EPISODE · Jan 30, 2020 · 14 MIN
Rocky Bleier: The legendary comeback
from Sporting Witness · host BBC World Service
How a wounded Vietnam war veteran became an NFL Super Bowl champion. Rocky Bleier was a young American football player beginning his career in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers. But in 1968 he was drafted into the US Army to serve in the VIetnam war. He was injured in combat and his career appeared over. But Rocky fought his way back to become a member of the legendary Pittsburgh Steelers team that won four Super Bowls in the 1970s. Alex Last spoke to Rocky Bleier about his remarkable comeback.:Photo: Rocky Bleier in 1975 (George Gojkovich/Getty Images)
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