John "Frenchy" Fuqua
John "Frenchy" Fuqua
Running Back

John "Frenchy" Fuqua

"Frenchy was the most flamboyant dresser that I've ever seen." - Tony Dungy
Tony Dungy
by Tony Dungy

Running back John Fuqua played for the Steelers’ back-to-back Super Bowl championship teams in 1974 and 1975, but he was best known for his snazzy wardrobe. A 5-foot-11, 200-pound running back from Detroit, Fuqua was drafted in the 11th round by the Giants in 1969 and traded a year later to the Steelers. Nicknamed "The French Count" by himself, Fuqua’s outfits included a skin-tight jump suit and a black sombrero, a “caveman” look featuring a fur poncho and a bow tie, and a “count suit” consisting of a lavender cape, a gold cane, and three-inch heels with multiple goldfish inside. On the field, he is best remembered as the target of Terry Bradshaw’s throw in the 1972 playoffs that resulted in “The Immaculate Reception.” But for years, he has remained mum about whether or not he touched the pass (if he did, a Franco Harris touchdown off the deflection would’ve been illegal), mischievously repeating the phrase, “I’ll never tell.”

Tony Dungy
Tony
Dungy
Tony Dungy, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, won over two-thirds of his regular season games as the head coach of Tampa Bay and Indianapolis from 1996 through 2008. In February 2007, Dungy – whose teams won 10 or more games in 10 of his 13 seasons – became the first African-American coach to win a Super Bowl after his Colts defeated the Bears in Super Bowl XLI. A former NFL defensive back and defensive assistant with the Steelers, Chiefs, and Vikings, Dungy has been an analyst for NBC’s “Football Night in America” since 2009.
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