stillers4me
10-29-2010, 07:07 PM
Friday, October 29, 2010 06:57 PM
Written by Dan Gigler http://blogs.sites.post-gazette.com/templates/pg_twn/images/emailButton.png (http://blogs.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/component/mailto/?tmpl=component&link=aHR0cDovL2Jsb2dzLnNpdGVzLnBvc3QtZ2F6ZXR0ZS5jb 20vaW5kZXgucGhwL3Nwb3J0cy9ibG9nLW4tZ29sZC8yMjEzNC1 hdXN0cmFsaWE%3D) http://blogs.sites.post-gazette.com/templates/pg_twn/images/printButton.png (http://blogs.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/sports/blog-n-gold/22134-australia?tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=)
Many people claim to be devoted Steelers fans, who would travel any length to see the Black & Gold play -- anecdotally, I've personally met folks from England (http://www.post-gazette.com/multimedia/default.asp?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipid=4539522), Italy (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09137/970552-66.stm) and Korea (http://www.post-gazette.com/multimedia/default.asp?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipid=4358269) and Mexico (http://www.post-gazette.com/multimedia/default.asp?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipid=4357853) who have traversed continents and oceans to see the Steelers -- but I think we have a new record holder.
http://blogs.sites.post-gazette.com/images/stories/Dan_Gigler/battaglia.jpgAnthony Battaglia (right) of Melbourne, Australia traveled 31,664 miles over a month-long vacation that took him from his home to Genoa, Italy, where he visited family, to New York, to Pittsburgh, and back. To put that in perspective, that's just shy of 7,000 miles more than the circumference of Planet Earth (24,901 mi.).
Along the way he went to a Steelers bar in Rome, a Steelers preseason game, a Steel City Mafia event, the regular season opening win over Atlanta, the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and a Steelers bar in Hoboken, N.J., plus tours of Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cleveland and New York City while in America............
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Many people claim to be devoted Steelers fans, who would travel any length to see the Black & Gold play -- anecdotally, I've personally met folks from England (http://www.post-gazette.com/multimedia/default.asp?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipid=4539522), Italy (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09137/970552-66.stm) and Korea (http://www.post-gazette.com/multimedia/default.asp?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipid=4358269) and Mexico (http://www.post-gazette.com/multimedia/default.asp?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipid=4357853) who have traversed continents and oceans to see the Steelers -- but I think we have a new record holder.
http://blogs.sites.post-gazette.com/images/stories/Dan_Gigler/battaglia.jpgAnthony Battaglia (right) of Melbourne, Australia traveled 31,664 miles over a month-long vacation that took him from his home to Genoa, Italy, where he visited family, to New York, to Pittsburgh, and back. To put that in perspective, that's just shy of 7,000 miles more than the circumference of Planet Earth (24,901 mi.).
Along the way he went to a Steelers bar in Rome, a Steelers preseason game, a Steel City Mafia event, the regular season opening win over Atlanta, the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and a Steelers bar in Hoboken, N.J., plus tours of Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cleveland and New York City while in America............
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