I am a Japanese and sending this from Japan. For me, #58 was the star in 70's. We had such a poor TV program to watch NFL in 70's in Japan. Now, I am so glad to be able to watch many memorial and historical games on UA-cam and others. I can recall how super #58 was!!! Thank you, Mr. Lambert!!
You are telling me that the country where most of the television tubes came from Japan. That you didn't get to see the game or see it well? Sorry buddy.......it was awesome! Jack didn't just rally his team. He rallied many teenagers like myself back in the days.
Truly, the greatest Steelers linebacker ever. This man is the reason I fell in love with Steelers football back in 1974 and still love the Steelers to this day. Of all the sports memorabilia that I have, my most cherished possession is the shirt my parents bought me when I was seven years old in 1975. I still have it and I Will only part with it when I pass it on to my Steelers loving son when I die.
Something you might now know about the people that follow the Steelers is that there is a Steeler Club in every city I have lived in across the US. From Myrtle Beach, SC to Nome, Alaska with it's population of 2000 residents .....there were Steelers that formed a posey to watch the game. Jack Lambert was our John Wayne to the American West.
"If I could start my life all over again, I'd be a professional football player....And you damn well better believe I'd be a Pittsburgh Steeler." - Jack Lambert, Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction ceremony at Canton, Ohio 1990
Thank you so much for the memories! Im 61 now..and this brought back a time of grid iron football... watching these amazing football games with my grandfather...the Pittsburgh Steelers were my favorite team and i was a huge fan of Jack Lambert's...and the steel curtain...what an amazing time that was.. again, thank you!
Steel curtain defense is what legends are made of. None shown brighter than Lambert. I remember always seeking 58 out before the snap because you knew something intense and interesting could happen at any second. In a sense like Polamalu that you got those jaw dropping WOW moments. I'll forever be a die hard Steeler fan through thick and thin because what began in the early 70s and stil lives on..
Scouts: Too small to play middle linebacker. 4 superbowls and hall of fame player later he changed that position. Thanks for remembering Jack Lambert. Every team that achieves greatness has a period in time that people remember. The Steel Curtain era is just such a time.
I have been fortunate to watch the NFL since the 1971. I’ve seen a lot of great teams, players and coaches. I have read the history of the game and I immensely appreciate the players from all the different decades and eras. I have put together my all-time 1st, 2nd and 3rd teams. I’ve watched great linebackers from almost every NFL team. The linebacker position was very difficult to choose three players so I ended up going with a 3-4 alignment for my first team. I have (left to right) Ham, Lambert, Ray Lewis and Lawrence Taylor. As I said the position is tough to choose but these four stood out for a variety of reasons. Lambert was just a special talent that ignited the Steelers and put them over the top. They already had Hall of Fame talent at a lot of positions on defense but he was able to raise his playing level to help his team win 13 playoff games in a six year span from ‘74 to’79 and 4 SB’s in 6 years. The epitome of a hard nosed player and a legend in the blue collar city of Pittsburgh, PA.
Joe Greene was being interviewed in SI. He said, he did not know why they called him Mean Joe Greene, he said Jack Lambert was so mean he even hated himself.
@@yezzir8929 No, Only Butkus was even close to intimidating the way Lambert could. Singletary was good and the other player you mentioned not even close.
I remember the first game he played in against the Oilers during Earl Campbell's Rookie Season. The talk was no one could tackle Earl one on one. Lambert said he could. The first time they encountered each other, Campbell put his head down and mowed right over Lambert and gained seven yards causing Lambert to leave the field. He stood on the sidelines vowing it would never happen again and it didn't. The rest of that game and all the future games against the Oilers, Lambert stopped Campbell. Not taking nothing away from Campbell, it was just Lambert was that determined to never let it happen again.
I was 10 years old in 1970. Born in PA. I was a big Steelers fan! I had the privilege to watch this great player and his team mates ham,Blount , Greene , shell , Webster , swan , stallworth,Bradshaw etc.. and all the others fom dominate the NFL! It was the greatest decade to be a Steelers fan . I still bleed black and gold and mywife has become a big fan.
I seen him play at Kent State and with Steelers that what a football player is never see any one like. TJ Watts as his way of playing but nothing like the great Jack Lambert.
This is as extensive a story as you can get. Great job! Why the heck hasn’t NFL Network produced a documentary on Lambert and Jack Ham (The Two Jacks) for their A Football Life series yet? Unforgivable!
My favorite player of all time watched him growing up and had a chance to meet him at Kent State nice guy off the field but on the field he was a beast
Jack Lambert you there? I’ll never forget how Jack paid a visit to one of my friends that had Lukemia- I don’t know how he found out but his visit met so much at the time … The story had happy ending… You see Jack wasn’t just a legendary Line backer- For us he was also a legendary Human being!!! Pittsburgh Fans love this guy more than he will ever know! YOUR THE Greatest!!
In retirement Jack Splat, another nickname he had, worked as a PA Game Warden. Many a story of times hunters just ran in to him out in the woods of PA. Imagine that!!!!
I encountered Deputy Game Warden Jack Lambert near Indiana, Pa in the late 80's. He field checked our shotguns to confirm we were hunting legally, checked our licenses & ID and only talked briefly. He wanted to become a Game Warden after retirement from football. He was a very impressive individual to encounter. He was very professional, yet he still could go bear hunting with a switchblade.
I was friends with Mike Webster in the late 70s, the nicest and strongest man you could ever know. We were the same age. It still upsets me how my friend's life ended. I was also friends with Jack Lambert. I have a lot of crazy stories to tell about Jack and one about a mid-season practice incident between Jack and Mike. I knew LC Greenwood, he had to be 7 feet tall, the tallest person I've ever met, and I'm 6'2. I took many photos of Joe Greene in the 70s but didn't get to know him until the '80s when he was defensive coach for the Dolphins. I was also friends with Steve Courson in the late 70s, another tragic death. Ernie Stautner lived 3 houses away from my parents. Roy Gerralla lived below my girlfriend's apartment, he helped me carry her into her apartment a few times when she got drunk. I was friends with "Upper Saint Clair Clair". She really lived in Mt Lebanon but that is what everyone called her. She had a birthday party and the Star at the party was Lynn Swan. There was also this quarterback from Pitt named Dan Marino. That is where they met and they have been married ever since. Franco Harris, The Steelers, and Three Rivers Stadium were customers of mine when I worked for IBM 1975 to 1980. I'm a SAG Actor and I've done commercials with Terry Bradshaw, Payton Manning, John Elway, and a few other NFL Quarterbacks. These guys don't look very tall when you watch TV and they are standing next to 6'6" offensive and defensive linemen. But they are all over 6'3". BTW I hate to break it to everyone but Joe Green was not that strong! Webster, Courson, and Kolb worked out at my friend's Gym. I photographed the Steelers pre-season and during the season inside 3 Rivers. If Webster, Courson, and Kolb were pressing 450 lbs, they would take off 200 lbs for Greene. Chuck Knoll would look the other way, I have photos to prove it! That is why I am still a Steeler fan, even after moving to Ft Lauderdale 44 years ago!
Part of Lamberts success was the Steelers use of defensive linemen to neutralize the offensive linemen allowing Lambert to take on running backs coming through a gap.
My favorite images of him are the slow motion Dracula scowl in the snow at Three Rivers. Also the one where he tackles a Brownie in Cleveland and uses the guys head to help him get up then points his finger in his face. 😂
In 2005 I Met him in Butler PA. At a signing . Got my regulation #58 throwback jersey autographed . And got a handshake. He wasn't really overly friendly. And diddnt say much. But I sure Was in awe of being in the presence of my childhood hero.
My favorite Lambert story is SB X when he threw Cliff Harris to the ground and changed the momentum of the game. My second favorite story comes from an article I read about the 1974 draft in which the Steelers drafted 4 future Hall of Famers. The Steelers went to Kent State to see Gerald Tinker a wide receiver who played in the NFL. It had rained the days before their arrival and when they went to see Kent State's practice they did not have a dedicated practice facility. The coach didn't want to tear up the game field so they practice in a GRAVEL PARKING LOT. As the scouts watched the practice they noticed this guy who was in on every tackle and got up and picked the gravel out of knees and elbows and went back to the huddle. They knew they found their middle linebacker - Jack Lambert!
you know somebody’s a bad ass when they have to change the rules of the game because of them. Jack Lambert was one of those guys. I was lucky to see it all happen as I lived near Pittsburgh and got to see all the games on TV or in person at three Rivers Stadium as the Steelers were winning their four Super Bowls then. Every position on those teams were manned by a star in their own right. And that was both offensively and defensively. It was something to see believe me and I got to see it all happen in real time. Lambert started the steel curtain and also Smash Mouth football got started in Pittsburgh when he got there.
The American dream: in January of 1974 Jack Lambert is sitting in his dorm room watching superbowl 8 the dolphins vs the Vikings. One year later in January 1975 the Steelers are in Super Bowl 9 vs the Vikings and Jack is the starting MLB… that’s awesome.
here is a paraphrase of a Lambert line. annoyed by Elway's previous refusal to be drafted by the Balitimore Colts, Lambert said "for 15 yards, I could end his career"
Lambert hit Earl Campbell so hard every time, it was a wonder that neither broke. Lambert turned Bo Jacksons hip pointer, into a hip replacement on an open field tackle. I was sad about Jacksons hip, but as a fan in the moment, I loved how hard that hit was.
Lambert was just a mean son of a bitch! And thats what we loved about him.... The best middle linebacker the league has ever seen....and he has the gold jacket to prove it! "JACK SPLAT"
Super Bowl X was my first full game that I watched . I came in as a Dallas Cowboy fan, and after that missed field goal, I was a Steeler for the rest of my life. I stated "who is that guy?" My Father answered Jack Lambert. I like Him I said. He became My Football Idol and I wanted to be as good as he was/is. I had a small frame but was tougher than cast Iron, faster than anyone on the field for my 14 years in a street football gang with the guys. I would have never made to the nfl for my size but I got to play just the same., I owe it to Mr. Lambert & if they don't wanna retire #58 for all he has done, then they can kiss my ASS*! His Number will always be retired in my house! The Greatest Middle Linebacker of all time or second to Dick Butkus. 🔥JACK LAMBERT🏆#⃣5⃣8⃣ IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE MY FOOTBALL HERO.🔥
Watching this part of the video I remember him, his style of playing defensive tackle wasn't just about the sport of the game, his style of play was too intimate you 1st, 2nd was to hurt you so bad, that you wouldn't forget you, and to avoid you at all costs, when he picked you up, then he would slam you down, there was a reason, like watching any hard hitting sport, I think it's because of his very early days, growing up in a small place, it teaches you very early in life, in order to survive, you have to 1st out think them,then 2nd you have to figure out there weakness, 3rd you have to have the ability to outlast them in the pursuit of greatness, which should be part of your legacy, then you can go home and make an impact on your town, another ward's put your town, on the map, if that means anything to someone reading my comments, as I have done my whole life, it's not about your family, it's actually about you, to be not the norm, but the your individual talents, to be different. That's how you will be noticed, very fast, by upper management as a asset to the company or establishment.
I told my 4 boys that are Steeler fans ( they better be or my mom could be screaming ) That to know why the Pittsburgh Steelers are one of the Greatest Football Teams, you must know the players who made them Great, like the Steel Curtain Defense and Offense, I’m 69 and I can name every player from the 70’s Super bowls HERE WE GO STEELERS HERE WE GO ! 6 !
Your not allowed to hit like that anymore! But I love the old school football, that's when you separated the men, from the boys.. and Lambert was a brutal linebacker, top 5 all time
Lambert weighed 203 lbs when he first stepped on the scale for the Steelers his rookie year. That comes right from Lambert in an interview. He rarely weighed 220. Also he retired in 1985 not 84.
Everybody considers Mean Joe Green the greatest Steeler ever...but not me. No disrespect to #75 but when I think of my Steelers I think of Jack Lambert. He epitomizes Steeler football. To me, he is not only the greatest Steeler ever, hecis the greatest linebacker ever. Yes...over Taylor, Ditka and Lewis.
Yeah, top 5! Probably none meaner, or none more hard hitting, and none with more teeth missin, but alot of great linebackers, between now and then, if today's players were allowed to hit and play that way? He probably wouldn't even be on the list. I love the steelers, and I loved Jack, still do for that fact..
AS. MYRON COPE WOULD. CALL LAMBERT , " JACK SPLAT " , WHAT A PLAYER , REMEMBER THAT DALLAS COWBOY. GOING. ACROSS THE. LINE. OF. SCRIMMAGE TO. CONGRATULATE ROY GERILA'S MISSED FIELD GO , LAMBERT LET THAT. COWBOY KNOW , DON'T MESS WITH US . WHAT A PLAYER !!!!!!!
I am a Japanese and sending this from Japan. For me, #58 was the star in 70's. We had such a poor TV program to watch NFL in 70's in Japan. Now, I am so glad to be able to watch many memorial and historical games on UA-cam and others. I can recall how super #58 was!!! Thank you, Mr. Lambert!!
You are telling me that the country where most of the television tubes came from Japan. That you didn't get to see the game or see it well? Sorry buddy.......it was awesome! Jack didn't just rally his team. He rallied many teenagers like myself back in the days.
👴🏻🥃 PEE WEE HERMAN WAS A BETTER PLAYER.
Check out Lawrence Taylor giants ❤
@@Rj-dq1qeIn the Early 70'S Most Televisions 📺 were made in the United States. RCA Channel Master Emerson Sylvania.
I remember attending his football camp in the early 80s. I will never forget meeting him as a 10 year kid. That was the greatest week of my life.
My favorite Steelers linebacker EVER!!!...
Mine as well
Absolutely.
Yours and millions more😂😂😂😂
I still have his jersey from the 70's!
@@Strydr8105 Plenty of Harrison, Ham, Watt, Greene, and Lloyd guys out there too!
Truly, the greatest Steelers linebacker ever. This man is the reason I fell in love with Steelers football back in 1974 and still love the Steelers to this day. Of all the sports memorabilia that I have, my most cherished possession is the shirt my parents bought me when I was seven years old in 1975. I still have it and I
Will only part with it when I pass it on to my Steelers loving son when I die.
Something you might now know about the people that follow the Steelers is that there is a Steeler Club in every city I have lived in across the US. From Myrtle Beach, SC to Nome, Alaska with it's population of 2000 residents .....there were Steelers that formed a posey to watch the game. Jack Lambert was our John Wayne to the American West.
"If I could start my life all over again, I'd be a professional football player....And you damn well better believe I'd be a Pittsburgh Steeler." - Jack Lambert, Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction ceremony at Canton, Ohio 1990
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Absolutely brother
Steelers baby
Thank you so much for the memories! Im 61 now..and this brought back a time of grid iron football... watching these amazing football games with my grandfather...the Pittsburgh Steelers were my favorite team and i was a huge fan of Jack Lambert's...and the steel curtain...what an amazing time that was.. again, thank you!
My favorite Jack Lambert moment when he threw Cliff Harris on the ground in the Super Bowl awesome
Nobody came to Cliff's defense! They just got him away from Lambert😂
And Wagged his finger in his Face! 👍
It makes you wonder what the refs would do in today's Super Bowl.
Who gets the penalty flag. Who gets tossed from the game.
Steel curtain defense is what legends are made of. None shown brighter than Lambert. I remember always seeking 58 out before the snap because you knew something intense and interesting could happen at any second. In a sense like Polamalu that you got those jaw dropping WOW moments. I'll forever be a die hard Steeler fan through thick and thin because what began in the early 70s and stil lives on..
Fun fact, Jack Lambert and Nick Saban were college football teammates.
As a Pittsburgher, I consider myself fortunate to watch his entire career.
He’s the ultimate football player.
He was one of my favorites back then, when football was football. We had so many great players in the 70's!
He had it heart and intelligence coupled with physical demeanor
Scouts: Too small to play middle linebacker. 4 superbowls and hall of fame player later he changed that position. Thanks for remembering Jack Lambert. Every team that achieves greatness has a period in time that people remember. The Steel Curtain era is just such a time.
Jack has a reputation as being a nice guy when you meet him in person, one of football's greatest ever players at any position.
I have been fortunate to watch the NFL since the 1971. I’ve seen a lot of great teams, players and coaches. I have read the history of the game and I immensely appreciate the players from all the different decades and eras. I have put together my all-time 1st, 2nd and 3rd teams. I’ve watched great linebackers from almost every NFL team. The linebacker position was very difficult to choose three players so I ended up going with a 3-4 alignment for my first team. I have (left to right) Ham, Lambert, Ray Lewis and Lawrence Taylor.
As I said the position is tough to choose but these four stood out for a variety of reasons. Lambert was just a special talent that ignited the Steelers and put them over the top. They already had Hall of Fame talent at a lot of positions on defense but he was able to raise his playing level to help his team win 13 playoff games in a six year span from ‘74 to’79 and 4 SB’s in 6 years. The epitome of a hard nosed player and a legend in the blue collar city of Pittsburgh, PA.
Joe Greene was being interviewed in SI. He said, he did not know why they called him Mean Joe Greene, he said Jack Lambert was so mean he even hated himself.
My all-time favorite Steeler! Watching the Steelers on defense was just as exciting as watching any high powered offense
My favorite Steeler, PERIOD!!!! Have a tattoo of him on my right arm.
I was always amazed by how he could hit that hard with those spindly legs.
He pounded some of the biggest Backs in the league... often.
When football was football!
One of the TOP 3 MLB'S to ever play in the NFL.
You could argue Lewis, Singletary, and Butkus over him but I think that's about it
@@yezzir8929 No, Only Butkus was even close to intimidating the way Lambert could. Singletary was good and the other player you mentioned not even close.
100% Natural muscle...no roids for Jack
I remember the first game he played in against the Oilers during Earl Campbell's Rookie Season. The talk was no one could tackle Earl one on one. Lambert said he could. The first time they encountered each other, Campbell put his head down and mowed right over Lambert and gained seven yards causing Lambert to leave the field. He stood on the sidelines vowing it would never happen again and it didn't. The rest of that game and all the future games against the Oilers, Lambert stopped Campbell. Not taking nothing away from Campbell, it was just Lambert was that determined to never let it happen again.
One of the few players I remember being able to tackle Campbell one on one in the open field.
@@PonderingOne Donnie Shell put Campbell out of a game with cracked ribs.
I would do anything to meet this great man. 🇺🇸
He's kept a very low profile for decades now. Rarely heard from or seen. Mysterious almost.
I see aot of Lambert in Payton Wilson watch him hes gonna be great 😮
I was 10 years old in 1970. Born in PA. I was a big Steelers fan! I had the privilege to watch this great player and his team mates ham,Blount , Greene , shell , Webster , swan , stallworth,Bradshaw etc.. and all the others fom dominate the NFL! It was the greatest decade to be a Steelers fan . I still bleed black and gold and mywife has become a big fan.
How about the detailed videos on each these good players?? You can give a few favourite names...
I seen him play at Kent State and with Steelers that what a football player is never see any one like. TJ Watts as his way of playing but nothing like the great Jack Lambert.
Jack was definitely an influence on me in sports, etc. He was so inspiring to watch.
👍👍
This is as extensive a story as you can get. Great job! Why the heck hasn’t NFL Network produced a documentary on Lambert and Jack Ham (The Two Jacks) for their A Football Life series yet? Unforgivable!
Lambert was the best ever
My favorite player of all time watched him growing up and had a chance to meet him at Kent State nice guy off the field but on the field he was a beast
I remember him in a Browns game. He body slammed the guy out of bounds on this side of the TV sidelines. He is my favorite Steeler of all time.
Jack Lambert you there? I’ll never forget how Jack paid a visit to one of my friends that had Lukemia- I don’t know how he found out but his visit met so much at the time …
The story had happy ending… You see Jack wasn’t just a legendary Line backer- For us he was also a legendary Human being!!! Pittsburgh Fans love this guy more than he will ever know! YOUR THE Greatest!!
My favorite STEELER of all time also
In retirement Jack Splat, another nickname he had, worked as a PA Game Warden. Many a story of times hunters just ran in to him out in the woods of PA. Imagine that!!!!
I encountered Deputy Game Warden Jack Lambert near Indiana, Pa in the late 80's. He field checked our shotguns to confirm we were hunting legally, checked our licenses & ID and only talked briefly. He wanted to become a Game Warden after retirement from football. He was a very impressive individual to encounter. He was very professional, yet he still could go bear hunting with a switchblade.
@pauljw7697 But don't forget about his Raging Rapids Kennywood ad with Myron Cope in the mid 80's!!
@@joeheid2776 I thought they were riding the Log Jammer. Anyways, funny as hell.
I’ve been watching NFL Films since the 70’s and I’ve never seen some of the footage you have. Or the rare photos. Wow!
I was friends with Mike Webster in the late 70s, the nicest and strongest man you could ever know. We were the same age. It still upsets me how my friend's life ended. I was also friends with Jack Lambert. I have a lot of crazy stories to tell about Jack and one about a mid-season practice incident between Jack and Mike. I knew LC Greenwood, he had to be 7 feet tall, the tallest person I've ever met, and I'm 6'2. I took many photos of Joe Greene in the 70s but didn't get to know him until the '80s when he was defensive coach for the Dolphins. I was also friends with Steve Courson in the late 70s, another tragic death. Ernie Stautner lived 3 houses away from my parents. Roy Gerralla lived below my girlfriend's apartment, he helped me carry her into her apartment a few times when she got drunk. I was friends with "Upper Saint Clair Clair". She really lived in Mt Lebanon but that is what everyone called her. She had a birthday party and the Star at the party was Lynn Swan. There was also this quarterback from Pitt named Dan Marino. That is where they met and they have been married ever since. Franco Harris, The Steelers, and Three Rivers Stadium were customers of mine when I worked for IBM 1975 to 1980. I'm a SAG Actor and I've done commercials with Terry Bradshaw, Payton Manning, John Elway, and a few other NFL Quarterbacks. These guys don't look very tall when you watch TV and they are standing next to 6'6" offensive and defensive linemen. But they are all over 6'3". BTW I hate to break it to everyone but Joe Green was not that strong! Webster, Courson, and Kolb worked out at my friend's Gym. I photographed the Steelers pre-season and during the season inside 3 Rivers. If Webster, Courson, and Kolb were pressing 450 lbs, they would take off 200 lbs for Greene. Chuck Knoll would look the other way, I have photos to prove it! That is why I am still a Steeler fan, even after moving to Ft Lauderdale 44 years ago!
His interception in sb 14 saved the game pretty much was one of my favorite Jack Lambert moments
Every kid playing football in the 70's wanted to be Jack Lambert !
Just love Lambert. He was intimidating he always looked like he was going 2 have 2 4 dinner.
Part of Lamberts success was the Steelers use of defensive linemen to neutralize the offensive linemen allowing Lambert to take on running backs coming through a gap.
Every Steelers player should watch this video...
My favorite images of him are the slow motion Dracula scowl in the snow at Three Rivers. Also the one where he tackles a Brownie in Cleveland and uses the guys head to help him get up then points his finger in his face. 😂
I got my 58 Jersey! Great video!
My favorite Lambert moment was when he knocked out Robert New house and gave him the finger in the Superbowl against Da Dallas Cowboys !
In 2005 I Met him in Butler PA. At a signing . Got my regulation #58 throwback jersey autographed . And got a handshake. He wasn't really overly friendly. And diddnt say much. But I sure Was in awe of being in the presence of my childhood hero.
Monsters check their closets and under their beds for Jack Lambert.
Teams were said to have already lost due to dreading facing that defence!
Highly intelligent and a fundamentally sound player. My all time favorite player
Lambert weighed 208 in college.
Jack worked as a game warden for a while.
My favorite Lambert story is SB X when he threw Cliff Harris to the ground and changed the momentum of the game. My second favorite story comes from an article I read about the 1974 draft in which the Steelers drafted 4 future Hall of Famers. The Steelers went to Kent State to see Gerald Tinker a wide receiver who played in the NFL. It had rained the days before their arrival and when they went to see Kent State's practice they did not have a dedicated practice facility. The coach didn't want to tear up the game field so they practice in a GRAVEL PARKING LOT. As the scouts watched the practice they noticed this guy who was in on every tackle and got up and picked the gravel out of knees and elbows and went back to the huddle. They knew they found their middle linebacker - Jack Lambert!
Roy "Jurr ella" Gerela
you know somebody’s a bad ass when they have to change the rules of the game because of them. Jack Lambert was one of those guys. I was lucky to see it all happen as I lived near Pittsburgh and got to see all the games on TV or in person at three Rivers Stadium as the Steelers were winning their four Super Bowls then. Every position on those teams were manned by a star in their own right. And that was both offensively and defensively. It was something to see believe me and I got to see it all happen in real time. Lambert started the steel curtain and also Smash Mouth football got started in Pittsburgh when he got there.
212lbs in Rookie Camp...220 later on
The American dream: in January of 1974 Jack Lambert is sitting in his dorm room watching superbowl 8 the dolphins vs the Vikings. One year later in January 1975 the Steelers are in Super Bowl 9 vs the Vikings and Jack is the starting MLB… that’s awesome.
Love the man
here is a paraphrase of a Lambert line.
annoyed by Elway's previous refusal to be drafted by the Balitimore Colts, Lambert said "for 15 yards, I could end his career"
I still have a Lambert Jersey from his HOF induction.
He had Andy Russell and Jack Ham next to him for 2 years and Ham for another 6. They were no slouch's as line backers.
My fav linebacker
Lambert hit Earl Campbell so hard every time, it was a wonder that neither broke. Lambert turned Bo Jacksons hip pointer, into a hip replacement on an open field tackle. I was sad about Jacksons hip, but as a fan in the moment, I loved how hard that hit was.
the steel curtain defense was NOT a version of the "tampa two" the tampa two was based on the steel curtain defense!!! get it right
Lambert was just a mean son of a bitch! And thats what we loved about him.... The best middle linebacker the league has ever seen....and he has the gold jacket to prove it!
"JACK SPLAT"
THE GREATEST FOOTBALL PLAYER IN HISTORY !!!!
Super Bowl X was my first full game that I watched . I came in as a Dallas Cowboy fan, and after that missed field goal, I was a Steeler for the rest of my life. I stated "who is that guy?" My Father answered Jack Lambert. I like Him I said. He became My Football Idol and I wanted to be as good as he was/is. I had a small frame but was tougher than cast Iron, faster than anyone on the field for my 14 years in a street football gang with the guys. I would have never made to the nfl for my size but I got to play just the same., I owe it to Mr. Lambert & if they don't wanna retire #58 for all he has done, then they can kiss my ASS*! His Number will always be retired in my house! The Greatest Middle Linebacker of all time or second to Dick Butkus.
🔥JACK LAMBERT🏆#⃣5⃣8⃣ IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE MY FOOTBALL HERO.🔥
Same here, a Steeler fan since that game, and Lambert's defense of tackles, #58 comes to play!!
It's unofficially retired. It's never been given out since Jack's retirement.
@@Atheos-1 Yes I am aware of that, It's Fascinating too!!!!
Watching this part of the video I remember him, his style of playing defensive tackle wasn't just about the sport of the game, his style of play was too intimate you 1st, 2nd was to hurt you so bad, that you wouldn't forget you, and to avoid you at all costs, when he picked you up, then he would slam you down, there was a reason, like watching any hard hitting sport, I think it's because of his very early days, growing up in a small place, it teaches you very early in life, in order to survive, you have to 1st out think them,then 2nd you have to figure out there weakness, 3rd you have to have the ability to outlast them in the pursuit of greatness, which should be part of your legacy, then you can go home and make an impact on your town, another ward's put your town, on the map, if that means anything to someone reading my comments, as I have done my whole life, it's not about your family, it's actually about you, to be not the norm, but the your individual talents, to be different. That's how you will be noticed, very fast, by upper management as a asset to the company or establishment.
Great video! Now please do a video on Lynn Swann and John Stallworth! Thanks 🙏!
Noted 🙏
@ Keep in mind; Lynn Swann and John Stallworth hatted each other during their rookie season!
That interception against Rams. In the the superbowl, at the end. When he stoled their dreams.
Lambert was the best linebacker ever.
Lambert and Harris were my favorite players end of story.
“Put on a dress”. You gotta love him!
Dude was a beast. And Greg Lloyd was the meanest LB in history?
Awesome player total package
❤he was tough man
Still my favorite player of all time!
The reason I am a Steeler fan
Lambert was great. This narrater doesn't have a clue.
I told my 4 boys that are Steeler fans ( they better be or my mom could be screaming )
That to know why the Pittsburgh Steelers are one of the Greatest Football Teams, you must know the players who made them Great, like the Steel Curtain Defense and Offense, I’m 69 and I can name every player from the 70’s Super bowls
HERE WE GO STEELERS HERE WE GO ! 6 !
Hey, Thanks.
You can recommend a few names that should be covered in the videos..
Mike Tomlin would kill to have a linebacker like Lambert.
Unfortunately can't play like that anymore. That's when the game was totally different
Joe Green called him Darth Vader without teeth
Mine would be from Myron Cope when he recalld tellk Jack "hey Jack i seen wht you did kicking that guy (a clevelad brown) in his backside.
Cliff Harris voted thumbs down to this video.
He the GOAT
chuck norris didnt play nfl because of Jack Lambert.
Your not allowed to hit like that anymore! But I love the old school football, that's when you separated the men, from the boys.. and Lambert was a brutal linebacker, top 5 all time
Top 5? There’s only 1 who you could make the argument for being better than Jack Lambert. And that’s Dick Butkus. And that would be tough to make.
Yeah top 5 @@mikee2923
Lambert weighed 203 lbs when he first stepped on the scale for the Steelers his rookie year. That comes right from Lambert in an interview. He rarely weighed 220. Also he retired in 1985 not 84.
The Best
Everybody considers Mean Joe Green the greatest Steeler ever...but not me. No disrespect to #75 but when I think of my Steelers I think of Jack Lambert. He epitomizes Steeler football. To me, he is not only the greatest Steeler ever, hecis the greatest linebacker ever. Yes...over Taylor, Ditka and Lewis.
❤Great Jack. Lambert
If you look up the word "attitude" in the dictionary you'll see his picture.
Damn guy wasn't even big,but he played big.
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Yeah, top 5! Probably none meaner, or none more hard hitting, and none with more teeth missin, but alot of great linebackers, between now and then, if today's players were allowed to hit and play that way? He probably wouldn't even be on the list. I love the steelers, and I loved Jack, still do for that fact..
This man was my idol. I always wore #58 in honor of him!
This video SHOULD'VE been 5 minutes long- all the narrator does is keep REPEATING what he'd just said a minute ago.
Steelers had to practice in the parking lot. Lambert didn't care. He played like it was on the field and picked gravel from his knees
AS. MYRON COPE WOULD. CALL LAMBERT , " JACK SPLAT " , WHAT A PLAYER , REMEMBER THAT DALLAS COWBOY. GOING. ACROSS THE. LINE. OF. SCRIMMAGE TO. CONGRATULATE ROY GERILA'S MISSED FIELD GO , LAMBERT LET THAT. COWBOY KNOW , DON'T MESS WITH US .
WHAT A PLAYER !!!!!!!
Poor Henry Davis...