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Chuck Noll has the most wins Steelers history
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the Steelers drafted Terry Bradshaw in the first round of the 1970 draft with the 1st overall pick
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Terry Bradshaw threw 212 passing td's the Steelers.
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John Jacob "Jay" Berwanger (March 19, 1914 - June 26, 2002) was an American football running back born in Dubuque, Iowa. He was the first winner of the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy in 1935 (the following year, though, the award was renamed the Heisman Trophy). Berwanger had been a star at the University of Chicago under coach Amos Alonzo Stagg (both of whom were members of the Psi Upsilon fraternity). In a 1934 game against the University of Michigan, Berwanger left his mark on Michigan center Gerald Ford in the form of a distinctive scar beneath the future President's left eye.[1]
Berwanger also competed in track & field for the University of Chicago, setting a school decathlon record in 1936 that stood for over 70 years. It was recently broken by Zach Rodgers in 2007.[1].
In 1936, Berwanger was also the first player to be drafted by the National Football League in its initial college draft; he was selected first overall by the Philadelphia Eagles, who then traded his negotiating rights to the Chicago Bears. However, he chose not to turn professional and never played in the NFL.
After graduating, Berwanger was a sportswriter and later became a manufacturer of plastic car parts. He was very modest about the Heisman and used the trophy as a doorstop in his library. The trophy was later bequeathed to the University of Chicago Athletic Hall of Fame, where it was on display as of 2007. There is also a replica of the Heisman on display in the trophy case in the Nora Gymnasium at Dubuque Senior High School.
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Riley Henry Smith (July 14, 1911 – August 9, 1999) was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He was the second player taken in the 1936 NFL Draft and was the first player that was signed from the draft that played in the NFL. He played college football at the University of Alabama.
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William Shakespeare (September 27, 1912 - January 17, 1974) was an American football player.
An All-American halfback and punter out of Notre Dame, Bill Shakespeare appeared as himself in one feature film, The Big Game (1936). He was drafted third overall in the 1936 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers, but never played a game in the NFL. In World War II, Shakespeare went from private to captain, won four battle stars and the Bronze Star for gallantry in action. He was president of the Cincinnati Rubber Manufacturing Company at the time of his death.
In 1983, he was posthumously named to the College Football Hall of Fame.
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Dick Crayne (April 24, 1913 - August, 1985) was an American football fullback for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He played in 1936, rushing for 203 yards, and completed 1-2 passes for 52 yards. Then in 1937, rushing for 135 yards, and completed 2-4 passes for 20 yards.
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