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High School-Terry Bradshaw entered Woodlawn High in Shreveport,
Louisiana in 1962. His main focus was football, but he still did well in
school. He was also very active in his Baptist religion. He wasn't the
starting quarterback until his senior season. He threw the deep ball
very well, but he often threw it over receiver's heads.
He pulled off many upset games that
season. He also set the high school's record with 21 touchdown passes.
He was offered a scholarship to Louisiana Tech University, and he gladly
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College-In 1966, Terry enrolled in liberal arts at
Louisiana Tech. His colleagues nicknamed him "The Rifleman"
because he looked like Chuck Connors, the star of the television show
The Rifleman. As a sophomore he was the number two quarterback.
He had a lot to learn, and it was mostly
mental. When Terry was a junior there was a new coach that named him the
starter. That year he led the bulldogs to a conference championship and
a Rice Bowl bid. They won, and Terry was MVP. The next year Bradshaw led the bulldogs
to another conference championship. He did amazing and all the NFL
scouts were praising his abilities.
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Early NFL Career-Drafted by the Steelers number one overall in the
1972 draft Bradshaw boldly stated that he could lead them to a
championship. In his first few games teams played deep
coverage on him, so he would run. Terry was inexperienced and couldn't
find any running lanes. He was often booed, and his life was even
threatened. |
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Super Bowls-Terry led the Pittsburgh Steelers to four Super
Bowl victories in the 70's and helped make them into a dynasty. In the
1974 season he led them all the way to the Super Bowl against the
Vikings. They won 16-6. The next year they beat the cowboys 21-17. In
1978 and 79 Terry was MVP in both Super Bowl victories. |
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