Pittsburgh Steelers Greatest Offensive Lineman: 1933-2010

This is an ode to some of the greatest men who've taken the field for the almighty black and gold, the starting 5, 1-on-1 fighting in the trenches, giving their quarterbacks' runningbacks' protection and time! Proud to be an offensive lineman!

Centers
21 Chuck Cherundolo 1941-1942; 1945-1948 Penn State
57 Frank Sinkovitz 1947-1952 Duke
56 Bill Walsh 1949-1954 Notre Dame
82 George Tarasovic 1952-1963 LSU
56 Ray Mansfield 1964-1976 Washington
52 Mike Webster 1974-1988 Wisconsin
66 Ted Petersen 1977-1983; 1987 Eastern Illinois
63 Dermontti Dawson 1988-2000 Kentucky
66 Jim Sweeney 1996-1999 Pittsburgh
62 Roger Duffy 1998-2001 Penn State
54 Mike Schneck 1999-2004 Wisconsin
64 Jeff Hartings 2001-2006 Penn State
56 Chukky Okobi 2001-2006 Purdue
61 Sean Mahan 2007-2007 Notre Dame
62 Justin Hartwig 2008-2010 Kansas
53 Maurkice Pouncey 2010-Present Florida

Offensive Guards
Walt Kiesling 1937-1938 St. Thomas(MN)
22 John Perko 1937-1947 Duquesne
73 Darrell Hogan 1949-1953 Trinity (TX)
70 Ernie Stautner 1950-1963 Boston College
50 John Reger 1955-1963 Pittsburgh
65 John Nisby 1957-1961 Pacific
62 Mike Sandusky 1957-1965 Maryland
57 Sam Davis 1967-1979 Allen
66 Bruce Van Dyke 1967-1973 Missouri
72 Gerry Mullins 1971-1979 USC
50 Jim Clack 1971-1977 Wake Forest
77 Steve Courson 1978-1983 South Carolina
73 Craig Wolfley 1980-1989 Syracuse
74 Terry Long 1984-1991 East Carolina
60 Brian Blankenship 1987-1991 Nebraska
68 Brenden Stai 1995-1999 Nebraska
62 Tom Myslinski 1996-1997; 2000 Tennessee
77 Will Wolford 1996-1998 Vanderbilt
66 Alan Faneca 1998-2007 LSU
68 Keydrick Vincent 2001-2004 Mississippi
73 Kendall Simmons 2002-2008 Auburn
68 Chris Kemoeatu 2006-Present Utah
72 Darnell Stapleton 2007-2009 Rutgers
64 Doug Legursky 2009-Present Marshall

Offensive Tackles
23 Armand Niccolai 1934-1942 Duquesne
36 Robert "Cal" Hubbard 1936 Centenary, Geneva
28 Ted Doyle 1938-1945 Nebraska
75 Jack Wiley 1946-1950 Waynesburg
79 Frank Wydo 1947-1951 Cornell
74 Frank Varrichione 1955-1960 Notre Dame
77 Dan James 1960-1966 Ohio State
71 Charlie Bradshaw 1961-1966 Baylor
74 John Brown 1967-1971 Syracuse
55 Jon Kolb 1969-1981 Oklahoma State
79 Larry Brown 1971-1984 Kansas
71 Gordon Gravelle 1972-1976 BYU
65 Ray Pinney 1976-1987 Washington
62 Tunch Ilkin 1980-1992 Indiana State
65 John Jackson 1988-1997 Eastern Kentucky
73 Justin Strzelczyk 1990-1998 Maine
72 Leon Searcy 1992-1995 Miami Florida
68 Shar Pourdanesh 1999-2000 UNLV
72 Wayne Gandy 1999-2002 Auburn
77 Marvel Smith 2000-2008 ASU
79 Oliver Ross 2000-2004 Iowa State
78 Max Starks 2004-Present Florida
79 Trai Essex 2005-Present Northwestern
74 Willie Colon 2006-Present Hofstra
73 Ramon Foster 2009-Present Tennessee
71 Flozell Adams 2010-2010 Michigan State
72 Jonathan Scott 2010-Present Texas
77 Marcus Gilbert 2011-Present Florida

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[doowoppingchainsawer]

My dad coached Dermontti in high school in the '80s. Then a few years ago Dermontti's kid was on a high school team in town (different school) and dad coached on that team too. But he was a quarterbacks coach not a line coach so I guess he technically didn't coach him. At any rate, put him in the HOF for God's sake!

[zachharris55]

@doowoppingchainsawer that's phenomenal

[dmz4144hen]

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[zachharris55]

@dmz4144hen ?

[dmz4144hen]

@SourMcSkittles hey you're kinda cute (:jame

[editr21]

Completely awesome and brilliant!

[21142505]

@SourMcSkittles A 2009 investigation by ESPN into the Steelers history with performance enhancing drugs found an alarming number of former players suffering from heart ailments. Since 2000, 17 former Steelers have died before they reached the age of 59. That list includes former Steelers guard Terry Long who tried to kill himself with rat poison after testing positive for steroids in 1991. He died in 2005 after drinking antifreeze.

[SourMcSkittles]

How many of them have died of steroid use yet?