Abstract
Terry Bradshaw made a name for himself as the star quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, winning four Super Bowls and twice earning the MVP award. Beyond his athletic success, Bradshaw has established himself as a true cultural icon through his ventures into television, movies, and music.
In Terry Bradshaw: From Super Bowl Champion to Television Personality, Brett L. Abrams details the many personas of this larger-than-life entertainer. Not satisfied with “just” being a star quarterback, Bradshaw became an actor, commercial pitchman, country western and gospel singer, color commentator, and NFL pregame co-host. In addition to covering Bradshaw’s life and career, Abrams discusses the stereotypes Bradshaw faced and his ability to turn those preconceived notions into a positive, likeable, “down home” image that enabled him to find success across the entertainment industries. Ultimately, Bradshaw has become not only an iconic sports figure, but a cultural icon, as well.
Terry Bradshaw delivers a new and refreshing look at one of football’s most-recognized athletes. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with coaches, friends, coworkers, and football fans, this book illuminates Bradshaw’s celebrity status in the context of nearly 50 years of interacting with football fans and the larger American pop culture.
Schlagworte
NFL Super Bowl American football professional football tv personality national football league sports sports announcer steelers super bowl champion quaterback pittsburgh steelers players pop culture pop culture icons popular culture popular culture icons television personality pro football football football announcer greatest players football champion football greats football hall of fame football icons football player football stars hall of fame athelete country music best players iconic players broadcasting celebrity champion- 53–76 3 Two Golden Rings 53–76
- 159–180 8 Press Box View 159–180
- 243–250 Conclusion 243–250
- 251–288 Notes 251–288
- 289–298 Bibliography 289–298
- 299–310 Index 299–310
- 311–311 About the Author 311–311
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- „... informed the Steelersorganization that he would continue to play football until Chuck Noll,the coach, “cuts ...” „... overseas hurting the steel and other manufacturingindustries, Bradshaw thought football players striking ...” „... wife and family, who can barely live on his salary, isn’t sympa-thetic to the football players. Not ...”
- „... .” Some wondered how comments regarding football playSTUDIO ANALYSIS AND HIJINKS 185would fare against the ...” „... withJay Leno. Bradshaw told host Jay Leno that if he had a son he would notlet him play football. He ...” „... issues.Most often the criticism came when players’ actions distracted themfrom playing their best football ...”
- „... us with his play on the football field. Asspectators, we admired his performance, as we do the ...” „... once again be-come notable among fans of the sport, forging a new image outside ofbeing a player.Fewer ...” „... (hardcover : alk. paper)Subjects: LCSH: Bradshaw, Terry. | Pittsburgh Steelers (Football team)—Biography ...”
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- „... Today on CBS, 177; reboot show inearly 1990s, 179National Football League PlayersAssociation (NFLPA ...” „... ; conditions1975 playoffs, 71–72; conditions 1978playoffs, 85–86; fan groups for players,41; first football ...” „... Association (ABA),53American Broadcasting Corporation(ABC), 17, 18; The Superstars, 55American Football ...”
- „... during the next 18 months, the value of the foot-ball players’—and everyone else’s—salaries dropped ...” „... , NFL playerscould not. Professional football players signed contracts that containedoption clauses ...” „... tosucceed.The WFL offered football players new opportunities. Team officialsidentified personnel that they ...”
- „... of his bullets could rebound off a player’sshoulder pads and stay in the air for more than 10 yards ...” „... the artificial turf for the first football game everheld there, on September 20, 1970. Pittsburgh’s ...” „... tall, golden-haired roo-kie quarterback generated enthusiasm with his great play and excite-ment on the ...”
- „... that they brought a required knowledge to the booth.PRESS BOX VIEW 163While former football players and ...” „... . Like the NFL players,some memberships, like the Air Line Pilots Association, rejected lesseragreements ...” „... theSteelers organization or former players.The openness and free flow of opinions continued. When NBCSports ...”
- „... perceive you.”—BernieCasey, on being known as an ex-football player when trying to be anactor1Like many ...” „... football games. Oncehe moved up to the professional ranks as a player in the notable positionof quarterback ...” „... likesynthetic road kill stuck on his head. But the company liked that this he-man football player was not ...”
- „... and were soldthrough a special vendor. Topps issued a subset of player cards called“Football Legend ...” „... morechances for Bradshaw to appear in national commercials. Credit cardcompany Visa hired ex-football players ...” „... it and said, `Well, this is no differentthan taking a shower with a bunch of football players.’ It’s ...”
- „... pain in his neck. In the culture of football, particularly in the1960s and 1970s, players played ...” „... received the Max-well Football Club award as the nation’s outstanding professional playerfor 1978. They ...” „... , football fans, evangelical Protes-tants, and many residents of the South appreciated the Bradshaws.Young ...”
- „... signed me because I’m a jock. Let’s face it, it helps.They figure if he can sing and play football, we ...” „... routine of a performer proved quite different from thatof a football player. The musician toured regularly ...” „... trained inthe way his body was groomed to play football. During his perfor-mances, Bradshaw engaged with ...”
- „... two rough-and-tumblebusinesses: playing professional football and being a celebrity. Heforged an ...” „... football contemporaries, New York Jets quarter-back Joe Namath and Buffalo Bills running back O. J. Simpson ...” „... began acting during his football career. He ap-peared as a guest star on a number of television shows ...”
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