Terry Paxton Bradshaw (born September 2, 1948) is an American former professional
football player who was a
quarterback
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for the
Pittsburgh Steelers in the
National Football League
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(NFL). Since 1994, he has been a television
sports analyst
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and co-host of ''
Fox NFL Sunday
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''. Bradshaw is also an actor and recording artist, having participated in several television shows (mainly as himself) and films, most notably co-starring in the movie ''
Failure to Launch
''Failure to Launch'' is a 2006 American romantic comedy film directed by Tom Dey, and starring Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker. The film focuses on a 35-year-old man living with his parents who shows no interest in leaving the comf ...
'', and releasing several country music albums. He played for 14 seasons with Pittsburgh, won four
Super Bowl titles in a six-year period (
1974,
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
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,
1978, and
1979
Events
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), becoming the first quarterback to win three and four Super Bowls, and led the Steelers to eight
AFC Central
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championships. He was inducted into the
Pro Football Hall of Fame
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in 1989, his first year of eligibility. Bradshaw was inducted into the
College Football Hall of Fame in 1996.
Bradshaw is known as a tough competitor and for having one of the most powerful arms in NFL history. His physical skills and on-the-field leadership played a major role in the Steelers' dynasty throughout the 1970s. During his career, he passed for more than 300 yards in a game only seven times, but three of those performances came in the postseason (two of which were in Super Bowls). In four career Super Bowl appearances, he passed for 932 yards and 9 touchdowns, both Super Bowl records at the time of his retirement. In 19 career postseason games, he completed 261 passes for 3,833 yards.
Early years
Bradshaw was born in
Shreveport, Louisiana in 1948.
His father, William Marvin "Bill" Bradshaw (1927–2014), a native of
, was a veteran of the
United States Navy
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, a former vice president of manufacturing of the Riley Beaird Company in Shreveport, and a
Southern Baptist layman. Terry's mother, Novis (
née Gay; born 1929), was one of five children of Clifford and Lula Gay of
Red River Parish, Louisiana
Red River Parish (French: ''Paroisse de la Rivière-Rouge'') is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,091, making it the fourth-least populous parish in Louisiana. Its seat is Coushatta. ...
. He has an older brother, Gary, and a younger brother, Craig.
In his early childhood, the family lived in
Camanche, Iowa
Camanche () is a city in Clinton County, Iowa, United States, on the Mississippi River. The population was 4,570 at the time of the 2020 census.
History
A post office has been in operation in Camanche since 1837. The community was named after ...
, where he set forth the goal to play professional football. When he was a teenager, Bradshaw returned with his family to Shreveport.
There, he attended
Woodlawn High School, played under assistant coach
A. L. Williams, and led the Knights to the AAA
state championship game in 1965,
but lost 12–9 to the
Sulphur Golden Tornadoes. While at Woodlawn, he set a national record for
throwing the javelin at ; his exploits earned him a spot in the ''
Sports Illustrated
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'' feature ''Faces in the Crowd''.
Bradshaw's successor as Woodlawn's starting quarterback was another future NFL standout,
Joe Ferguson
Joseph Carlton Ferguson Jr. (born April 23, 1950) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills. He played college football at Arkansas.
Early year ...
of the
Buffalo Bills. Bradshaw's Steelers defeated Ferguson's Bills in a
1974 divisional playoff game.
College career
Bradshaw decided to attend
Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University (Louisiana Tech, La. Tech, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Ruston, Louisiana. It is part of the University of Louisiana System and classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research acti ...
in
Ruston.
He has much affinity for his alma mater, and is a member of the
Tau Kappa Epsilon
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fraternity. Initially, he was second on the depth chart at quarterback behind
Phil "Roxie" Robertson, who later became famous as the inventor of the
Duck Commander
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duck call
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and television personality on the
A&E program ''
Duck Dynasty
''Duck Dynasty'' is an American reality television series that aired on A&E from 2012 to 2017. The series portrays the lives of the Robertson family, who became successful from their family-operated business, Duck Commander. The West Monroe, ...
''.
When he arrived at Tech in 1966, Bradshaw caused a media frenzy because of his reputation as a football sensation from nearby Shreveport.
Robertson was a year ahead of Bradshaw, and was the starter for two seasons in
1966 and
1967
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, and chose not to play in 1968.
As Robertson put it: "I'm going for the ducks, you
errycan go for the bucks."
In 1969, Bradshaw was considered by most professional scouts to be the most outstanding college football player in the nation. As a junior during the 1968 season, he amassed 2,890 total yards, ranking number one in the
NCAA
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, and led his team to a 9–2 record and a 33–13 win over
Akron
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in the
Rice Bowl
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. In his senior season, he gained 2,314 yards, ranking third in the NCAA, and led his team to an 8–2 record. His decrease in production was mainly because his team played only 10 games that year, and he was taken out of several games in the second half because his team had built up huge leads.
Bradshaw graduated owning virtually all Louisiana Tech passing records at the time. In 1970, Bradshaw received the Golden Plate Award of the
American Academy of Achievement
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. In 1984, he was inducted into the inaugural class of the Louisiana Tech sports hall of fame. Four years later, he was inducted into the state of Louisiana's sports hall of fame.
College statistics
NFL career
Pittsburgh Steelers
In the
1970 NFL Draft
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, Bradshaw was the first overall pick, selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers, which had drawn the first pick in the draft after winning a coin flip
tiebreaker
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In matches
In some situations, the tiebreaker may consi ...
with the
Chicago Bears due to the teams having identical 1–13 records in
1969
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. Bradshaw was hailed at the time as the consensus number-one pick.
Bradshaw became a starter in his second season after splitting time with
Terry Hanratty
Terrence Hugh Hanratty (born January 19, 1948) is a former American football quarterback who played in college at Notre Dame and in the National Football League during the 1960s and 1970s. He earned two Super Bowl rings as the backup quarterbac ...
in his rookie campaign. During his first few seasons, the 6'3", 215-pound quarterback was erratic and threw many interceptions (he threw 210 interceptions over the course of his career), and was widely ridiculed by the media for his rural roots and perceived lack of intelligence.
Bradshaw took several seasons to adjust to the NFL, but he eventually led the Steelers to eight
AFC Central
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championships and four Super Bowl titles. The Pittsburgh Steelers featured the "
Steel Curtain
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" defense and a powerful running attack led by
Franco Harris
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and
Rocky Bleier
Robert Patrick "Rocky" Bleier ( , born March 5, 1946) is a former professional American football player. He was a National Football League (NFL) halfback for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1968 and from 1970 to 1980.
Origin of nickname
Nicknamed "R ...
, but Bradshaw's strong arm gave them the threat of the deep pass, helping to loosen opposing defenses. In
1972
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, he threw the "
Immaculate Reception
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" pass to Franco Harris to beat the Raiders in the AFC Divisional playoffs, which is among the most famous plays in NFL history.
Bradshaw temporarily lost the starting job to
Joe Gilliam
Joseph Wiley Gilliam, Jr. (December 29, 1950December 25, 2000) was a professional football player, a quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons. Primarily a backup, he started the first six ga ...
in 1974, but he took over again during the regular season. In the
1974 AFC Championship Game against the
Oakland Raiders, his fourth-quarter touchdown pass to
Lynn Swann
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proved to be the winning score in a 24–13 victory. In the Steelers' 16–6
Super Bowl IX
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victory over the
Minnesota Vikings
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that followed, Bradshaw completed 9 of 14 passes and his fourth-quarter touchdown pass put the game out of reach and helped take the Steelers to their first Super Bowl victory.
In
Super Bowl X following the
1975 season, Bradshaw threw for 209 yards, most of them to Swann, as the Steelers beat the
Dallas Cowboys
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, 21–17. His late-fourth-quarter, 64-yard touchdown pass to Swann, released a split-second before defensive tackle
Larry Cole
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flattened him, was selected by NFL Films as the "Greatest Throw of All Time".
Neck and wrist injuries in 1976 forced Bradshaw to miss four games. He was sharp in a 40–14 victory over the
Baltimore Colts, completing 14 of 18 passes for 264 yards and three touchdowns, but the Steelers' hopes of a three-peat ended when both of their 1,000-yard rushers (Harris and Bleier) were injured in the win over the Colts, and the Steelers subsequently lost to the Oakland Raiders in the AFC Championship game, 24-7.
Jack Lambert asserted that the 1976 Steelers team was the best team that he ever played on, including the four Super Bowl teams of which he was a part.
Bradshaw had his finest season in
1978 when he was named the NFL's
Most Valuable Player by the
Associated Press
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after a season in which he completed 207 of 368 passes for 2,915 yards and a league-leading 28 touchdown passes. He was also named
All-Pro
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and All-AFC that year, despite throwing 20 interceptions.
Before
Super Bowl XIII, a Steelers-Cowboys rematch, Cowboys
linebacker
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Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson famously ridiculed Bradshaw by saying, "He couldn't spell 'cat' if you spotted him the 'c' and the 'a'." Bradshaw got his revenge by winning the
Most Valuable Player award, completing 17 of 30 passes for a then-record 318 yards and four touchdowns in a 35–31 win. Bradshaw has in later years made light of the ridicule with quips such as "it's football, not rocket science."
Bradshaw won his second straight Super Bowl MVP award in 1979 in
Super Bowl XIV. He passed for 309 yards and two touchdowns in a 31–19 win over the
Los Angeles Rams. Early in the fourth quarter, with Pittsburgh down 19–17, Bradshaw again turned to the long pass to help engineer a victory: a 73-yard touchdown to
John Stallworth
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. Bradshaw shared ''Sports Illustrateds
Sportsman of the Year
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award that season with fellow Pittsburgh star
Willie Stargell
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, whose
Pirates won the 1979 World Series.
After two seasons of missing the playoffs, Bradshaw played through pain—he needed a cortisone shot before every game because of an elbow injury sustained during training camp—in a strike-shortened
1982 NFL season
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. He still managed to tie for the most touchdown passes in the league with 17. In a 31–28 playoff loss to the
San Diego Chargers, Bradshaw's last postseason game, he completed 28-of-39 passes for 325 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions.
After undergoing off-season elbow surgery (using the alias "Thomas Brady", with
the actual Brady being six years old at the time), Bradshaw was idle for the first 14 games of the 1983 NFL season. Then on December 10, 1983, against the
New York Jets, he felt a pop in his elbow while throwing his final pass, a 10-yard touchdown to
Calvin Sweeney in the second quarter of the Steelers' 34–7 win. Bradshaw later left the game and never played again. The two touchdowns Bradshaw threw in what was the final NFL game played at
Shea Stadium
Shea Stadium (), formally known as William A. Shea Municipal Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City. (and the last NFL game played in New York City proper to date) allowed him to finish his career with two more touchdowns (212) than interceptions (210).
Bradshaw's retirement came as a surprise to some,
and in hindsight unplanned on the Steelers' part.
Before Bradshaw's elbow problems came about, the team chose to pass up
Pitt quarterback
Dan Marino in the
1983 NFL Draft
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as an heir successor to Bradshaw due in part to head coach
Chuck Noll
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wanting to rebuild on defense, and according to
Bill Hillgrove, the
Rooney family
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The Roon ...
not wanting Marino to face a lot of pressure in his hometown and needing to experience life outside of
Oakland, where Marino grew up and where Pitt is located.
The player the Steelers drafted instead (
Gabriel Rivera) played only six games before becoming a
quadriplegic
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following a drunk-driving accident, and Marino's subsequent success with the
Miami Dolphins
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prompted
Art Rooney
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to remind his sons daily until his death that the team "should've drafted Marino."
The decision also set the franchise back at quarterback; while the team eventually returned to being a Super Bowl contender after their rebuilding period during the mid-1980s, the team would not have a consistent quarterback until
Ben Roethlisberger
Benjamin Todd Roethlisberger Sr. (; born March 2, 1982), nicknamed "Big Ben", is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football ...
arrived in 2004.
Although the Steelers have not officially retired Bradshaw's number 12, they have not reissued it since his retirement; it is understood that no Steeler will ever wear it again.
After football
Bradshaw was inducted into the
Pro Football Hall of Fame
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in 1989.
In July 1997, Bradshaw served as the presenter when
Mike Webster
Michael Lewis Webster (March 18, 1952September 24, 2002) was an American professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL) from 1974 to 1990 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs. He is a membe ...
, his center on the Steelers' Super Bowl XIII and XIV title teams, was inducted into the
Pro Football Hall of Fame
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.
In April 2006, Bradshaw donated his four Super Bowl rings, College Football Hall of Fame ring, Pro Football Hall of Fame ring, Hall of Fame bust, four miniature replica Super Bowl trophies, and a helmet and jersey from one of his Super Bowl victories to his alma mater, Louisiana Tech.
On November 5, 2007, during a nationally televised ''
Monday Night Football
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'' game, Bradshaw joined former teammates including Franco Harris and
Joe Greene
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to accept their position on the Steelers' 75th Anniversary All-Time Team.
Broadcasting career
Bradshaw retired from football on July 24, 1984,
and quickly signed a television contract with
CBS
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to become an NFL game analyst in
1984
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, where he and play-by-play announcer
Verne Lundquist
Merton Laverne Lundquist Jr. (born July 17, 1940) is an American sportscaster.
Biography
Early life and career
Lundquist was born in Duluth, Minnesota. He graduated from Austin High School in Austin, Texas, before attending Texas Lutheran U ...
had the top-
rated programs. Prior to his full-time work for them, he served as a guest commentator for
CBS Sports
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' NFC postseason broadcasts from
1980–
82.
Bradshaw has the reputation of being the "ol' redneck", but in co-host and former NFL coach
Jimmy Johnson's words, the act is a "schtick".
According to Johnson, Bradshaw deflects such criticism by stating that "he's so dumb that he has to have somebody else fly his private plane."
Bradshaw has also garnered the reputation for criticizing players and teams.
Following
Super Bowl XLVI he was confronted by Ann Mara, wife of the late
Wellington Mara
Wellington Timothy Mara (August 14, 1916 – October 25, 2005) was the co-owner of the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) from 1959 until his death. He was the younger son of Tim Mara, who founded the Giants in 1925. Wellingto ...
, and "heckled" for not picking the Giants to win on ''Fox NFL Sunday''.
For his work in broadcasting, Bradshaw has won three
Sports Emmy Awards
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as a
studio analyst.
Business career
During the early part of his career with the Steelers, Bradshaw was a
used-car salesman
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during the off season to supplement his income, as this was still during the days when most NFL players did not make enough money to focus solely on football.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Bradshaw sold peanut butter with his name and image on the label. Commercials were run on television in the Shreveport market.
Bradshaw has also written or co-written five books and recorded six albums of
country/western and
gospel music. His cover of "
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
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Authorship and production
Various writers quoted Williams a ...
" hit the top 20 on ''Billboard's'' country chart (and number 91 on the Hot 100) in 1976; two other tunes ("The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me" and "Until You") also made the country charts.
In 2001, Bradshaw entered the world of
NASCAR
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by joining with HighLine Performance Group racing team to form
FitzBradshaw Racing
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. He also is the spokesman for
Jani-King international, Inc. Bradshaw ended his ownership in 2006.
Among U.S. consumers, Bradshaw remains one of pro football's most popular retired players. As of September 2007, Bradshaw was the top-ranked former pro football player in the
Davie-Brown Index, which surveys consumers to determine a celebrity's appeal and trust levels.
In early 2020, Bradshaw launched Terry Bradshaw Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, a collaboration with Silver Screen Bottling Company. The bourbon boasts 51.9 percent ABV (103.8 proof) which is Bradshaw's passing percentage. The bourbon is produced by Green River Distilling Company in Owensboro. KY.
Personal life
Bradshaw has been married four times. He was first married to Melissa Babish (
Miss Teenage America
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, 1969) from 1972–73; to ice skater
JoJo Starbuck
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Early lif ...
from 1976–83; and to family attorney Charla Hopkins from 1983–99, with whom he had two daughters, Erin and Rachel. Erin Bradshaw shows champion Paint and American Quarter Horses and is an honors graduate of the
University of North Texas
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in
Denton, Texas
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. Rachel Bradshaw is a graduate of
Belmont University
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in
Nashville, Tennessee
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, and appeared in ''
Nashville'' (2007), a reality television series about young musicians trying to make it in Nashville, and is the widow of former
Tennessee Titans
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kicker
Rob Bironas
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. The first three of Bradshaw's marriages have all ended in divorce, a subject he ridicules frequently on his NFL pregame show. Bradshaw was married for the fourth time, on July 8, 2014, to Tammy, his girlfriend of 15 years.
After his NFL career ended, Bradshaw disclosed that he had frequently experienced
anxiety attack
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s after games. The problem worsened in the late 1990s after his third divorce, when he said he "could not bounce back" as he had after the previous divorces or after a bad game. In addition to anxiety attacks, his symptoms included weight loss, frequent crying, and
sleeplessness. He was diagnosed with
clinical depression
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. Since then, he has taken
Paxil
Paroxetine, sold under the brand names Paxil and Seroxat among others, is an antidepressant of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class. It is used to treat major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, ...
regularly. He chose to speak out about his depression to overcome the stigma associated with it and to urge others to seek help.
Bradshaw's anxieties about appearing in public, away from the controlled environment of a television studio, led to an unintentional estrangement from the Steelers. When team founder and owner Art Rooney died in 1988, Bradshaw did not attend his funeral. A year later, during his Hall of Fame induction speech, Bradshaw made a point of saluting his late boss and friend, pointing to the sky and saying, "Art Rooney ... boy, I tell you, I loved that man."
Still, Bradshaw never returned to
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL).
Buil ...
for a Steelers game. When the last regular-season game was played there on December 16, 2000 against the
Washington Redskins
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, Bradshaw was with the ''Fox NFL Sunday'' crew, doing their pregame show aboard the aircraft carrier
USS ''Harry S. Truman'', while Fox covered the game live. Bradshaw expressed regret that he could not be there, but later said privately that he did not feel he could face the crowds. Not until September 2002, when fellow Hall of Fame teammate and longtime friend
Mike Webster
Michael Lewis Webster (March 18, 1952September 24, 2002) was an American professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL) from 1974 to 1990 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs. He is a membe ...
died, did Bradshaw finally return to Pittsburgh to attend his friend's funeral.
In October 2002, Bradshaw returned to the Steelers sideline for the first time in 20 years for a
Monday night game between the Steelers and the
Indianapolis Colts. In
2003, when the Steelers played the 1,000th game in franchise history, Fox covered the game at
Heinz Field
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, and Bradshaw returned to cover the game. In addition to appearing to take his position on the Steelers All-Time Team in
2007 as part of the team's 75th-anniversary festivities, he also was on the sideline alongside a number of his teammates such as Mean Joe Greene and Franco Harris for the game against the
Baltimore Ravens
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on November 5. Despite those appearances, Bradshaw's appearances at Steelers functions have remained relatively rare compared to his Hall of Fame teammates from his playing days.
Politically, Bradshaw is a long-time supporter of the
Republican Party. In 2012, he went on record on ''
Fox News
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'' as supporting the candidacy of
Newt Gingrich for the Republican presidential nomination.
In the same interview, he also labeled linebacker
Terrell Suggs
Terrell Raymonn Suggs (born October 11, 1982), nicknamed "T-Sizzle", is an American former professional outside linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Arizona State, and was recognized as a unanimous A ...
"an idiot" for making comments critical of
Denver Broncos
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quarterback
Tim Tebow's public remarks about his Christian faith, saying Suggs "better be careful; if I were him I'd be on my hands and knees tonight asking for forgiveness because that's totally unacceptable."
Bradshaw has made statements critical of former
President of the United States
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Donald Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
. During a 2017 episode of ''FOX NFL Sunday'', Bradshaw, while not condoning NFL players kneeling during the national anthem, stated, "if our country stands for anything, folks, it's freedom. People died for that freedom. I'm not sure if our President understands those rights. That every American has the right to speak out also to protest. Believe me, these athletes do love our
his
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great country of ours. Personally, I think our President should concentrate on North Korea and healthcare rather than ripping into athletes and the NFL." After the
Super Bowl LII Champion Philadelphia Eagles White House visit was cancelled due to Trump's antianthem protest sentiment, Bradshaw voiced his support for the Philadelphia Eagles, stating that "Trump just needs to go somewhere and enjoy the money he's got." In 2019, Bradshaw appeared on ''
Fox & Friends
''Fox & Friends'' is an American daily morning news and talk program that airs on Fox News. It premiered on February 1, 1998, and is currently hosted by Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade on weekdays. Will Cain, Rachel Campos- ...
'' and commented on Donald Trump's planned attendance of a regular-season game between
the University of Alabama
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and
Louisiana State University
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, stating that he respects Donald Trump "having the guts to go in there."
Health
In September 2022, after viewers expressed concern during his appearance on ''Fox NFL Sunday'', Bradshaw revealed he had been treated for
bladder cancer
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and
neck cancer
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between 2021 and 2022.
Relationship with Chuck Noll
While Terry Bradshaw never had any problems with the Rooney family, he had a complicated relationship with Steelers head coach Chuck Noll. Noll and Bradshaw had an uneasy relationship during his playing days, with Bradshaw stating that he felt that Noll was too hard on him and never liked him, though the two made peace (at least publicly) before Noll's death in 2014.
In an interview with
NFL Films
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in 2016 for an episode of ''
A Football Life'' about Noll, Bradshaw felt that the two had too much of a culture clash with their personalities. Bradshaw also stated that Noll belittled him constantly and wanted
positive reinforcement
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instead of "being grabbed at".
In the same episode, however, former Steelers public relations director Joe Gordon characterized the animosity as "a one-way street," with former teammate Jack Ham adding that Noll "insulated" Bradshaw from certain issues while taking a "rest of us be damned" approach with the other players.
In an archival interview, Noll described his relationship with Bradshaw as "professional" and "business-like" and that his personality needed to conform with the team, adding, "it worked, even if Bradshaw didn't like it."
Nonetheless, Bradshaw chose not to attend Noll's funeral despite being in Pittsburgh at the time.
Television and film career
Bradshaw has appeared in numerous television commercials. The most recent was the series of live ads for
Tide
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Tide tables ...
detergent along with his Fox Sports co-host
Curt Menefee
Curt Menefee (born July 22, 1965) is an American sportscaster who is currently the play-by-play commentator for Seattle Seahawks preseason football, play-by-play commentator of the 2020 XFL on Fox, the 2022 return of the USFL on Fox and is the ...
, where Bradshaw shows up with a shirt stain on what appeared to be live TV from the Fox broadcast booth at Super Bowl LI and then washes it with Tide at the house of
Jeffrey Tambor
Jeffrey Michael Tambor (born July 8, 1944) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles such as Jeffrey Brookes, the uptight neighbor of Stanley and Helen Roper in the television sitcom ''The Ropers'' (1979–1980), as Hank Kings ...
. The teasers leading up to the Super Bowl showed Tambor initially taking his shirts to
Rob Gronkowski
Robert James Gronkowski (born May 14, 1989) is an American former football tight end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. Nicknamed "Gronk", Gronkowski played nine seasons for the New England Patriots, then played h ...
's dry cleaners, only to see the sleeves get ripped out. Near the end of the Super Bowl, Menefee spills coffee on his shirt, but Tambor, who is watching on TV, refuses to help out.
Bradshaw has had cameo appearances in many shows as himself, including ''
Brotherly Love'', ''
Everybody Loves Raymond
''Everybody Loves Raymond'' is an American sitcom television series created by Philip Rosenthal that aired on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005, with a total of 210 episodes spanning nine seasons. It was produced by Where's Lunch an ...
'', ''
Married... with Children'', ''
Modern Family
''Modern Family'' is an American family sitcom television series created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the American Broadcasting Company. It ran for 11 seasons, from September 23, 2009, to April 8, 2020. It follows the lives of th ...
'', ''
The Larry Sanders Show
''The Larry Sanders Show'' is an American television sitcom set in the office and studio of a fictional late-night talk show. The series was created by Garry Shandling and Dennis Klein and aired from August 15, 1992, to May 31, 1998, on the HBO ...
'', and ''
The League
''The League'' is an American sitcom that aired on FX and later FXX from October 29, 2009, to December 9, 2015, for a total of seven seasons. The series, set in Chicago, Illinois, is a semi-improvised comedy show about a fantasy football leagu ...
''. He also appeared on ''
Malcolm in the Middle'' with
Howie Long
Howard Matthew Moses Long (born January 6, 1960) is an American sports analyst and former professional football player. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons as a defensive end, spending his entire career with the Raider ...
as the trashy coach of a women's ice hockey team. He hosted a short-lived television series in 1997 called ''Home Team with Terry Bradshaw''.
In addition to his television work, Bradshaw has appeared in several movies, including a part in the 1978 film ''
Hooper'', which starred
Burt Reynolds,
Jan-Michael Vincent
Jan-Michael Vincent (July 15, 1944 – February 10, 2019) was an American actor known for portraying helicopter pilot Stringfellow Hawke in the TV series ''Airwolf'' (1984–1987) and the protagonist, Matt Johnson, in the 1978 film ''Big W ...
, and
Sally Field, and made an appearance in the 1981 film ''
The Cannonball Run
''The Cannonball Run'' is a 1981 action comedy film. It was directed by Hal Needham, produced by Hong Kong's Golden Harvest films, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Filmed in Panavision, it features an all-star ensemble cast, including B ...
''. In 1980, he had a cameo in ''
Smokey and the Bandit II
''Smokey and the Bandit II'' is a 1980 American action comedy film directed by Hal Needham, and starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason and Dom DeLuise. The film is the sequel to the 1977 film ''Smokey and the Bandit''.
...
'', which starred Burt Reynolds,
Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008) was an American singer, guitarist, composer, and songwriter as well as an actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included " Guitar Man", " U.S. Male", "A Thi ...
, and Sally Field. He made a guest appearance in ''
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.'' in 1994, playing Colonel Forrest March, a rogue U.S. Army officer who gave orders to his squad (played by NFL members
Ken Norton, Jr.
Kenneth Howard Norton Jr. (born September 29, 1966) is an American football coach and former linebacker who most recently served as the defensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL) from 2018 to 2021. He ...
,
Carl Banks
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, and
Jim Harbaugh) in a huddle using football diagrams.
Bradshaw appeared on
Jeff Foxworthy's short-lived sitcom, ''
The Jeff Foxworthy Show
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'' as a motivational speaker for people needing to change their lives.
Bill Engvall
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's character is affected by Bradshaw's rantings about witchcraft and voodoo in his pregame warm-ups.
On October 11, 2001, Bradshaw received a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first NFL player to do so (Terry Crews was the second).
In 2006, Bradshaw returned to the silver screen in the motion picture ''
Failure to Launch
''Failure to Launch'' is a 2006 American romantic comedy film directed by Tom Dey, and starring Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker. The film focuses on a 35-year-old man living with his parents who shows no interest in leaving the comf ...
''.
Kathy Bates
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and he played the parents of
Matthew McConaughey
Matthew David McConaughey ( ; born November 4, 1969) is an American actor. He had his breakout role with a supporting performance in the coming-of-age comedy '' Dazed and Confused'' (1993). After a number of supporting roles, his first succes ...
's character. In one notable scene, he appeared nude, which his own daughters (who were teenagers at the time) did not even know about until they saw the movie's premiere with their grandmother and were half-heartedly warned by Bradshaw just moments before the scene.
He is also a devout Christian and wrote the book ''Terry Bradshaw: Man of Steel'' with broadcaster
Dave Diles. Since 2010, Bradshaw has been hosting television shows produced by
United States Media Television.
In 2016 and 2018, Bradshaw had a leading role in the NBC reality-travel series ''
Better Late Than Never'', where he travels around the world with
William Shatner
William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the ''Star Trek'' franchise, from his 1965 debut as the captain of the starship ''Enterpris ...
,
Henry Winkler,
George Foreman, and
Jeff Dye
Jeffrey Dye (born February 4, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.
Early life
Dye was born in 1983 in Seattle and raised in Kent, Washington. He attended Kentwood High School in Covington. Dye is of Spanish, French-Canadian, German ...
. In 2017, he had a supporting role as a fictionalized version of himself in the comedy film ''
Father Figures
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''.
On January 16, 2019, Bradshaw competed in
season one of ''
The Masked Singer
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'' as "Deer".
On January 2, 2020, he was on the season-eight premiere of ''
Last Man Standing''.
On September 17, 2020, Terry and family premiered in the new E! reality show ''
The Bradshaw Bunch''.
NFL career statistics
Discography
Albums
Singles
Guest appearances
* ''
Married... with Children'' ("Dud Bowl II", 1995)
* ''
NFL Country'' (with
Glen Campbell
Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, actor and television host. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting '' The Glen Campbell Good ...
on "You Never Know Just How Good You've Got It", 1996)
* ''
Everybody Loves Raymond
''Everybody Loves Raymond'' is an American sitcom television series created by Philip Rosenthal that aired on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005, with a total of 210 episodes spanning nine seasons. It was produced by Where's Lunch an ...
'' ("Debra's Sick", 1997)
* ''
King of the Hill '' ("Peggy Makes the Big Leagues", 2000)
* ''
The League
''The League'' is an American sitcom that aired on FX and later FXX from October 29, 2009, to December 9, 2015, for a total of seven seasons. The series, set in Chicago, Illinois, is a semi-improvised comedy show about a fantasy football leagu ...
'' (Sunday at Ruxin's, 2009)
* ''
Modern Family
''Modern Family'' is an American family sitcom television series created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the American Broadcasting Company. It ran for 11 seasons, from September 23, 2009, to April 8, 2020. It follows the lives of th ...
'' ("Brushes With Celebrity", 2017)
* ''
The Masked Singer
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
'' - (The Deer, 2019)
* ''
Celebrity Ghost Stories'' - (Terry Bradshaw, 2020)
See also
*
Most consecutive playoff games with at least two touchdown passes (NFL)
*
Most wins by a starting quarterback (NFL)
The following is a list of the top National Football League (NFL) quarterbacks in regular season wins. In the NFL, the starting quarterback is the only position that is credited with records of wins and losses.
Tom Brady holds the record for the ...
References
Further reading
USATODAY.com - Terry Bradshaw's winning drive against depression– Personal Life Section
Terry Bradshaw , Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site– Intro, NFL Career Section
– After retiring section
– New Orleans Section
External links
*
FoxSports.com - NFL- TERRY BRADSHAWBradshaw's Hall of Fame page*
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