‘Steel Curtain’ member White dies
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on June 11, 2008
Former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Dwight White, part of the defence that led the team to four Super Bowl championships in the 1970s, has died following surgery at a Pittsburgh hospital. He was 58.
“Dwight White was one of the greatest players to ever wear a Steelers uniform,” said team chairman Dan Rooney in a statement. [...]
Sports Ex-Curtain anchor dies in car crash
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on January 19, 2008
DALLAS%26ndash;Ernie (Fats) Holmes, who won two Super Bowls as an anchor of Pittsburgh’s famed Steel Curtain defence in the 1970s, has died in a car crash. He was 59. Holmes was driving alone Thursday night when his car left the road and rolled [...]
Steelers rip Ravens
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 15, 2007
PITTSBURGH - Hall of Famers galore lined the Steelers’ sideline, with Terry Bradshaw and Mean Joe Greene, Jack Ham, Mel Blount and Franco Harris out front. No wonder the Baltimore Ravens probably thought they were playing all of them and the current day Steelers, too.Ben Roethlisberger tied the Steelers’ single-game record with five touchdown passes [...]