stillers4me
12-28-2014, 09:59 AM
What do Tom Brady and Antonio Brown have in common? They both played college football in the state of Michigan, they both were drafted in the sixth round and they both have become NFL stars.
Only Brown, however, can say this: He is the Dapper Dan Sportsman of the Year, and he beat out some pretty good competition to do so, including a couple of Steelers offensive teammates in Ben Roethlisberger and Le'Veon Bell, along with those from two other playoff teams, the Pirates and Penguins.
Brown also becomes the first Steelers player to win the award in nine years, or since Jerome Bettis did so in 2005 (his coach, Mike Tomlin, won in 2008), and their first receiver since Louis Lipps in 1985. The Dapper Dan Sportsman of the Year has been honored annually by the charity wing of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette since 1939............
Read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2014/12/28/Brown-s-work-ethic-makes-him-a-star/stories/201412280108
Only Brown, however, can say this: He is the Dapper Dan Sportsman of the Year, and he beat out some pretty good competition to do so, including a couple of Steelers offensive teammates in Ben Roethlisberger and Le'Veon Bell, along with those from two other playoff teams, the Pirates and Penguins.
Brown also becomes the first Steelers player to win the award in nine years, or since Jerome Bettis did so in 2005 (his coach, Mike Tomlin, won in 2008), and their first receiver since Louis Lipps in 1985. The Dapper Dan Sportsman of the Year has been honored annually by the charity wing of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette since 1939............
Read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2014/12/28/Brown-s-work-ethic-makes-him-a-star/stories/201412280108