A Steeler Odyssey
Memoir
By: Andy Russell
Date: 1998
Source: Russell, Andy. A Steeler Odyssey. Champaign, Ill.: Sports Publishing, 1998. Excerpt reprinted as "Joe Greene." In The Steelers Reader. Randy Roberts, and David Welky, eds. Pittsburgh: The University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001, 189–192, 195–198.
About the Author: Andy Russell (1941–) was born in Detroit, Michigan. After college at the University of Missouri, Russell played as a rookie starting linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1963 before serving two years in the Army. In 1966, Russell returned to the Steelers to play eleven more seasons, retiring in 1976. Russell played in seven Pro Bowls and on two Super Bowl-winning Steelers teams. In retirement, Russell has been in business and banking.
Introduction
For most of its first thirty-five years of existence in the NFL, the Pittsburgh Steelers was...
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