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07-18-2015, 08:14 AM
Lynn Swann
Wide Receiver (1974-82)
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame: 2001
Good things come to those who wait, and for Lynn Swann that wait had to have seemed like an eternity. It took 14 years for the former Steelers wide receiver to get the call from the Hall of Fame, but it was worth the every minute of it.“Waiting is always tough,” said Swann, recently recalling his induction day. “Football players are accustomed to being hands on. For a player to have to wait and there is nothing you can do, it’s like sitting on the bench and your team is out there playing. It’s the Super Bowl and you are not on the field. You want to hoist the trophy and there is nothing you can do. It’s excruciating for an athlete to be on that sideline.............
read more @ http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/It-was-worth-the-wait-for-Swann/5d51bb35-0323-4bfe-a74e-3c0746c729db
Wide Receiver (1974-82)
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame: 2001
Good things come to those who wait, and for Lynn Swann that wait had to have seemed like an eternity. It took 14 years for the former Steelers wide receiver to get the call from the Hall of Fame, but it was worth the every minute of it.“Waiting is always tough,” said Swann, recently recalling his induction day. “Football players are accustomed to being hands on. For a player to have to wait and there is nothing you can do, it’s like sitting on the bench and your team is out there playing. It’s the Super Bowl and you are not on the field. You want to hoist the trophy and there is nothing you can do. It’s excruciating for an athlete to be on that sideline.............
read more @ http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/It-was-worth-the-wait-for-Swann/5d51bb35-0323-4bfe-a74e-3c0746c729db