RIP Ernie (Fats) Holmes
- VAdame
- Posts: 1877
- Joined: Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:42 am
- Location: da 'Burgh!
RIP Ernie (Fats) Holmes
Part of the famed Steel Curtain of the 1970's. 59 years old. I knew him slightly.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08018/850306-66.stm
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08018/850306-66.stm
- Greyhound Dude
- Posts: 68
- Joined: Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:24 pm
- Location: Greyhound track near you
- VAdame
- Posts: 1877
- Joined: Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:42 am
- Location: da 'Burgh!
I was going to include their names in my post, but I'm at work & was sorta pressed for time. My next-door neighbors in West Aliquippa back in those days were friends with Ernie, and he used to come to barbecues at their house. The first time we looked out the window & saw him in their yard, my (now ex-) husband & I went over & invited ourselves to the cookout!Greyhound Dude wrote:How many Bored members can name the other (3) members of the steel curtain D-Line/Front Four (that's defensive line for all of you non-football types)?
Spoiler
L.C. Greenwood
"Mean" Joe Greene
Dwight White
Very nice folks -- Ernie used to visit them a lot when we lived there, & one time
Spoiler
L.C. Greenwood
Spoiler
Dwight White
Never met
Spoiler
Mean Joe Greene
- silvercamaro
- Dog's Best Friend
- Posts: 9608
- Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:45 am
-
- Posts: 1373
- Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:15 pm
- Location: Skipperville, Tx.
I can.Greyhound Dude wrote:How many Bored members can name the other (3) members of the steel curtain D-Line/Front Four (that's defensive line for all of you non-football types)?
Spoiler
L.C. Greenwood
"Mean" Joe Greene
Dwight White
Do y'all remember when he shaved his head so that the only hair left was on the top of his head in the shape of an arrow, pointing straight ahead (signifying that he was gonna be going straight to the QB, I think)?
Those guys were so damned good, on both sides of the ball.
I'm sorry to hear of his death. Pretty young.
- Jeemie
- Posts: 7303
- Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:35 pm
- Location: City of Champions Once More (Well, in spirit)!!!!
Both he and his girlfriend had the arrowhead at one time.wbtravis007 wrote:I can.Greyhound Dude wrote:How many Bored members can name the other (3) members of the steel curtain D-Line/Front Four (that's defensive line for all of you non-football types)?
Spoiler
L.C. Greenwood
"Mean" Joe Greene
Dwight White
Do y'all remember when he shaved his head so that the only hair left was on the top of his head in the shape of an arrow, pointing straight ahead (signifying that he was gonna be going straight to the QB, I think)?
Those guys were so damned good, on both sides of the ball.
I'm sorry to hear of his death. Pretty young.
He'll be missed. Was a monster, but also had mental issues (shot at a cop in 1973).
Had to leave the Steelers because of weight issues, but dominated when he was there.
I DID actually meet
Spoiler
Joe Greene
1979 City of Champions 2009
- VAdame
- Posts: 1877
- Joined: Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:42 am
- Location: da 'Burgh!
Sure do! He had it when we met him (probably 1977 or 78, since that's when we lived next door to Harvey the cookout guy.) I was trying to find a pic with the arrow but no success yet.Do y'all remember when he shaved his head so that the only hair left was on the top of his head in the shape of an arrow, pointing straight ahead (signifying that he was gonna be going straight to the QB, I think)?
- Jeemie
- Posts: 7303
- Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:35 pm
- Location: City of Champions Once More (Well, in spirit)!!!!
- VAdame
- Posts: 1877
- Joined: Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:42 am
- Location: da 'Burgh!
In reading today's Post-Gazette, I learned that another member of the 70's Steelers has died. Theo Bell.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Bell
I also knew him slightly, but I must have missed the news of his death about a year & a half ago.
This makes 9 gone from those days
Ernie Holmes
Mike Webster
Ray Mansfield
Steve Furness
Jim Clack
Joe Gilliam
Steve Courson
Ray Oldham
Theo Bell
I remember the passing of Gilliam, Webster, Mansfield (I think he was the first of the "old guard" to die), Furness, & especially Courson (freak accident while cutting down a tree.) Oldham & Clack, not so much.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Bell
I also knew him slightly, but I must have missed the news of his death about a year & a half ago.
This makes 9 gone from those days
Ernie Holmes
Mike Webster
Ray Mansfield
Steve Furness
Jim Clack
Joe Gilliam
Steve Courson
Ray Oldham
Theo Bell
I remember the passing of Gilliam, Webster, Mansfield (I think he was the first of the "old guard" to die), Furness, & especially Courson (freak accident while cutting down a tree.) Oldham & Clack, not so much.