Pigskin Dispatch 🏈🎙️

Preserving sports history & appreciating the legendary people, teams, and events involved with it. Daily posts- #FootballHistory #Steelers #NotreDame #PFRA

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Super Bowl XI
Oakland Raiders vs.
Minnesota Vikings
January 9th, 1977

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I’m familiar with at least one other.

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@MattBufano Thank you @MattBufano for the shout out

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Hat tip to @PigskinDispatch for mentioning the “Larry Kelley rule” on a podcast last week.

Read more about why Williamsport’s Yale star was the most talked-about college football player in 1936: https://t.co/6b0t4vbPDo

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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Dropkicking Heisman Winners
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@SteelersAlumni1 Congratulations on the new job

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Congratulations to the 10 former Steelers players nominated for induction to the College Football HOF:

Flozell Adams
David Decastro
Troy Edwards
Rich Erenberg
Alan Faneca
Casey Hampton
Tyler Matakevich
Heath Miller
Antwaan Randle El
Donnell Woolford

An additional congratulations to current OL Assistant Coach Jahri Evans for being nominated as well!

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Gale Sayers was one of the great broken field runners of all time

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🔥NAMATH-UNITAS AIR DUEL🔥

In Week 2 of the 1972 season, Broadway Joe and Johnny U set the skies of #Baltimore ablaze — combining for 872 yards and 8 touchdowns in a 44-34 #Jets win over the Colts.

• Namath‼️: 15-28, 496 yards, 6 TD
• Unitas: 26-45, 376 yards, 2 TD

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RP for your chance to win this signed @dkm14 football!

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Dan Marino.

College Football Legend.

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Great up close shot of that Redskins defense of the early 1970s decade. Ron McDole and Jack Pardee anchoring the left side with Manny Sistrunk, Diron Talbert and Verlon Biggs manning the line. Chris Hanburger lines up on the right

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Chiefs All-Pro LB Willie Lanier nearly retired after 1974 but returned in 1975 for his 6th Pro Bowl. He played through 1977. Here he stops Raiders RB Charlie Smith."

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Not your typical “Steelers” card but allow me to explain. It’s the Steagles and it’s a legend.

2002 TK Legacy Dual Auto of Alvin & Albert Wistert. For you NFL historians, you likely know Albert or more commonly known as Al Wistert.

Wistert began his career with the Steagles in 1943, and went on to become one of the league’s best tackles of the 1940’s with the Eagles. So naturally, he fits the Steagles collection!

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San Francisco QB John Brodie had a tremendous year in 1965 making the Pro Bowl he led the NFL in passing yards (3112), percentage completed (61.9), TDs (30), pass attempts (391) & completions (242 - a new NFL record at the time).

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Quick throwback to one of my first articles on Substack. Working on my next one in this series and should be out soon!

But for now, please enjoy reading about the first true professional football card set ever produced and the Steelers who were featured in it!

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StatMan and Robin officially joined the Sports History Network, and you can now listen to episode 1!!!

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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Keep Calm and Carry On
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Even in this still picture you can sense to motivation as Len Dawson and that great Kansas City offense breaks the huddle. How many players can you name from that Championship team of 1969?

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OTD in 1974….

Jack Lambert signs with the Steelers

The rookie “will be tried at middle linebacker.”

3 years later, after holding out, Lambert will sign a deal that pays him $1.2 million over 5 years, making him the highest paid defensive player in the NFL at the time.