Hey Dale,you would be proud of me. I've got my "old school" Lambert jersey on today .........Rick
Ah Jack Lambert hey? Not bad but, I believe I can do one better.
I have an "old school" Rocky Bleier #20. Bleier was drafted into the military after his rookie year with the Steelers. While in Nam, his patrol was ambushed in a rice paddy and Rocky was severely hit in his left thigh, but while he was down, a grenade landed next to him and filled his right leg with shrapnel. The doctors told him he would never play football again. Boy, were they wrong.
Not only did Bleier go on to be one of the best blocking backs in the league behind Franco Harris, he played in all of the first four Steeler's Super Bowl victories. He also caught the touchdown pass from Bradshaw in Super Bowl XIII that gave the Steelers the lead they would never surrender.
I liked Jack Lambert, but I always had a special place in my heart for Rocky Bleier because of the struggle that he endured and also because he was from Wisconsin.