So this being the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, and me being kind of a history nut I thought I’d tie the Gettysburg Address in with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Makes sense, right? You’ll discover that I will tie the Steelers, mainly the 70’s Steelers, in with American history from time to time. My writings will be of the “random thoughts” type of writing. As I compose these articles you will see that my thoughts will bounce around a little and that is what you will read. So let’s begin. Lincoln began his Address with a look back in time. I’m going to borrow his opening.
Two score and eight years ago my parents brought forth onto this continent a new Steelers fan, conceived in (well, conceived in a small two bedroom apartment on East Orange St. in a small town in central Pennsylvania, but we won’t go into that. Hopefully, you know about that kind of stuff by now.) and dedicated to proposition that the Steelers are the best team in the NFL. My earliest memory of the Steelers was watching who I believe was Terry Bradshaw in the Steelers all white uniforms. No clue who they were playing but I was hooked. My dad told me that I had to root for a Pennsylvania team. The Steelers were winning. That was easy. We lived in a neighborhood in the mid 70s full of kids who each liked different NFL teams. The Raiders, the Dolphins, Cowboys, Eagles were all represented. Our neighborhood was the NFL. All of our bedrooms were like a fan zone for each team.
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