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Greene and Steelers
Noll rebuilt the Steelers through the NFL draft, selecting defensive tackle Joe Greene in his first season as head coach.
But once again, the Steelers stopped them from scoring when Greene forced and recovered a fumble from Foreman.
The Steelers ' " Steel Curtain " defense dominated the league, ranking third in fewest yards allowed ( 4, 019 ) and sending 8 of their 11 starters to the Pro Bowl: defensive linemen Joe Greene and L. C. Greenwood ; future Hall of Fame linebackers Jack Ham and Jack Lambert ; Andy Russell, the team's third starting linebacker ; future Hall of Fame defensive back Mel Blount ; and safeties Glen Edwards and Mike Wagner.
Greene responded by saying the Steelers didn't need to say they were the best, they would just go out on the field and " get the job done.
On third down, defensive tackle Joe Greene sacked Staubach, forcing a fumble that bounced through the hands of Steelers ' defensive lineman Steve Furness.
Ex-pro football player " Mean " Joe Greene lived in Duncanville during the height of his pro career with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Steelers, however, reversed four decades of futility and went on to become a dominant force in the NFL for the subsequent decade, winning four Super Bowls with such stars as Bradshaw, Harris, John Stallworth, and Lynn Swann and the Steel Curtain defense led by Jack Ham, Jack Lambert, " Mean Joe " Greene, Mel Blount, and Dwight White.
* A scene from the 1980 film sequel " Smokey And The Bandit II " was shot on the field at the Orange Bowl, and included cameo appearances by Terry Bradshaw and " Mean " Joe Greene of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Great Hall also features the actual lockers of several former Steelers, including Hall of Fame members Franco Harris, Joe Greene, and Bill Dudley.
During the game, an incident with the Steelers ' then-rookie " Mean Joe " Greene led to Greene spitting into Butkus ' face and challenging him to a fight after Butkus committed what Greene considered a dirty hit on a teammate of Greene's.
It was during the Steelers ' stay in Three Rivers that the now famous " Mean Joe " Greene Coke commercial aired, leading to a longstanding relationship between the two.
( In real life, O ' Neill, a college football standout, tried out for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1969, the first season of Hall of Famers Chuck Noll and " Mean Joe " Greene, but was cut in training camp, leading to O ' Neill re-enrolling at Youngstown State University and starting his acting career there ).
Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame defensive tackle Joe Greene claimed that Campbell could inflict more damage on a team than any other back he ever faced.
Charles Edward Greene, known as “ Mean Joe ” Greene, ( born September 24, 1946 ) is a former all-pro American football defensive tackle who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL.
Greene later admitted that he was upset with being drafted by the Steelers due to their long history of losing.
In his early years with the Steelers, Greene was at times uncontrollable, and often let his temper get the best of him.
On one occasion during a 1975 game against the rival Cleveland Browns at Cleveland Municipal Stadium in which the Steelers won 42-6, Greene repeatedly kicked Browns lineman Bob McKay in the groin while McKay was lying on the ground.
Joe Greene was credited as the cornerstone of the great Steelers dynasty and the most important player in Steeler's history.
After leading the Steelers to another Super Bowl win after the 1975 season over the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl X, Greene missed the first several games of the 1976 season with a back injury.
After retiring from the NFL, Greene spent one year ( 1982 ) as a color analyst for CBS ' NFL coverage before becoming an assistant coach under Steelers ' head coach Chuck Noll in 1987.

Greene and defense
Bradshaw, Webster, Swann, Stallworth and Harris ended up being hall of fame players on offense, while the others formed the core nucleus of their " Steel Curtain " defense, including future Hall of Famers Greene, Ham, Blount and Lambert.
An avalanche of complaints about the state of public defense in Greene County, along with a number of lawsuits filed by Stephen Bright and the Southern Center for Human Rights, contributed to the formation of this commission.
Greene had prepared his defense in three lines.
During the War of 1812, when the possibility of a British invasion led to the re-use of the site for defense, the newly rebuilt fortification was named Fort Greene in his honor.
In Noguchi's defense, Rockefeller Institute business manager Jerome D. Greene wrote a letter to the anti-vivisection society which had protested the experiment.
Greene was the leader and the anchor of the " Steel Curtain " defense that won four Super Bowls in the 1970s.
Greene is also well known for the " stunt 4-3 " defense, in which he would line up at an angle, between the center and guard, and would explode into the line taking up 2-3 blockers.
His father was Civil War general, George Sears Greene, famous for his defense of Culp's Hill at the Battle of Gettysburg.
In an heroic defense, Greene and his brigade withstood the assault of Maj. Gen. Edward " Allegheny " Johnson's Confederate division ( the " Stonewall Division ") throughout the night, until the remaining brigades of the XII Corps returned.
Perren's testimony at trial revealed a series of contradictions in MVP's defense, with the result that Fame and Greene received royalties, income, and a reaffirmation of their artists ' rights.
Guilty Conscience is a 1985 American TV movie, produced by CBS Entertainment, directed by David Greene, starring Anthony Hopkins as criminal defense attorney Arthur Jamison.
In State of Colorado v. Whelan and Brandyberry in 1980, Greene successfully used a " choice of evils " defense in a criminal prosecution of a " deprogrammer " against charges of kidnapping and false imprisonment.

Greene and carried
Advance publicity for the strip noted Greene's participation and the strip carried the byline " By Ward Greene ".

Greene and nine
It flows past Brisben and Greene to Chenango Forks, where, about nine miles north of Binghamton, it receives from the right its major tributary, the Tioughnioga River.
They had joined the command of Major General Nathanael Greene, creating a force of some nine to ten thousand men in total.
The others are Joe Greene, Jack Lambert, Lawrence Taylor, Reggie White and his teammate for nine years, Warren Sapp.
Greene was born in Apponaug, Rhode Island, one of nine children of Caleb and Sarah Robinson ( Greene ) Greene.
Lucy and their nine children continued to live on the island, naming their mansion Dungeness after that of Greene.
Jerry Greene of the Orlando Sentinel listed it at number nine on his 2004 list of the show's " Top 10 Sporting Episodes ".
Due to unpaid royalties, Fame's financial state was far from wealthy despite years of hits and selling nine million records with Greene.

Greene and straight
He first stood for Parliament as a Liberal at the 1922 general election in Hackney North in a straight fight with the incumbent Conservative Sir Walter Greene, MP.
Both are Greene King, The Cock is in the High Street of the village and has the interesting factor of having no bar and serving drinks straight from the cellar.

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