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Stars Come And go.........Heros Are Forever!
STARS COME AND GO...HEROES ARE FOREVER!!!
How Did You Become A Steeler Fan?
Long story short, my husband spent so much time watching the (at that time, what were in my mind) idiots, and he had even involved our son, who was 4 in it. I figured I better learn something about the game, and since I did not know the difference between a goal post and a 1st down, he had his work cut out for him. Our son taught our daughter. Missy is an avid Steeler fan to this day and has brought Melissa up to love the Steelers as well, Matthew, our son, is my football buddy, he goes to Pittsburgh with me, then there is my husband........he is a Clowns fan.........I know, I know...he felt sorry for the townsmen of Cleveland when Modell took their team away. He has since switched back to the Stillers!~
Steelerlyn (Lyn) Lansing, MI
Founder Of The Black 'N Gold Pride Club
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I have always been a Steeler fan from the first time I remember my dad watching the Steelers. You didn't dare walk in front of the TV when there was a game on. I learned most about the game growing up and going to high school and college games. I think I really became fanatical back i the 70's when the STEELERS had their dynasty. I learned everything there was to know about football, at that time, never missed watching a game and stayed loyal thru the good times and the bad. To this day, I am and will always be faithful to the BLACK 'N GOLD. Sweet Peaches (Jeaninne)Pittsburgh, PA
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I was only 9 when bitten by the football bug and I bled black n gold ever since. Our team was 5-7 that year and Pat Brady was the QB. I was in the 8th grade when I enjoyed our 1st winning seson (7-4-1) since becoming a Steeler fan. Ther yearts drug by in the 60's as we went through 8 losing seasons but I was still proud of our Steelers and then the 70's hit which eased all the suffering endured through the losing years. I loved Bradshaw & Co but no more than any Steeler team before or after .
Rainman (Ray) Fairmont, West VA
Co-Asst Manager Of The Black'NGold Pride Club
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In 1968 there was a board game called Strat-o-matic Football. I got the last pick in teams, and guess who I got? The Steelers 'cause noone else wanted them. Anyway this was my introduction to the team and I got to know the players, and I remember reading that no matter how bad their record was, opposing teams always knew they were in for a physical beating. I liked this, also i liked their colors too. Hey......I was 13. Now even though I am a die hard Yankee fan, myfavorite ballplayer was Roberto Clemente (for obvious reasons). So, in 1970, in the 1st year in TRS, my father took me out to Pittsburgh to see Clemente play in the new ballpark. It was late August, and we arrived in town on a Saturday night. As luck would have it, the Steelers were having an exhibition game that night, and we walked right into the stadium to see the game. the next day we saw Roberto get 3 hits......typical, but what a thrill for me! From that point on, I became a Steeler fan for sure. Many years have passed, but the memory of spending the weekend with my dad watching the Steelers and seeing the city will be with me forever. I have passed on this tradition to each of my children, seeing several games over the past few years. They have slowly become Steeler fans (who can resist) and I am certain they will take their children on the pilgrimage to that great city in Western PA. If not, I will just have to take my grandchildren! Kinda lookin' forwartd to that Steeler Jersey (Wayne) Edison, NJ
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I was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., my whole family are die heart Steeler fans. I am the youngest so I was born with Black'ngold blood.
steelers9101314 Randy Belluve, PA.
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I have always been a football fan. Growing up with a father and a brother who were avid football fans/players, you had no choice. I learned the game, though and was hooked ever since. However, I really didn't have a FAVORITE team , until I was 15 that is. It was April of 1978. I would turn 16 in July of that year, so I had Drivers ED then. Wwe were lucky that year we got to have a Student Teacher. The first day he walked into class all blonde -haired, 6'5", 285 lbs of him, I was hooked!~ We were told he had just come off his rookie year playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
That was it! He was an offensive lineman, number 66. He had replaced John Kolb in the lineup. Thanks to Ted Peterson, I finally had a team....WOOOHOO!! I've been a fan ever since, STEELERS ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~
KellyKat (Kelly) Mattoon, IL
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I was a Dolphins fan until they Hired the Poster Child For Brylcream JimmyJohnson, My Wife is From pittsburgh and I had always liked them but noody in my neighbor hood or school would follow my lead.
Being a Marylander, I could either pick fromthe Ravens or the Deadskins, But with choices like that I am glad my Wife and her Parents convinced me that Balck and gold Really rean in my Maryland Blood.
I started watching the Games and I got a shirt from my in-laws who were still Living in Pittsburgh,
It was a Sweatshirt that 3 worlds on it with a picture:
"WELCOME TO BLITZBURGH"
And the rest is History
My Steeler Collection Contains a Staduim Jacket Several Caps , A Bettis Jersey, a Kordell Jersey and tshirt knit cap gloves, and this yearfor christmas, I got a New T-shirt that Reads
Blitzburg
blitz:burgh
a Drinking town with a Football Problem
it has a graphic on it with a pittsburgh player holding 4 Superbowl trophies and sporting 4 rings and holding the thumb up that will get the ring this year. and the bottom reads
PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVAINIA
Michael Robinson -Twisted Hipster!~
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Well in my neigberhood is full of Cowboys fans being from Louisiana not far from Texas the Border everyone loved the Cowboys more than the Saints. So at twelve years old i never was a follower so i decided to stick with the Steelers. I mean the only person i could relate from Louisiana was Bradshaw . So i hung in there with him until he finally got someone too throw the ball too then came Stallworth and Swan the rest is history.Oh i forgot to say i wore the no# 11 when i played QB because they,ll never be another no# 12.So i enjoyed whipping the Cowboys and collecting four Superbowls wins with my Steelers . Thanks for letting me be a part of history...Larry Jacobs
Kempdog0
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I had just finished my 29th and last season as fan of the Washington Redskins and I began to wonder to myself, "What team do I want to root for now?" I listed 10 NFL teams (Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Seattle, Denver, New Orleans, New York Jets, Detroit, Minnesota & Oakland). By process of elimination, I was down to Pittsburgh, Kansas City, and Oakland. I put my brain to work and eliminated the Raiders (namely because I have never liked them) and Kansas City (I will always be a fan of Coach Vermeil, though) and I wound up becoming a Steelers fan. I don't regret it for even a second.
Leonard (Hawk) Weirich
Silver Spring, MD
How did I become a steeler fan. You always root for the underdog and when that underdog finally breaks through you know that you are a fan cause you fought their battle along side even though you wernt on the field,but in your heart you were with them win! or lose?
Rodney, Mount Gilead, OH
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