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Pitt rookie drawing rave reviews

"Mean" Joe Greene is one of six Pro Football Hall of Famers who'll be in attendance as we unveil the entire Team For the Ages at "Football Legends LIVE!" Sept. 8 in Crystal Lake, Ill. Tickets are on sale now: https://shawmediaevents.com/e/pfw50

This feature originally ran in Pro Football Weekly, Vol. III, No. 15, Nov. 20, 1969

PITTSBURGH — A remarkable troupe of rookies is painting the future a vivid bright for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

With two bona-fide candidates for Rookie of the Year, the Steelers are not tearing up the National Football League this year, but they are giving promise of turning this star-crossed football team around in the future.