Gilliam, and then Terry Hanratty. Finally, he got his job back and the rest is history. He had a rooting section called "Bradshaw's Bombers", just like Franco's "Italian Army." I wish you could all experience those Steeler times. Terry is still one of my favorite Steelers of all time, but remember, don't "Knock the Rock", Rocky Bleier, #20 and a Vietnam combat vet, my Brother in arms!
In 1970, brilliant Chuck Noll gave rookie QB Terry Bradshaw ALL rookie WR and one rookie TE and expected Terry to call all of the plays. A rookie QB can use help.
In the end, no one would know Terry Bradshaw if it hadn't been for Chuck Noll, and the great players he assembled.
Bradshaw interviews always go negative, more than any other sports figure. He always gets emotional, but I have to remind myself that we are tapping into bad memories from a 21 yr old (child). Never would have guessed fear of losing was a motivation. He stepped up his game like no other (statistically proven) in the big game. It's not just you Bradshaw, ask other players - they dwell on their big losses more than celebrate their wins (Mike Curtis was extreme). I felt he was peaking in 83, when he got hurt. I wonder if a few years of more success would have provided better therapy.
In addition to Bradshaw being so much better in the playoffs than the regular season, he really got a boost when they changed the rules. His best year was 1978.
I don't know if it's the fear of losing or the hurt of losing but I can totally relate. My wife and I have often discussed this. I would a million times rather not ever get/achieve 'X' than to get there and lose. I hate it. I would rather go 9-6 than14-1, especially if that one loss is the championship. My wife would be ecstatic over being14-1 and losing the championship. She would be proud and enjoy her great season. I only remember the one loss and would be po'd every time I think about it which would be often. I envy my wife but at the same time think she doesn't value winning enough. I don't know how the guys on the Bills team lived with themselves. Losing 3 Super bowls in a row? Just shoot me.
larry brown 1971-1984 was the greatest "overlooked" steeler
Steelers of the 70s by far the greatest team of all time
What's the matter with Buck? The controversy was whether or not the ball hit Jack Tatum.
Yup, probably too young to know the rules of that time
I lived in NY but had a Bradshaw Jersey in 1973 due to that crazy Oakland game in 1972. Always rooted for him and realized he was very immature years later but that was on him. Many QBs had tough coaches, he was too thin skinned. Still a fan of his!
The controversy of the immaculate reception was not whether or not Franco Harris caught the ball. Even with the technology of that time it was clear. Franco caught the ball in the air. The controversy was whether it hit Jack Tatum first or Frenchy Fuqua. The way the rules were at the time, if the ball hit Frenchy Fuqua first, it would’ve been an incomplete pass. But if it hit the defending player, Jack Tatum first, then it was a legal play. Thank God they changed that rule.
To me, it clearly look like the ball hit Jack Tatum first, and then rebounded to the spot where Franco Harris was, and the rest is history.
The fact of the matter is that Joe Gilliam was never better than Terry Bradshaw. He was successful because the Steelers were a great team. Further proof is that he was out of the league within the next three years because he had a drug addiction.
The City, the fan base, were hard-nosed people... A large portion worked the coal mines or steel. I grew up in the area. We all thought he was too sensitive. Yes, Noll was a hard ass. Terry had no structure in college. Whether he realized it or not, he needed a guy like Noll to bring out the best in him.
Brother no one ever did it. As GREAT as the 70 STEELERS and TERRY WE THE FANS LOVED YOU... ,the Media just wanted to make themselves relevant .. MOST of the MEDIA never played the GAME... BUNCH OF SISSIES PROBABLY NEVER BEEN KNOCKED ON THEIR ASSES.. BACK THEN THE GAME WAS STICK EM TRY TO PUT YOUR HELMET THRU YOUR OPPONENT... Those were the DAYS.. LOVE YOU TERRY
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Very interesting & insightful
offensive line was great from 1970-1979
Wow Jim Clack. As a Giants fan I remember him being part of the Giants my first years watching on tv.
There are certain relationships that I find endlessly fascinating, and one of them was the relationship between Chuck Noll and Terry Bradshaw.
Terry Bradshaw won his Superbowl rings between my eleventh birthday and my eighteenth birthday.
There may have been old men and contemporaries of Mr Bradshaw who didn't like him early in his career, but there were always fans there, too.
My second Greatest Quarterback ever.
YOU MAY LOSE WITH ME BUT, YOU'LL NEVER WIN WITHOUT ME!!!!!!!!
THANKS AGAIN TERRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Terry Bradshaw threw a beautiful pass.. And he won The Super Bowl 4 Times!!!!😂
My childhood hero. That is all.
I have never heard how the Steelers got the home playoff game against Miami since they were undefeated.
They alternated by division who got the AFC Championship at home until 1975.
We loved Terry
Where's the rest of the interview???
I find this to be sad. Bradshaw isn't the first athlete to overcome adversity, but he might be the first to do so and attain incredible success on the field and beyond, yet remain bitter at someone who unquestionably had a hand in his success. In 10 years Chuck Noll turned the NFL's worst franchise into 4-time Super Bowl champions and a dynasty. I grew up in western PA and Bradshaw was fantastic after his rough start. After '74, he was never again challenged as the starting QB. His HOF career is why he's so accomplished as an NFL commentator. He's got Noll to thank for that. Had he been drafted by the Saints, he'd be long forgotten now.
Yikes…bitter is not exactly a word I would use to describe Terry here. In any way. Maybe examine yourself for any bias favoring the organization over the individual.
Terry remains bitter to the end.
I'm not basing my opinion on just this video. Terry has commented numerous times regarding his relationship with Noll and it's seldom if ever been positive. For the record, I hold Bradshaw in very high regard as a player. He's the best to ever play QB in Pittsburgh. After 1974, the starting job was his until his career ended. @@jeremyapache
Without Bradshaw Noll may not have won a single superbowl. Almost every great coach got there with a great QB. Belichick with Brady, Bill Walsh with Montana, etc.
I agree, but the reverse applies as well. Without Noll, Bradshaw may never have won a Super Bowl. @@RandyHill-bj9pc
The great Terry Bradshaw!
I was a kid in Pittsburgh during this time and never heard anything from fans hating Bradshaw, that was the media with newspaper articles making him out to be an idiot when he was doing the best he could.
Hahaha! Joe Buck in lipstick! 😂😂
Sounds like you were looking pretty close to the man's lips.
@@donreynolds1229 nice try but it was the wife who outted Joe.
Right? The camera was not kind.
I love seeing the Immaculate Reception...cause it reminds me the next game was in Three Rivers for the AFC Championship against the undefeated Miami Dolphins (the Championship game rotated between divisions in the AFC back then, thus the Dolphins with the better record had to play an away game)...of course we know what happened in '72...the Dolphins beat the Steelers in their house and went on to win the SB with a perfect record.
Terry was THE MAN! THE GUY! Period end of story!!! CHANGE MY MIND!
Terry is so ungrateful and sour grapes about his relationship with Noll. Would he have had a better relationship with Landry, Madden or Shula?? Most likely not. Chuck put up with alot of antics from Bradshaw. Then to top it off he didn't attend the funeral of Art Rooney ,Noll and other Steelers whose funerals were in Pittsburgh!!! He needs to think about had it not been for Noll he wouldn't have 4 rings and a bust in Canton. Had he gone to Atlanta or New Orleans or even Dall-ass we wouldn't be watching him whine about how terrible his life was. This is also the man who criticized John Elway for not wanting to play in Baltimore.
I don't attend funerals especially people who did me wrong.
I know Chuck Noll was a private man, but it would have been cool if John Madden and he would have been friends after their coaching days were over. Although as a Steelers fan, I hated the Raiders, Bradshaw was right. They were two similar teams, and they made each other better because of the rivalry. A “happily ever after” ding to the story would have been having the two men responsible for that success became close friends.
Terry Bradshaw was Buddy Rich's favorite player. Just thought I'd throw that in .
From 1970, Terry appears to be the unlikely hero that he was to be in the mid to late 70s.
Is Steeler history repeating itself with Mason Rudolph at QB ?
Good question.
@@lindaangus2307ain’t no bombs away from Kenny
No Mason is leaving Pittsburgh or going back to the bench. Kenny is starter they hired an offensive coordinator to help him. Tomlin already said this
TB deserves HOF as much as Joe Namath.
Any decent QB could have won with that Steelers team. 212 TD 210 INT.
So many right time right place players in HOF.
Jeez Trent Dilfer won with a similar team.
Big Shot Bob won multiple rings on NBA.
Put em all in HOF lol
Forgive us Uncle Terry. We knew not the heights to which you'd take us.
Just k ow you was my hero and Lways will be
Picture Terry with the Saints, Manning with the Steelers!
I was a huge Dolphins fan
Hated Bradshaw
But damn he was good
No one threw a prettier ball than Terry.
I like you Terry !!!!!! Although I don't care for the Steelers,,,,,
Joe Buck's lipstick is unsettling.
The Vikings were really good. The Vikings might have won that super bowl if it wasn't for the weather. It's my feeling that the weather impacted the Vikings more than it did the Steelers. The Vikings relied more on Tarkenton's abilities to make plays, while the Steelers were about running, and especially running to the outside with Franco. The slick field kept Tarkenton and the Vikings receivers in check while Harris ran all these short baby step runs to keep progressing down the field. That was the Super Bowl that the Vikings really got snake bit by, and they probably would have won it if the Superdome would have been ready in time.
😂
Never ask 'im about the Great Ed O'Neil.
They were a year apart in training camp and O'Neill didn't make the team in 1969.
Yet his coaches and teammates didn’t go around talking sh!t about him. Yeah, I’m referring to how the LoB (Sherm, Kam, and KJ) treated Russ, and how Sean Payton treated Russ.
People act like the entire LoB hated Russ. Truth is, only Sherm and Kam showed disdain for him. ET called him a friend. Bennett, BWags, Avril, and Shead liked him and defended him. They showed up at his parties and invited him to theirs.
I just have a real problem with athletes and coaches taking sh!t outside the locker room.
And note how coaches like Chuck Noll, Bill Belichick, and other coaches had QBs they didn’t care for personally but worked with them. There goes Sean Payton’s excuse.
LOB did not hate Russ...
They just reminded people that he wasn't held accountable for his failures as the defense was.
They were pushed, Russ was coddled and excused.
LOB was the Hood, Wilson suburban.
LOB gritty realty, Russ' Positivity & Word of Faith.
USED TO RESPECT TERRY !!! AFTER BASHING KC CHIEFS ON a 3 PEAT !!! That WAS IT FOR ME, HE'S DD TO ME NOW.
I find it sad that he didn't find in his heart to tell the truth that Joe Gilliam led Pitt to a 11-1 record before they pulled him..for Bradshaw. The city didn't like Joe Gilliam
Reminds me of Mason 😂
Except Mason was better his first season playing but the steelers fans still hate him.
@@Dee-nonamnamrson8718 true
Not even close Terry is a Hall of Fame QB Mason is leaving the Steelers or going back to the bench Tomlin already said Kenny is the starter
@@johneaston918 for the preseason then he loses his job to whoever is 2nd to him
Great great football player. Behind a microphone - not so much.
Bradshaw was dumb! He went over the game plan and Called his Own Plays ! Won Four Superbowls! He had to be dumb !
There will only one terry Bradshaw cause he was the only one that could beat Roger in the 70😵💫😵
Pickett will be okay. Everyone needs to lighten up. It will be okay. The more the local media is impatient. Fuck the local media. Stick with it. Pickett will be okay. Go Steelers!!
I have not been able to look at Bradshaw the same way since he sat on the set with Howie, Jimmy and the guys and with a huge smile on his face proclaimed; “You’re either accurate or you’re not. Josh Allen is not accurate.” During Allen’s second year. I’m a life long Bills fan that waited over 20 years for the Bills to find Jim Kelly’s replacement, and all I want is for this big athletic kid to fill those cleats. And the 4 time SB winning Hall of Fame legend Terry Bradshaw dismisses those chances as if he were talking about Ryan Leaf. In fact I was so upset I looked up Terry Bradshaw’s career completion percentages: 50%! But nobody cares 4-0 in SB’s HOF of course being completely average as a thrower meant nothing to Bradshaw’s career. My favorite team and all time favorite QB went 0-4 in four straight SB’s. Who am I to criticize Terry Bradshaw for Heaven’s sake?? However, since Bradshaw criticized Josh Allen and wrote him off as never becoming accurate, Allen has raised his career completion percentage to a quite excellent 63.2% after coming out of little Wyoming as a 54% passer. And despite all of his frustrating turnovers, Josh Allen is still one of the best QB’s in the NFL today.
The local media expects Patrick Maholmes play. It will be okay. Give it a rest.
People called him a stupid quarterback cuz he couldn't read defenses good
They wanted a yankee QB. Unfortunately Joe Greene, Bradshaw, Stallworth and Blount were southerners.
The fans were working the steel Mills and coal mines. They didn't have time for a guy who wanted to be coddled. It wasn't that he was from the south, they didn't think he was tough enough. I grew up in the area during that time. It wasn't a black and white or north and south thing. Hell, Joe and Mel still live in the are.
@@burgcarli929 Yeah, not black or white, I know that. But Terry was tough, he just had that southern drawl that, back then, people from the north associated with intelligence, or lack thereof. You make good points about the men from the steel mills and coal mines. They were getting old waiting on the Steelers to become a contender. I believe Terry and Joe live in the Dallas area, and Mel and John live in the Pittsburgh area but I’ll look it up.
I liked him as a player… but then he started talking…
They thought he was too dumb to be a pro QB...
Terry, you won the fans over in 1977 when playing with a broken wrist you literally carried the team on your back. Another turning point was the hiring of a quarter back's coach. Also you called your own plays.
It's a horse dewormer, it's a horse dewormer.
Haven’t watched this video, only read the thumbnail
Bradshaw needs to let that crap go.
A. It’s been over 50 years ago
B. How can you expect them to have “liked you” prior to you accomplishing anything positive?
Ridiculous
* I’ve heard him whining about it before on other interviews. Some people will find, magnify and never let go of the negative in any given situation even if said negative only makes up 0.01% of the whole.
Again…. Ridiculous
Think if Archie Manning had been on the Steelers
Why? Manning ended up exactly where he was supposed to be.
I thought people mellowed in old age , why is it when millennials complain we are soil and soft.
Bradshaw won 4 SBs and nobody can take that away from him. Bradshaw is an annoying dork and nobody can take that away from him.
Greatest QB of the modern era....greater than Brady and Maholmes.....they can only call an audible....Bradshaw called EVERY PLAY IN COLLEGE AND THE PROS.......4 super bowls in 6 years....now the League is pure statistics....Payton Manning, statistics...2 super bowls...Eli, 2 super bowls against who, the goat.......Payton, hall of fame......Eli, ..... Eli did what Dan Marion couldn't.........pardon the misspelling
Does the interviewer have on makeup - what? Why?
Knoll was bill parcels before bill parcels
It's NOLL, and he was nothing like that other guy you named. Chuck Noll did his best to avoid publicity and never used the media to "send messages" to his players. The other guy became rather full of himself right after the Giants won their first Super Bowl and never got tired of people kissing his ass. To hear him tell it, he invented football.
@@shannonrhett3304 his motivation tools were the same! Thanks
When they drafted Bradshaw Chuck Noll and Steeler managers said he was dumb. He got hurt and Joe Gilliam came in and won 8 games and they went back to Bradshaw because the fans hated the fact that a black quarterback was better.
Bradshaw was the better QB period
@@Alphasports576 That's your opinion. I witness it.
@@Raider352 it doesn't matter if you witnessed it a lot of people witnessed stuff in the wrong on it the other guy never won a super bowl became inconsistent and and became irrelevant and was not good how the hell you going to say somebody is as good as somebody else one guy won four super bowls one guy one zero get the hell out of here with what you witnessed you're not honest that other guy lost his job I watched some of it and looked at his stats because he was terrible
@@Alphasports576 His job was taken because of the Racist ass fans in Pittsburgh. All that bs you wrote I wouldn't waste my time reading that crap you must one of those either from Pittsburgh or Louisiana.
Race baiting?
Answer: yes.
It's the ONLY knee jerk answer you and your ilk can deploy without a basis in fact.
Bradshaw was the BETTER QB you 🤡
How many years and Bradshaw's still crying about not being liked.
I cant listen to Joe Buck. I stopped watching this video because of him. Whenever He is on tv I mute or change the channel. Looking for alternative radio broadcasts. He has no business calling Football games? He must be a Plant from Hollyweird. I wonder if Katt W knows anything?
Bradshaw is such a whiny ass!
Noll pushed him…. And he got better. Four SB wins! Dude! WTH!
Have heard this story before, over time. Chuck Noll was a dick. But, all old skool coaches were dicks.
You each need to decide: did that make TB better, or did that make him worse as a QB?
Sure as hell hurt his feelings and changed him as a human.
I always heard that Chuck Noll was a really likable guy that was good to his players and treated them all very well, except for Bradshaw who he treated like shit, which messed with Bradshaw's head. It was like "why am I the only person this guy hates?" which was the last thing a sensitive guy like Bradshaw needed.
@@thegrinch7989 Bradshaw admitted many times that he didn't study the playbook or look at much game film, and that angered Noll at his lack of prep. Chuck knew he could yell at Terry and he'd respond.
One of the best to ⏯️ the the game