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Sad to see this. Steelers were retiring his number Saturday. Geeze.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/20...reception/

Wow. My first sports hero along with Jack Lambert.

(12-21-2022 08:41 AM)ODUBB35 Wrote:  Wow. My first sports hero along with Jack Lambert.

That coke commercial where he (insert edit) uhhhhh Mean Joe Green tossed the kid his jersey is Iconic. Him, Brashaw, Lynn Swann I was a Washington fan, but wow those Steelers teams were amazing

(12-21-2022 11:55 AM)BigBlueMonarch Wrote:  

(12-21-2022 08:41 AM)ODUBB35 Wrote:  Wow. My first sports hero along with Jack Lambert.

That coke commercial where he tossed the kid his jersey is Iconic. Him, Brashaw, Lynn Swann I was a Washington fan, but wow those Steelers teams were amazing

Wasn’t that commercial Mean Joe Green? That’s how I remember it.

(12-21-2022 11:55 AM)BigBlueMonarch Wrote:  

(12-21-2022 08:41 AM)ODUBB35 Wrote:  Wow. My first sports hero along with Jack Lambert.

That coke commercial where he tossed the kid his jersey is Iconic. Him, Brashaw, Lynn Swann I was a Washington fan, but wow those Steelers teams were amazing

You mean the one with Mean Joe Greene?

(12-21-2022 11:58 AM)Chillie Willie Wrote:  

(12-21-2022 11:55 AM)BigBlueMonarch Wrote:  

(12-21-2022 08:41 AM)ODUBB35 Wrote:  Wow. My first sports hero along with Jack Lambert.

That coke commercial where he tossed the kid his jersey is Iconic. Him, Brashaw, Lynn Swann I was a Washington fan, but wow those Steelers teams were amazing

Wasn’t that commercial Mean Joe Green? That’s how I remember it.

Oh yeah!!!! Damn my memory

It was the 70's after all, everything was fuzzy

They were a great team. Franco was a tough dude...

The Immaculate Reception by him was one of rare events where I remember exactly where I was when I saw it on TV.

I remember his last couple years. He had a reputation for going out of bounds rather than getting hit. At that time Jim Brown still had the all time record of total yards rushing. Brown was one of the meanest hardest hitting rushers. He was very upset that someone so soft (as Brown saw it) was possibly breaking his record. He threatened to suit back up if that happened.