Countdown to Kickoff: 2025

What a player and human being, Quote from Blount, my friends call me Sup, short for SUPER!

 

He’s one bad Ma’afala.

 

Preston Carpenter, Buddy Dial, Ernie Stautner, Myron Pottios, Clendon Thomas, Brady Keyes, John Henry, Big Daddy, Lou Michaels - my earliest Steeler memories even with mediocre to bad teams at that time.

 

I remember when I was around 8 or 9 when the Steelers had their training camp at Slippery Rock college. My dad took me over there to watch them practice and I was amazed when Big Daddy walked out on the field. I had know idea that human beings got that big.

 

Young boy at old Pitt stadium and my brother-in-law got us down on the field as they were going into locker room after game. I was scared to death as these huge ass men walked past me. Mud all over them after a terrible loss.

 

Not sure if that's Fast Willie with the headsets but he's got to appear here on Day 39.

 

Took me several years to learn to pronounce it

 

Love this thread every year...thank you Thor!

Now that I am retired, I am not at my desk everyday so I will not be on here much, but try to follow when I can.

 

Back in the days when helmets were made out of shrink wrap

 

I was just going to say, he needs a different helmet. LoL

 

LoL. I see You added that one picture.
I wish I could find the one of him running down the field for a what looked like a for freaking sure score, and then hit the ball against his leg, and fumbled it.

 

That fumble by Mendenhall totally changed the momentum of the Superbowl. David Johnson should get half of the blame for completely whiffing on the block on Mathews as the photo shows.

 

Or for the one where he did return a fumble for 93 yards and I was afraid he was so slow that he was going to be called for delay of game

Joe Greene said he had to block the same guy 3 times

 

If we are uploading pics of old players, we need one of the great Dick Shiner.