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The Franchise That Destiny Built.”
(The 10 Greatest Super Bowl Plays &
Moments and The Immaculate Reception!)
“Steelers Greatest Plays”
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This smaller version of “The Pittsburgh Steelers: The Franchise That Destiny Built” is titled “Steelers Greatest
Plays” and is printed on heavy card stock
with an edition size of 1000. Framed
with our classy multi-grooved black frame, it measures 13 5/8 inches high x 19
5/8 inches long and comes fully assembled with glass cover ready to hang or
lean. Again, the cost is only $49 each
and there is a one-time discount shipping charge of $6 regardless of how many
you order!
Depicted are the 11 most
memorable and significant plays and moments from the six Steeler Super Bowl
Championships—including, needless to say, The Immaculate Reception. Moreover, every play and moment is depicted
in that area of the field where each actually occurred! In addition, on the bottom border are
portraits of the celebrated principals and their uniform numbers including head
coaches Chuck Noll, Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin—20 in all! Try finding this many portraits in one print
… anywhere!
Here is the list of
the 20 Steelers:
Ben
Roethlisberger #7, Santonio Holmes #10, Terry
Bradshaw #12, Rocky Bleier #20, Franco Harris #32, Frenchy Fuqua #33, Willie Parker #39, Jack Lambert #58,
Ernie Holmes #63, Alan Faneca #66, L.C. Greenwood
#68, Mean Joe Greene #75, Dwight White #78, John Stallworth #82,
Hines Ward
#86, Lynn Swann #88, James Harrison #92, Mike Tomlin, Bill Cowher, Chuck Noll.
Here is a list of the 11 plays and
moments:
●The Immaculate
Reception: Terry Bradshaw, Frenchy Fuqua, Jack
Tatum, Franco Harris and the unshown angel. What more
can be said?!; ●Super Bowl IX: The
first-ever Super Bowl safety as the heart of the Steel Curtain--Joe Greene,
Ernie Holmes, L.C. Greenwood, Dwight White & Jack Lambert--surround Fran Tarkenton; ●Super Bowl X:
Lynn Swann's juggling, seemingly levitating, poetry-in-motion catch; ●Super Bowl X: Jack Lambert "splatting" Cliff
Harris to the ground after the Cowboy taunted Roy Gerela;
●Super Bowl XIII: Rocky Bleier skyrocketing to snare his tie-breaking TD seconds
before the half; ●Super Bowl XIII: A
hoisted Lynn Swann pointing heavenward after catching the Steelers' last TD; ●Super Bowl XIV: John Stallworth's backwards-bending,
over-the-helmet grab vs. the Rams; ●Super Bowl
XL: Willie Parker--aided by a beak-flattening block by Alan Fanaca--speeding 75 yards vs. the Seahawks, the longest TD
run in Super Bowl history; ●Super Bowl XL: Hines
Ward leaping over the goal line after catching a wide receiver reverse pass for
the game's final score; ●Super Bowl XLIII: James
Harrison stepping in front of a Kurt Warner-intended pass to Anquan Boldin.
Simply put, this 100-yd. TD run is second only to The Immaculate Reception in
its sheer magnitude; ●Super Bowl XLIII: Ben
Roethlisberger's dramatic, pinpoint pass to Santonio
Holmes to earn a then-record 6th Super Bowl title.*
*a
more detailed description of the 11 plays and moments is shown at the bottom of
the page. Please note this detailed
description will be printed on gold 24-lb., 8 ½ x 11 inch paper and included
with your order along with the Certificate of Authenticity.
Created by acclaimed Artist Ben Teeter, the
artwork captures the glory and resolve of pro football’s greatest franchise
like no other. It is the ultimate
tribute to the Super Steelers—the franchise with a record-tying six Super Bowl
Championships as well as the franchise identified with undeniably the most
glorious and electrifying play in pro football history. With his signature flamboyant style and his
knack for conveying movement—as well as the meticulous detail of the
portraits--it’s small wonder the NFL Alumni
Association has commissioned Teeter to paint almost 40 paintings of football
greats for their Player of the Year Awards.
In addition, the Dunruss/Playoff Card Company
hired him to paint 72 of their 2005 Series 1 and Series 2 Diamond King Cards. In fact, many current and past NFL
players—such as Kurt Warner, Tony Gonzales and Cris
Carter—have Ben Teeter (click here for full bio) original paintings in their personal
collections.
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“THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS: THE FRANCHISE THAT DESTINY BUILT”
(The
10 Greatest Super Bowl Plays & Moments and The
Immaculate Reception)
For almost four decades, starting from their
founding by Art Rooney in 1933, the Pittsburgh Steelers never won a playoff
game … let alone a championship. What
the franchise lacked in talent, it made up in grit, tenacity, hard-nosed play. It shared the work ethic and pride of its
devoted fans. It fielded players like
Hall-of-Famer Ernie Stautner, who was the very
embodiment of the Steelers and Pittsburgh, and Gene “Big Daddy” Lipscomb, who
literally worked in a steel mill before pro football. Despite its lack of success, the team earned
the respect of its opponents. Said Tom
Landry during his days as a star with the powerful New York Giants in the
50s: “We would rather play the Browns
twice than the Steelers once.” Said the
incomparable Jim Brown: “You play the
Steelers on Sunday and you feel it Monday.”
There is a profound saying that states: “Watch your character, for it becomes your
destiny.” If so, where was
Destiny? Here were the Steelers …
playing the game the way it’s supposed to be played … year after year paying
their dues in a league of hard knocks … and their reward was futility. The Steelers had earned the respect of their
opponents; they apparently did not earn the respect of Destiny. Destiny, it seems, had turned its back on the
Steelers.
And then on December 23, 1972—a date with
Destiny if there ever was one—the Steelers trailed the Oakland Raiders
7-6. It was fourth-and-10 on the
Pittsburgh 40 yard line with 22 seconds left in the game: a
scrambling Terry Bradshaw about to be pulverized … hurled the football to the outstretched arms
of Frenchy Fuqua … who was slammed by the impacting
missile of Jack Tatum … and suddenly a bending Franco Harris grasping the
football and … Destiny! It was the Black and Gold’s first playoff
win ever. Only three words can
accurately and adequately describe the play:
The Immaculate Reception.
In the franchise’s 40th year of existence, Destiny—finally,
fittingly—bowed down low and embraced the Steelers. And the Steelers and Destiny have become an
inseparable team ever since!
Depicted in this Artwork by acclaimed artist
Ben Teeter are the forever-etched-in-the-mind Super Bowl plays and moments—as
well as The Immaculate Reception—that have earned the Destiny Seal of
Approval. You will note every play and
moment is depicted in that area of the field where each actually occurred. Here, then, is a description of those 10
Super Bowl plays and moments:
Super Bowl IX Steelers 16 Vikings 6:
Vikings may have no trouble storming towns, fortresses and NFL
defenses. But legendary STEEL CURTAINS …
not so much. In fact, not at all. When all was said and done, Hall-of-Fame
quarterback Fran Tarkenton and his team put up a
staggeringly-less-than-paltry 17 yards rushing and 119 total yards against the
indomitable Steeler defense. Meanwhile,
Super Bowl MVP Franco Harris and his blockers chewed up 158 yards rushing
versus the Purple People Eaters. Shown
is the play that vividly sums up Minnesota futility against sport’s greatest
immovable object: the first-ever Super
Bowl safety. Fullback Dave Osburn had muffed a Tarkenton
pitch and the Viking QB fell on the ball in the endzone. It was a case of “you’re damned if you hold
on to the ball, and you’re damned if you don’t.” Surrounding the fallen Viking leader
was—fittingly—the heart of the Steel Curtain:
Messrs. White (credited with the safety), Greenwood, Holmes, Greene and
Lambert (up close and personal). Sir
Francis and the Vikings were decidedly vanquished.
Super Bowl X Steelers 21 Cowboys 17:
Matched were football’s two most popular teams. But popularity could
only take the Cowboys so far against the stronger defending champs. Terry Bradshaw and Super Bowl MVP Lynn Swann
stretched—and severed—the formally vaunted Dallas Flex defense to the tune of
161 yards. Shown is Swann’s
juggling, acrobatic, poetry-in-motion, seemingly levitating, securing-on-the-ground
catch. Whew! It was a frame-it-and-hang-it-in-a-museum
catch; the Mona Lisa of catches.
After Roy Gerela
missed a field goal, Cowboy Cliff Harris showed how to play the game with class
by taunting the Steeler kicker. Shown
is what ensued: an incensed Jack Lambert
laying down the law by laying down—forcefully—the stunned Harris as if a rag
doll. You might say Jack splat Mr.
Harris. Referring to the incident after
the game, No. 58 said matter-of-factly:
“No one can be allowed to intimidate us.
We’re supposed to be the intimidators.”
Then and now, part and parcel of Steeler Football!
Super Bowl XIII Steelers 35 Cowboys 31: This rematch of Super Bowl X pitted
America’s Team against … well … Arguably the Greatest Team in the History of
the National Football League.
And judging from the results (after an early scare the Steelers surged
to an insurmountable 35-17 lead), America got a raw deal. Ya think?! With the score tied 14-14 and 33 seconds to
go in the half, shown is Rocky Bleier as he skied
heavenward to snare a Terry Bradshaw touchdown pass at its apex. Overmatched Dallas defender D.D. Lewis could
only helplessly look on in wonderment.
Such elevating catches are expected of the Swanns
and Larry Fitzgeralds of the world. But Rocky Bleier?! Productive running and unsurpassed blocking
was his mark. But of course Rocky Bleier. Extraordinary people do extraordinary things. Which begs the question: Rocket J. Squirrel or Rocket J. Bleier?!!
Super Bowl XIV Steelers 31 Rams 19: It
was the magnificent performance of repeat Super Bowl MVP Terry Bradshaw and the
Steeler receivers—as well as a Jack Lambert interception—that did in the feisty
Rams. Early in the fourth quarter Bradshaw
and John Stallworth hooked up with a dazzling 73-yard touchdown. But it was this (shown) jaw-dropping,
backwards-bending, over-the-helmet grab by Stallworth that outshined the
earlier catch. This 44-yard beauty led
to the Steelers’ 31st point —and game-clinching touchdown. It was the fourth Super Bowl Championship for
the 1970s Steelers and for the man Myron Cope dubbed the Emperor—Chuck Noll.
Super Bowl XL Steelers 21 Seahawks 10: The
Bill Cowher-led Steelers were the first 6-seed to win a Super Bowl, and it was
the first Super Bowl appearance for Seattle in its 30-year history. But two long Steeler touchdowns gulled the
Seahawks and a Ben Roethlisberger goal-line-plane-breaking score galled them. Just 22 seconds into the third quarter, shown
is Willie Parker’s 75-yard touchdown run—the longest in Super Bowl
history! It was simply a matter of the
Steeler O-line giving the Seahawks a lesson in 101 blocking. It was sheer perfection resulting in sheared
Seahawk would-be tacklers and a 14-3 lead.
Reading his blocks—among them a beak-flattening job by Alan Faneca—Fast Willie saw the opening and—beep-beep/meep-meep—left Seattle in its
wake.
Not to be outdone, Antwaan
Randle El, Hines Ward and the rest of the offense followed up by teaching the
Seahawks the art of the wide receiver reverse pass. With 8:43 left in the fourth quarter, Randle
El found Ward behind the Seattle secondary for a 21-10 Steeler lead and the
game’s final score. Shown is a joyously
leaping Super Bowl MVP Hines Ward breaking the goal line as well as the wings
and spirit of the Seahawks.
We now take you back to Super Bowl XIII and the Steelers’ victory over the
Cowboys. Lynn Swann had made yet another
astounding catch from the golden arm of Terry Bradshaw; this time snaring the
ball while seemingly floating in space and then sliding on his knees in the
back of the endzone ala Baryshnikov. It was the Steelers’ last touchdown of the
35-31 triumph.
Yet
it’s what occurred after the play was over that was even more memorable and
more significant. For Swann raced
back over the goal line and was immediately hoisted (shown) by his teammates
one after another while emphatically pointing his No. I index finger heavenward. It was a gesture that proclaimed to the
football world Steeler Sovereignty.
Steeler Destiny. And it has stood the test of time to this
day.
Super Bowl XLIII Steelers 27 Cardinals 23: The Arizona Cardinals, a team suffering
through the NFL’s longest championship drought, a 9-7 team that reached the
Super Bowl via a startling post season, a team whose quarterback—Kurt
Warner—made yet another astonishing comeback adding yet another chapter to his
storied career, a team coached and staffed by former Steelers, a team that
prominent sportswriters had confidently ordained as Destiny’s Darlings …
surely, surely the Arizona Cardinals were the rightful heirs to the Throne of
Destiny at the expense of Mike Tomlin and his Steelers.
Surely
you jest. Oh, ye sportswriters of
little sense and no sense of history.
They’re not called the SUPER STEELERS for nothing. Oh, well, you’ll just have to learn the hard
way:
With the Cardinals on the Steelers 1 yard
line, on what was to be the last non-kicking play of the half, James Harrison (shown)
stepped in front of a Kurt Warner-intended pass to Anquan Boldin. We all know what happened next: What—save Destiny—could propel a 245-lb. man
to run an improbable—to put it mildly—Super Bowl-record 100 yards through countless
obstacles before breaking the goal-line plane?
It was a potential 14-point swing.
But this was by no means an Immaculate Reception. It was merely … SECOND BY ITS LONESOME to The
Immaculate Reception!!
But with Larry Fitzgerald’s 64-yard touchdown—and
16th unanswered point to give the Cardinals the lead—with only 2 minutes and 37
seconds to go in the fourth quarter, Cardinal backers could hear the knocking
on Destiny’s door. Unfortunately for
Arizona, it was only opportunity knocking for Ben Roethlisberger.
In what will forever be known as “Big Ben’s
Big Drive,” the Steeler QB marched his teammates down the football field. And with 43 seconds left in the game, Super
Bowl Most Valuable Player Santonio Holmes and Destiny
slammed the door in the Cardinals’ face. Shown is Holmes’
head-to-toe-stretching touchdown reception from Roethlisberger as he out-flew a
trailing and outmanned flock of Cardinal dbs. When
it comes to the Steelers, that Destiny is such a softy for the dramatic, ain’t it?!!
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In the first half of the franchise’s
existence—despite blood, sweat and tears—the Steelers were never rewarded with
a playoff victory. But it’s been a
second half of blood, sweat and cheers, of still playing Steelers Football, of
players—be they Hall of Famers or not—tough of mind, body and spirit, of a record-tying six Super Bowl
Championships. It is the franchise
most identified with pro football by hard-core and casual fans alike. (Steeler Super Bowls are typically among the
highest-rated telecasts in television history.)
It is the Black and Gold. It is
Steelers Nation. It is The Pittsburgh Steelers: The Franchise That Destiny Built.
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