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LLT
01-22-2011, 06:17 PM
Steelers linebackers are best in the biz
By MIKE ZEISBERGER
Toronto Sun
January 22, 2011 6:45pm


PITTSBURGH — From the seething snarls to the bone-crunching tackles to the toothless sneers, the legacy of intimidation and stifling defence of the Steel Curtain, both past and present, has always started and ended with the linebackers.

On the field. And, for that matter, even on the ice.

Years ago, during celebrity charity hockey events in western Pennsylvania, the animalistic Jack Lambert, the growling face of the Steelers franchise, would lace up the blades to participate.

Was he a good skater? No.

No matter. No one wanted to mess with him, even in retirement.

“It was almost like Ogie Hoglethorpe of Slapshot was out there,” former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Phil Bourque recalled on Saturday. “No one wanted any part of him. The puck would go into the corner and it would be like: “It’s all yours, Jack. No problem.”

“You’d look at him and see that image of him during his playing days, no teeth at the front, standing over fallen (running back), snot bubbles coming out of the poor guy’s nose.”

The image is well earned. In fact, starting with Lambert’s era of the 1970s, the Pittsburgh linebacking corps has provided the heart and the fangs of the Steelers franchise for four decades, featuring such prominent names like Jack Ham, Andy Russell, Kevin Greene, Jason Gildon, Levon Kirkland, Chad Brown and Joey Porter.

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LLT
01-22-2011, 06:17 PM
Great read from north of the border!!!

Merchant
01-22-2011, 08:42 PM
lol funny, I read this article during breakfast this morning (I live in Toronto). Kinda weird to see it on here.

Devilsdancefloor
01-22-2011, 09:01 PM
great read funny about no one wanted a piece of jack on the ice!

HometownGal
01-23-2011, 07:21 AM
Damned straight our LB's are the best in the NFL and T-Rex and his Jets are going to see exactly why starting at 6:30 PM tonight. :tt02: :tt03:

Galax Steeler
01-23-2011, 07:26 AM
great read funny about no one wanted a piece of jack on the ice!

Would you LOL

ALLD
01-23-2011, 07:48 AM
As evidenced by the "James Harrison" rule implemeted during the season. The NFL has historically constructed rules to specifically slow down the Steelers whereas it has created rules to help Tom Brady compete when his career was faltering and the Pats could not get over the hump.

tube517
01-23-2011, 07:53 AM
As evidenced by the "James Harrison" rule implemeted during the season. The NFL has historically constructed rules to specifically slow down the Steelers whereas it has created rules to help Tom Brady compete when his career was faltering and the Pats could not get over the hump.

Mel Blount rule changed the NFL. They didn't want the Steelers to win. But guess what, the season they changed the rule, they won the Super Bowl. And repeated the next year.

Hines Ward rule was the wussification of the NFL. Keith Rivers had a pacifier in his mouth and cried about it. Goodhell's pampering of the NFL begun with this rule.