Al Bundy (Ed O'Neill)was a Pittsburgh Steeler

I had found this by accident. Conversation with a co worker prompted me to look up Wikipedia.. Co worker claimed that Ed O'Neill was a FB for the Vikings in the 70's. Long story short, coworker got mixed up with the wrong "Ed" anyway here is the proof. It was a very short stint with the Steelers training camp 1969.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_O'Neill

Not sure how many knew this but I certainly didn't.

 

And once scored 5 TD's at Polk High.......but then became a shoe salesman.

 

I actually knew this but hadn't thought of it in a long time.

 

Yeah, I didn't want to create a useless thread,I wasn't sure if it was common knowledge or not. But I thought it was pretty cool, something I didnt know

 

Yeah he is also from western PA. I believe the story goes Noll told him early on he was too small and needed to think about doing something else.

 

It was common knowledge during the run of "Married with chldren........." Not so much now that he's got "Modern Family"

 

I remember reading about that years ago, but I had forgotten about it.

 

...that means Peg was a Steeler's cheerleader back when they had the logo on both sides of their helmits!

 

And Bud was Steely McBeam.

 

There were several episodes of Married... With Children that featured NFL vets. One had Terry Bradshaw; another had Al's old high school football team versus a rival team composed of ringers (Kenny Stabler, Bubba Smith, Lawrence Taylor, etc.) Al's team was down like 77-0 or something before he realized who he was playing. They were all pretty funny shows.

 

I knew he was in for a cup of coffee years ago, but I never considered it note worthy........

 

Worked out better for ed. Made more money and no brain damage lol

 

The episode of Married.. With Children that features Terry Bradshaw, titled "Dud Bowl II," is being shown again on TBS channel at 2:30 am on February 14th.

 

I dunno, man. Watching Married...With Children definitely causes some brain cell loss.

 

In a good way

 

I just met a classmate of Eds last week. I asked the classmate if he thought Ed, would have the success that he has had. He said it wouldn't have surprised him if Ed would have become a pro ball player. He never thought he would turn out to be an actor. He also said, Ed was best at playing basketball.