BLUE-COLLAR BRILLIANCE

Boris Starling

THE NEW NFLSEASON MARKS THE golden anniversary of perhaps the most iconic dynasty in the game’s history. The PITTSBURGH STEELERS team which won its first Superbowl in 1975 didn’t just kick off a run of four titles in six years, a strike rate unparalleled to this day: it also stood for principles which showcased the best of its city and country alike. Hardscrabble northern industrial cities — Green Bay, Detroit, Baltimore, Cleveland — are the game’s heartland both literally and metaphorically, and never was this more true than of 1970s Pittsburgh. It wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town, all mills and soot, smoke and dust. Ever since the war the Steelers had been amiably useless, reaching only one play-off game in more than three decades and…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2024

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