Nco ntsoov Pittsburgh Steelers nrog Fame Center "Hlau Mike" Webster
Hnub Wednesday, lub Cuaj Hlis 25, 2002Nrog Fame qhov chaw Mike Webster, ib tug tswv cuab ntawm Cov Pawg Neeg Hlau 1970s dynasty, tuag ntxov ntxov Tuesday thaum sawv ntxov hnub nyoog 50 xyoos tom qab muaj teeb meem los ntawm lub plawv nres. Nrog nws tus tub, Garrett, ntawm nws sab, lub npe football zoo li "Iron Mike" dhau tawm ntsiag to tam sim no tom qab kev phais tom tsev kho mob Pittsburgh.
Michael "Mike" Webster yug txij March 18, 1952, nyob rau hauv Tomahawk, Wisconsin.
Xws li ib qho ntawm cov centres loj tshaj hauv kev ncaws pob, Mike Webster cov haujlwm tshaj lij 17 lub xyoo hauv National Football League nrog Cuaj Ciam Tawm Hauv Plawv thiab Four Super Bowl rings, tus NFL cov ntaub ntawv rau ib qho xov xwm ntxeev. Nws tau koom lub Steelers raws li ib feem ntawm 1974 phau ntawv nrog rau lwm cov Pittsburgh Steelers hnub qub Jack Lambert, John Stallworth thiab Lynn Swann. Tsis yog coincidentally, xyoo ntawd tseem cim thawj plaub ntawm Super tais yeej rau pab neeg uas tau tuaj hu ua "Dynasty Dynasty." Mike Webster tau tawm mus rau hauv Football Football of Fame nyob rau xyoo 1997, thaum nws xyoo ob ntawm kev tsim nyog, thiab tau xaiv los rau NFL cov kev pabcuam txhua zaus hauv 2000.
Los ntawm nws lub caij xyoo 1974, txog 1985, Mike Webster tau ua si hauv 177 ua si sib law lias, tsis pub kom txhua yam ua kom nws tsis txhob cia nws ua si. Nws yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws rau nws lub siab, kev nyiaj ua haujlwm, thiab kev ua haujlwm zoo, ua qiv nyiaj ntxiv rau qhov kev ntseeg ntawd los ntawm kev sib tw ntawm NFL Kev Sib Ntsib ntawm lub sijhawm xyoo 1980.
Nws yog tus qauv zoo thiab tus thawj coj rau nws pab neeg, ua si hauv 19 playoff games nrog lub Steelers thiab ua haujlwm rau cov neeg ua hauj lwm rau tus tub rog rau cuaj caij.
Hmoov tsis, nyiaj laus tsis kho Mike Webster nrog rau nws txoj hauj lwm football. Nyob rau xyoo 1999, lub xov tooj cua tau raug kuaj nrog lub hlwb puas tsuaj los ntawm kev raug mob ntxiv ntawm lub taub hau thaum lub sij hawm nws nyob hauv lub NFL.
Ntau qhov kev raug mob tau ua rau nws lub qhov muag tsis pom kev, thiab qhov teeb meem ntawm kev raug mob loj zuj zus tuaj rau xyoo tas los no. Tus so ntawm nws lub neej, hmoov tsis, deteriorated nrog nws noj qab haus huv, tawm hauv nws poob hauj lwm, nqi-ridden, thiab qee zaus tsis muaj tsev nyob. Nws kuj raug mob nyav txhuam nrog txoj cai thaum nws raug foob rau tshuaj Ritalin, thiab nws tau txais tsib lub xyoos ua txhaum.
"Nws tau los ntawm ntau ntau xyoo, tab sis nws yeej tsis yws txog txhua yam," tus qub Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw said Tuesday. "Nyob rau hauv lub xeem 10 hnub peb tau poob Johnny Unitas, Bob Hayes, thiab tam sim no Mike, cov txiv neej no yog ib feem ntawm NFL tsev neeg loj heev, lawv zoo li cov neeg zoo li no."
"Mike yog ib lub hauv paus tseem ceeb uas peb yeej plaub Super tais," said former Steelers khiav rov qab Franco Harris. "Nws tsis paub tias nws muaj kev kub ntxhov thiab kev puas tsuaj tom qab nws txoj hauj lwm football, nws tab tom muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb, Peb tsis nco qab thiab hlub Mike."
Ntawm nws 1997 Qhib ntawm lub koob npe nrov, Kev Txhim Kho ntawm quarterback thiab cov phooj ywg Steelers hu ua Terry Bradshaw tau sau Mike Webster hauv ob peb lo lus. "Muaj tsis tau thiab yeej tsis yuav lwm tus neeg ua kev cog lus thiab tsis muaj cuab kav ua rau nws tus kheej ua qhov zoo tshaj plaws uas nws muaj peev xwm ua tau."
Mike Webster tau dim ntawm ob tug tub, Garrett, 17, uas nws txiv nws tus No. 52 rau Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Qib Siab Kub Qws, thiab Colin, 23, tus kheej hauv US Marines, thiab ob tug ntxhais, Brooke, 25, thiab Hillary Webster , 15, ntawm Madison, Wisconsin.