Download or read book Pittsburgh Steelers The written by Mark Stewart and published by Norwood House Press. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One thing they don’t teach you at football training camp? How to sing and how to dance. Yet for the Pittsburgh Steelers, music is everything when you have a player who won Dancing With the Stars and devoted fans who sing loyalty songs at every game. “The Pittsburgh Steelers” by Mark Stewart offers young fans a look into one of the most beloved teams in the NFL while including fun facts, team spotlights such as Ben Roethlisberger and Hines Ward, and pictures of Steelers memorabilia. Have a young fan who likes to argue sports? Don’t miss the “Great Debates” section where readers get insight into some of the greatest debates surrounding the Steelers and professional football!
Download or read book In the Locker Room written by Tunch Ilkin and published by Triumph Books (IL). This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a Steelers broadcaster, analyst, and former offensive tackle, Tunch Ilkin has lived and breathed Pittsburgh football for the better part of the last four decades. With In the Locker Room: Tales of the Pittsburgh Steelers from the Playing Field to the Broadcast Booth, Ilkin provides insight into the Steelers' inner sanctum as only he can. Featuring conversations with players past and present as well as off-the-wall anecdotes, this is a reader's ticket to some of the most memorable moments and characters in Steel City football history.
Download or read book Pittsburgh Dad written by Chris Preksta and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book On the Clock Pittsburgh Steelers written by Jim Wexell and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insider history of the Pittsburgh Steelers at the NFL draft. A singular, transcendent talent can change the fortunes of a football team instantly. Each year, NFL teams approach the draft with this knowledge, hoping that luck will be on their side and that their extensive scouting and analysis will pay off. In On the Clock: Pittsburgh Steelers, Jim Wexell explores the fascinating, rollercoaster history of the Steelers at the draft, from Terry Bradshaw through Troy Polamalu and beyond. Readers will go behind the scenes with top decision-makers as they evaluate, deliberate, and ultimately make the picks they hope will tip the fate of their franchise toward success. From seemingly surefire first-rounders to surprising late selections, this is a must-read for Steelers faithful and NFL fans eager for a glimpse at how teams are built.
Download or read book Pittsburgh Steelers written by Jim Wexell and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2006 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that one former star for the Pittsburgh Steelers went on to lower the driving age to 16 as a member of his state's legislature? Or that one former Steeler now leads the St. Patrick's Day Parade every year in Chicago? Or that another owned a casino in Reno? And that's just the players from the dark ages of the Steelers' organization.Where have guys like Ted Marchibroda, Roy Jefferson, Frenchy Fuqua, Jack Lambert, and Dermontti Dawson gone? What about Levon Kirkland, Kevin Greene, Carnell Lake, Bubby Brister, Bruce Van Dyke, and Frank Lewis? The answers are inside. Men of Steel profiles a Who's Who list of Steeler greats, catching up with the former players while taking each for a nostalgic walk down memory lane. Through interviews with the players themselves-including Joe Greene, Dick Hoak, Rod Woodson, Donnie Shell, and Tunch Ilkin-fans can relive the past as well as catch up to the present.From Elbie Nickel and the second-most famous play in team history to the group from the 1960s that legendary writer Myron Cope once blasted for abstaining from alcohol, Men of Steel chronicles 60 years of Steelers history dating back to the 1940s. Most Steeler fans will enjoy recalling each player's athletic accomplishments, but this book also delivers the rest of the story-both on and off the field. For fans of Pittsburgh football, it gets no better than Men of Steel.
Download or read book Pittsburgh Steelers Glory Days written by Dale Grdnic and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pittsburgh Steelers rank as one of the NFL’s truly legendary franchises, and this book, written from the fan’s perspective, provides readers with unique stories about the players and coaches who took part in many of the greatest and most euphoric victories in the team’s history. Among the games covered are Franco Harris’s “Immaculate Reception” that beat the Oakland Raiders in the playoffs, the four Super Bowl and AFC Championship Game victories in the glorious decade of the 1970s, and the incredible 2005 playoff run that was capped by the team’s fifth Super Bowl title. Grdnic notably delivers credit to Chuck Noll and acknowledges his remarkable talents in draft selections; taking Hall of Famers from 1969–1972 and finally in 1974 selecting four Hall of Famers in one draft year. The Pittsburgh Steelers 1974 draft year, to this day, has not yet been surpassed. Among other games reviewed are Bill Cowher’s first victory as Steelers head coach in 1992, a stunning overtime win against rival Cleveland Browns in 1976 under rookie quarterback Mike Kruczek and Ben Roethlisberger’s first win as a starting quarterback in Miami. This newly revised edition examines the Steelers’ most recent Super Bowl win in 2009 as well as their agonizing defeat in 2010. This is not just a book about one team but a highly detailed examination of an American legacy through the eyes of its devoted fans.
Download or read book Meet T J Watt written by Elliott Smith and published by Lerner Publications TM. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T. J. Watt learned to chase down quarterbacks at the University of Wisconsin. In 2021, he led the NFL in sacks and won the Defensive Player of the Year award. Learn all about Watt's training, his personal bests, and his life off the field.
Download or read book Steel Dynasty written by Bill Chastain and published by Triumph Books (IL). This book was released on 2005 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-time sports writer Bill Chastain examines every details about the beginning, heyday and end of the Steelers mid-1970s run of winning four Super Bowls in six years, a feat that many writers say will not be broken. Former Steeler Rocky Bleier not only wrote the foreword but will be handing all the extensive media.
Download or read book 74 Hustle written by Peter Cannizzaro and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '74 Hustle tells the story of an ordinary man who talked his way into an extraordinary situation. It is a fantastic journey through the famed Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, former home of quite possibly the greatest football team to have ever played and surely the greatest team of the 1970s. Author Peter Cannizzaro was fortunate enough to be the personal guest of the 1974 Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers for their twenty-five year reunion on a fateful night in October, 1999 during a regular Monday night Steelers game. Although Cannizzaro is a native of Louisiana, he is a lifelong fan of the Steelers who had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be in Pittsburgh at the same time that the Steelers celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of their amazing Super Bowl win. By chance, he met a '74 Steelers team member. Through a turn of events, the author found himself meeting team members. '74 Hustle takes you on the bus ride with the team to the game, to the extravagant pre-game party, on the sidelines for the whole game, and on the most amazing bus ride home. Experience the most amazing NFL play the '74 Hustle.
Download or read book The Steelers Experience written by David Aretha and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Steelers Experience is an illustrated history of the Pittsburgh Steelers NFL franchise. Featuring every key player from every era, the book chronicles the highs and lows of every season, and features stories, statistics, and highlights old and new"--
Download or read book Steeler Pride written by Doug Yencho and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing better than being a Steeler fan, Right? Join me as we watch the Pittsburgh Steelers climb the "Stairway to Seven " Enjoy my humerous skits, recall a little Steelers history, and add a lttle fun to watching football as it is seen through my eyes. Thank you.
Download or read book Confessions of a Hero Worshiper written by Stephen J. Dubner and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a boy, Stephen J. Dubner's hero was Franco Harris, the famed and mysterious running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers. When Dubner's father died, he became obsessed—he dreamed of his hero every night; he signed his school papers "Franco Dubner." Though they never met, it was Franco Harris who shepherded Dubner through a fatherless boyhood. Years later, Dubner journeys to meet his hero, certain that Harris will embrace him. And he is . . . well, wrong. Told with the grit of a journalist and the grace of a memoirist, Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper is a breathtaking, heartbreaking, and often humorous story of astonishing developments. It is also a sparkling meditation on the nature of hero worship—which, like religion and love, tells us as much about ourselves as about the object of our desire.
Download or read book Heart and Steel written by Bill Cowher and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An emotional memoir from Hall of Fame, Super Bowl winning former head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers and current CBS analyst, Bill Cowher.
Download or read book The Pittsburgh Steelers Playbook written by Steve Hickoff and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Pittsburgh Steelers Fans Bucket List written by Scott Brown and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every Pittsburgh Steelers fan has a bucket list of activities to take part in at some point in their lives. But even the most die-hard fans haven't done everything there is to experience in and around Pittsburgh. From tailgating to studying the Immaculate Reception to finding the best places to watch a game with other fans, author Scott Brown provides ideas, recommendations, and insider tips for must-see places and can't-miss activities near Heinz Field. But not every experience requires a trip to Pittsburgh; long-distance Steelers fans can cross some items off their list from the comfort of their own homes. Whether you're attending every home game or supporting the Steelers from afar, there's something for every fan to do in The Pittsburgh Steelers Fans' Bucket List.
Download or read book The 50 Greatest Players in Pittsburgh Steelers History written by Robert W. Cohen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-08-26 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 50 Greatest Players in Pittsburgh Steelers History examines the careers of the 50 men who made the greatest impact on one of the NFL's most iconic and successful franchises. The author ranks, from 1 to 50, the top 50 players in team history. Quotes from opposing players and former teammates are provided along the way, as are summaries of each player's greatest season, most memorable performances, and most notable achievements.
Download or read book Jim Thorpe written by Robert W. Wheeler and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2024-02-18 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in 1888 in what would soon be Oklahoma Territory, Jim Thorpe was a member of the Sac and Fox Nation. After attending the Sac and Fox agency school and Haskell Indian Junior College in Lawrence, Kansas, he transferred to Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania. At Carlisle he led the football team to victories over some of the nation’s best college teams—Army, Navy, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska. In 1912 he participated in the Olympic Games in Stockholm, winning both the decathlon and pentathlon. It was then that King Gustav V of Sweden dubbed him “the world’s greatest athlete.” Between 1913 and 1919, Thorpe played professional baseball for the New York Giants, the Cincinnati Reds, and the Boston Braves. In 1915 he began playing professional football with the Canton (Ohio) Bulldogs. When the top teams were organized into the American Professional Football Association in 1920, Thorpe was named the first president of the organization, renamed the National Football League in 1922. Throughout his career he excelled in every sport he played, earning King Gustav’s accolade many times over.
