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For the question posted on: 01/29/07 |
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After his rookie season
with the Pittsburgh Steelers,
this player
was drafted in the army and sent off to fight in Vietnam. On August
20, 1969 his platoon was ambushed in a rice paddy. During this
ambush he was wounded in the left thigh, and while he was down, he
was hit again by shrapnel from a grenade into his right leg and
foot. Upon his return he couldn't walk without being in pain, and he
weighed only 180 pounds; but after a lot of hard work in the off
season, he made the Steelers starting line up in the 1974 season as
a running back. With his help the Steelers would go on to win four
Super Bowl Championships. His struggle to
recover from his injuries was dramatized in the 1980 film
Fighting Back starring Robert Urich.
Name this Steelers
Player and Vietnam Vet!
Congratulations to Stephen from Logansport, IN who answered Rocky Blair to win this weeks "History Challenge" drawing. Stephen will be sent a $15 gift certificate to Amazon (millions of items to choose from) and be entered into the $500 cash prize drawing to be held on the 7th of July, 2007 (along with everyone else who answered correctly). The resources for this weeks challenge came from the following web sites posted below. Please check back Monday for the new history challenge! http://www.pittsburghsteelers.co.uk/steelers/players/rocky%20bleier.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Bleier
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