Author : Gary M. Pomerantz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 14,49 MB
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1451691629
Drawn from personal interviews with the players themselves, a chronicle of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers, who won an unprecedented and unmatched four Super Bowls in six years.
Author : Steve Hickoff
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 19,96 MB
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1633190811
This exciting new series explores those logic-defying comebacks and tough losses, the dramatic interceptions, fumbles, game-winning field goals, and touchdowns. Every play's description is accompanied with game information and quotes from participants, players, and observers with firsthand account.
Author : David Finoli
Publisher : Classic Sports
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,81 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781606351987
When it came to football in the 1930s, the college sport was king. But in 1933, former boxer and minor league baseball player Art Rooney, who had quarterbacked the squad at Duquesne University, purchased a team for Pittsburgh for $2,500. Thus began the legacy we know as "Steeler Nation." At the time, no one could have imagined that the Pirates, as they were originally named, would become a treasured possession for Pittsburghers. For the first 40 years, the franchise was a national joke. With only one playoff performance--a 21-0 defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia Eagles for the eastern division title in 1947--highlights were minimal for a team that regularly found itself at the bottom of the standings. Then in 1969, Art Rooney's son Dan hired Chuck Noll from the Baltimore Colts to coach his team. Noll replaced undisciplined players with future hall of famers. By 1974 the team won its first world championship and went on to capture four Super Bowl titles in six years. Noll's legacy for excellence continued with four more Super Bowl appearances and two championships in 2005 and 2008, garnering the franchise a league record of six Super Bowl wins. Classic Steelers includes these six championship tilts and takes citizens of the Steeler Nation on a play-by-play tour of the most memorable games in the team's history. Author David Finoli recounts in vivid detail the thrilling gridiron performances that have made the Steelers so special to their legions of fans.
Author : Dan Rooney
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 20,93 MB
Release : 2008-09-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0306817241
Legendary chairman of the five-time Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers, Dan Rooney, tells his life story for the first time. From growing up on Pittsburgh's notorious North Side, to vying with Johnny Unitas for top high school quarterback honors in Western Pennsylvania, from learning how to run a major sports franchise from his father, Art Rooney (“the Chief”), to helping shape the modern NFL, Rooney serves up a fascinating account of personal and professional achievement. He also discusses his relationships with players, coaches, NFL commissioners, his beloved family, and the devoted fans known as “Steelers Nation.” Whether advocating hiring more minority head coaches through creation of the Rooney Rule or helping pave the way for the merger of the AFL and NFL, Rooney reveals the dynamics that have made him such a respected force in pro football.
Author : Bill Cowher
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 16,78 MB
Release : 2021-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1982175796
An emotional memoir from Hall of Fame, Super Bowl winning former head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers and current CBS analyst, Bill Cowher.
Author : Roy Blount
Publisher :
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 21,50 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780822958345
This is the thirtieth-anniversary edition of a book long considered a classic and one of Sports Illustrated's Top 100 Sports Books of All Time. The story of the 1973 Pittsburgh Steelers--a team that was super, but missed the bowl.
Author : Jackson Carter
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 44,75 MB
Release : 2020-11-27
Category :
ISBN :
"Big Ben" Roethlisberger led his Pittsburgh Steelers to a Super Bowl win against the Seattle Seahawks in 2006 when he was a mere 23 years old-the youngest pro quarterback ever to do the deal. Only three years later, he aired it out and won the biggest Bowl again versus the Arizona Cardinals. The second time around was a lot tighter for Ben and tense Steeler fans as he waited until literally the last minute to find Santonio Holmes for the clinching score. But don't think that Ben only plays football. He's got his own line of barbeque sauce, "Big Ben's BBQ", and started a foundation to support police and fire departments and their special K-9 dogs in the U.S. He's busy finding ways to improve the quality of life for both Ohio and Pennsylvania inhabitants. "Big Ben" is definitely not a misnomer: the man stands 6'5" (1.96 m) and tips the scales at 240 pounds (109 kgs.). It's not completely clear if this natural size comes from Ben's work in the weight room, an extra trip to the BBQ pit with a bottle of his special sauce in hand, or a bit of both. Now at age 38, still in the Steel City, he continues to break records and looks "better than ever" doing it. Interestingly enough, Ben has become a spokesperson for Swiss Roots, a campaign set up to help Americans of Swiss origin reconnect with their ancestors and heritage in Switzerland. After researching his own family history that can be traced to Geissbühl, a small farming community in the municipality of Lauperswill (not far from Bern), Roethlisberger and his family finally enjoyed a trip to stunning Switzerland to take in the sights in May, 2006.
Author : Steve Hickoff
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 33,92 MB
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1633193934
The X's and O's behind the Steelers' most memorable moments For serious football fans wanting to relive the most unforgettable, extraordinary, and gut-wrenching plays in Pittsburgh Steelers history, this account explores the team's greatest calls, providing context, back story, relevant circumstances, and comments from those directly involved in each play. Dozens of color photos help to reanimate each memory, including the Immaculate Reception, Willie Parker's 75-yard Super Bowl XL run from scrimmage, quarterback Mark Malone's record-setting catch of 90 yards from Terry Bradshaw, and John Henry Johnson running for a 45-yard score to help the Steelers upset the Browns.
Author : Chris Preksta
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 26,1 MB
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0142181722
When Pittsburgh Dad debuted on YouTube, creators Chris Preksta and Curt Wootton little suspected their sitcom would receive more than sixteen million views and turn their blue-collar everyman into a nationally known figure. Illustrated with hilarious black-and-white photos, Pittsburgh Dad shares the best of the best, from rants about swimming pool rules to reflections on coaching little league to curmudgeonly movie reviews. With its heavy dose of nostalgia and pitch-perfect sensibility, Pittsburgh Dad will have readers laughing in recognition, especially those who love recent blockbusters like Sh*t My Dad Says and Dad Is Fat.
Author : Terry Bradshaw
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 27,97 MB
Release : 2001-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0743424336
This is the absolutely guaranteed 100% mostly true story of Terry Bradshaw: the man who gained sports immortality as the first quarterback to win four Super Bowls -- and the man who later became America's most popular sports broadcaster. IT'S ONLY A GAME "I had a real job once," begins a memoir as honest, unexpected, and downright hysterical as Bradshaw himself. From his humble beginnings in Shreveport, Louisiana, to his success as the centerpiece of the highest-rated football studio show in television history, Terry has always understood the importance of hard work. A veritable jack-of-all-trades, he has probably held more jobs than any other football Hall of Famer ever: pipeline worker, youth minister, professional singer, actor, television and radio talk show host, and now one of the nation's most popular speakers. But let's not forget one of the reasons why so many people know and love Terry Bradshaw: he won four Super Bowls! In It's Only A Game, Terry brings the reader right into the huddle and describes the game from the bottom of a two-ton pile to the top of the sports world. You'll sit right on the fifty-yard line and watch as Terry earns the title world's greatest benchwarmer. And you'll also hear about the single greatest play in pro football -- the Immaculate Reception -- as he never saw it. It's Only A Game is much more than a collection of Terry Bradshaw's favorite and funniest stories, it is the personal account of a great man's search for life before and after football...as only Terry could tell it.
