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Henry 'Model T' Ford (November 1, 1931 – June 10, 2021) was an American football defensive back for the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL, drafted in 1955 by Cleveland. A quarterback at the University of Pittsburgh, Ford was the first African-American to play that position at a major college. [ 1 ]
The Steelers' rivalry with the Broncos dates from 1970, but the first notable contest came in 1973, when Denver dealt Pittsburgh its first regular-season defeat at Three Rivers Stadium, 23–13. The following year, they met in the NFL's first regular-season overtime game, which ended in a 35–35 tie.
The following is a list of games that have been canceled and rescheduled by the National Football League (NFL) since 1933. While canceling games was extremely common prior to this date, since that year, the NFL has only canceled regular season games four times, two of them for labor disputes between the league and the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA).
Webster during Super Bowl XVI Steelers uniforms worn by Jack Ham (59) and Webster (52) At 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) and 255 pounds (116 kg), he was selected in the fifth round of the 1974 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Webster served as a backup at center and guard for two years while being mentored by veteran center Ray Mansfield.
The Browns network plugged into the Pittsburgh-Washington game in Week 14. It used its own audio with Coleman and Lahr calling the game. Coleman had apparently taken the red-eye across the country after working the first half (Bob Fouts called the second half alongside color commentator Gordy Soltau) of the December 15 national telecast between ...
He worked with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to run a contest to find a new name for the team. [59] Former coach Joe Bach led the panel which selected the name Steelers from among the entries. [60] [61] The new name paid homage to the city's largest industry of producing steel. [4]
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CBS' coverage began on September 30, 1956 (the first regular season broadcast was a game between the visiting Washington Redskins against the Pittsburgh Steelers), before the 1970 AFL–NFL merger. Prior to 1968 , CBS had an assigned crew for each NFL team.