Steel Curtain

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The Steel Curtain is the defensive line of the American football team of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). The line is the backbone of the Steelers dynasty, which won four Super Bowls (IX, X, XIII, and XIV) in six years.

The Steelers started their 1976 season 1-4 and lost their quarterback, Terry Bradshaw. For the remaining nine games of the season, the Steelers recorded five closures (three of which were undisturbed), and allowed only two goals (both in one game), and five field goals. The defense allows an average of 3.1 points per game and the team has an average margin of 22 points. Eight of the eleven Steelers' defensive players were selected for the Pro Bowl that year, and four will be selected to the Hall of Fame.

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Order

The famous four-sided steel curtain is:

• No. 75 "Mean" Joe Greene High 6'4 - defensive tackle, 1969-1981 * 4ÃÆ'â € "Super Bowl Champion (IX, X, XIII, XIV) * 10ÃÆ'â €" Pro Bowl (1969-1976, 1978, 1979) 2ÃÆ'â € "The Best NFL Defender of the Year (1972, 1974), All-Decade NFL 1970s Team; Pro Football Hall of Fame)
• No. 68 LC Greenwood Height 6'6 - enduring, 1969-1981 * 4ÃÆ'â € "Super Bowl Champion (IX, X, XIII, XIV), 6ÃÆ'â €" Pro Bowl (1973-1976, 1978, 1979), * NFL 1970s All -Decade Team
• No. 63 Ernie Holmes Height 6'3 - defensive tackle, 1972-1977 * 2ÃÆ'â € "Super Bowl Champion (IX, X)
• No. 78 Dwight White Height 6'4 - final defense, 1971-1980 * 4ÃÆ'â € "Super Bowl Champion (IX, X, XIII, XIV), * 2ÃÆ'â €" Pro Bowl (1972, 1973), * Pittsburgh Steelers All-Time Team

Greene is currently the only surviving member of the four, following the death of Holmes and White within five months of each other in 2008 and Greenwood in 2013.

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The origin of a nickname

The "Steel Curtain" nickname, a play on "Iron Curtain" popularized by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, came from a 1971 contest sponsored by Pittsburgh WTAE radio station to name the defense. The name is also a game in Pittsburgh's reputation for steel production. The contest was won by Gregory Kronz, a ninth grader at a suburban high school. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "he's just one of 17 people who handed over the 'Iron Curtain' moniker to the WTAE contest, which takes pictures for the grand prize," which won Kronz.

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References

Source of the article : Wikipedia