Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Steelers
1975

Pittsburgh Steelers

"Each single member of the Steelers had different personalities. Even though they had different personalities, when that chemistry meshed it was unstoppable." - Bret Michaels
Bill Cowher
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Hall of Fame coach Chuck Noll led the 1975 Pittsburgh Steelers to a 12-2 record and a second straight Super Bowl title. Offensively, Steelers QB Terry Bradshaw (2,055 yards passing, 18 TD passes); running back Franco Harris (1,246 yards rushing, 10 rushing TDs); and wideout Lynn Swann (781 yards receiving, 11 TD catches) each had Pro Bowl seasons and helped Pittsburgh score 26.6 points per game, which ranked fifth out of 26 teams. The Steelers defense, known as the "Steel Curtain", allowed 11.6 points per game -- second lowest in the NFL-- and was even better. Hall of Famers included defensive tackle Mean Joe Greene, linebackers Jack Ham and Jack Lambert, and cornerback Mel Blount, who had a league-high 11 interceptions. In the playoffs, the Steelers beat the Baltimore Colts, 28-10 in the AFC Divisional and defeated the Raiders, 16-10 in the AFC Championship. In Super Bowl X against the Cowboys, Lynn Swann made a 53-yard highlight reel circus catch, part of a 161 yard receiving performance. Swann also scored a TD and won Super Bowl MVP as the Steelers later engineered a 4th quarter comeback to win, 21-17.

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Bill Cowher
Bill
Cowher
Bill Cowher was an NFL linebacker in the early 1980s, but he is best known as the longtime former coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. In 15 seasons with the team, he won 240 games and led the Steelers to a Super Bowl title in 2005. Since 2007, he has worked as an NFL analyst for CBS.
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reporter
Place of Birth:
Crafton, PA
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Pittsburgh Steelers
Bret Michaels
Bret
Michaels
Bret Michaels is a musician who since 1983 has been the lead singer of the band Poison. He has starred in the reality TV show “Rock of Love with Bret Michaels” and in “Celebrity Apprentice,” which he won in 2010. Michaels was born and raised in the Pittsburgh area and is a lifelong Steelers fanatic. As a kid, while playing football with his friends until after dark, he pretended to throw touchdown passes like quarterback Terry Bradshaw and hit people like linebacker Jack Lambert. Today, Michaels’ personal workout room is a Steelers shrine, and an original Steelers guitar hangs on his wall. “Some joke that I might have black and gold in my veins,” Michaels has said.
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musician
Place of Birth:
Butler, PA
Preferred Team:
Pittsburgh Steelers