Some of the greatest players, the greatest men, in the history of the Pittsburgh Steelers organization never wanted to be there in the first place—especially back in the late 60s and the 70s. Pittsburgh wasn’t really a booming metropolis that would attract the interests of some of the greatest athletes in the world to strike their fortune and plant their roots.
Troy Polamalu was the latest to acknowledge that, before he learned what the Steelers were all about, he was hoping to avoid finding out. The great safety, who is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Steelers’ Hall of Honor classes of 2020, wrote an open letter that he published yesterday on Facebook sharing what it means to him to be a Steeler.