While I’m not from the Pittsburgh area, as we near the 2024 draft I’d like to recognize the 50th anniversary of the incredible Steelers draft class of 1974. Growing up in the 1970s in New Jersey, those players and teams got me and many kids I knew hooked on football. We rooted for the Steelers as if they were our own.
The 1974 draft brought in Lynn Swann and John Stallworth (whose acrobatic catches we copied in backyards), Jack Lambert, Mike Webster and undrafted rookie free agent Donnie Shell.
They complemented Pittsburgh’s draft picks in the preceding years, like “Mean” Joe Greene, Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris and Jack Ham. Four Super Bowl titles followed, along with several Hall of Fame inductions.
Just wanted to say thanks to those “Super Steelers” teams and good luck in this year’s draft.
Adam Silbert
New York, N.Y.