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Joe Greene (American football)

NFL Retired Player
NameJoe Greene
PositionDefensive Tackle
Jersey #75 (72 early 1969)
Birth dateSeptember 24, 1946(age 64)
Temple, Texas
Career information
Years1969 - 1981
NFL DraftNFL Draft 1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4
CollegeNorth Texas State
Professional teams
* Pittsburgh Steelers (1969-1981)
Career stats
Sacks78.5
Games181
Interceptions1
Career highlights and awards
* 10× Pro Bowl selection (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979) * 5× First-team All-Pro selection (1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979) * 3× Second-team All-Pro selection (1969, 1971, 1975) * 11× First-team All-AFC selection (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979) * 4× Super Bowl champion (IX, X, XIII, XIV) * NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team * NFL 1970s All-Decade Team * 1969 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year * 2× AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1972, 1974) * 2× NEA NFL Defensive MVP winner (1972, 1974)

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Charles Edward Greene, known as “Mean Joe” Greene, (born September 24, 1946) is a former all-pro American football defensive tackle who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL. Throughout the early 1970s he was the one of most dominant defensive players in the National Football League. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest defensive linemen ever and was the cornerstone of the legendary “Steel Curtain” defense. He is also a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and a four-time Super Bowl champion. His nickname, "Mean Greene" stems from his alma mater, the University of North Texas' athletic teams, which are nicknamed the Mean Green.

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Rebel Releases of Two Classic County Records Albums January 18th - Cybergrass Tweet this news
Cybergrass--High Country by Kenny Baker & -Joe Greene- and Lily May, Rosie & Susie by The Coon Creek Girls will be available for purchase through all major digital ... - Date : Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:50:30 GMT+00:00
Former players like Ducks' chances against Auburn - Mail Tribune Tweet this news
Mail Tribune--Maurer, who, in the Broncos' playoff run in 1977, tangled with the likes of Mean -Joe Greene- of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Ben Davidson of the Oakland Raiders ... - Date : Sun, 09 Jan 2011 10:07:40 GMT+00:00
Palestine-area legends to be honored with others on monument - Palestine Herald Press Tweet this news
Palestine Herald Press---...- players like Adrian Peterson, Guy Brown, William Bradley and Ivory Brown will join the ranks of Drew Brees, Doak Walker, Earl Campbell and -Joe Greene-. ... - Date : Sun, 09 Jan 2011 04:25:44 GMT+00:00
NFL Defensive Linemen (related stories) - SI.com Tweet this news
SI.com--The Pittsburgh Steelers' Mean -Joe Greene-, a man with emotions as formidable as his physical gifts. ... - Date : Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:10:12 GMT+00:00
Joe Jonas & Ashley Greene's New Cozy Dinner Date In LA � All The Details! - Hollywood Life Tweet this news
Hollywood Life--Ashley -Greene- and -Joe- Jonas' date at Disney World wasn't their only romantic outing this holiday season. People reports the middle JoBro took the gorgeous ... - Date : Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:41:04 GMT+00:00
Ashley Greene & Joe Jonas Twitter War � Why Are They Fighting? - Hollywood Life Tweet this news
Hollywood Life--The 'Twilight' hottie and her Jo Bro beau have a funny exchange on Twitter after -Joe- gets caught tweeting where he shouldn't be! Ashley -Greene- and -Joe- Jonas ... - Date : Sat, 01 Jan 2011 19:22:20 GMT+00:00
Roethlisberger & Pouncey honored by local media - Beaver County Times Tweet this news
Beaver County Times--Pouncey received the -Joe Greene- Award given annually to the Steelers' top rookie. Sports reporters who cover the Steelers regularly voted for "The Chief" ... - Date : Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:54:07 GMT+00:00
Penguins' equipment manager suited for Winter Classic job - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Tweet this news
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review--Miniature figurines of Steelers greats from -Joe Greene- to Jerome Bettis decorate Heinze's Consol Energy Center office. Making the Steelers' home feel like ... - Date : Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:15:36 GMT+00:00
Vanes Talks Cotto-Mayorga, Eyes Title Fight in Interim - BoxingScene.com Tweet this news
BoxingScene.com--Cotto won a junior middleweight belt after stopping Yuri Foreman in nine rounds, while Martirosyan bested -Joe Greene- over ten rounds in a battle of unbeaten ... - Date : Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:16:39 GMT+00:00
Sports History/December 26: Mean Joe Greene of the Pittsburgh Steelers - Sports Chat Place Tweet this news
Sports Chat Place--This gentle, kind persona accurately reflects Greene's personal life. But on the field, a different -Joe Greene- emerged. Big, strong, fast, and quick, ... - Date : Sat, 25 Dec 2010 17:38:06 GMT+00:00

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Claude Humphrey
Defensive Rookie of the Year
1969
Succeeded by
Bruce Taylor
Preceded by
Roger Staubach
Walter Payton Man of the Year Award
1979
Succeeded by
Harold Carmichael


50th Anniversary Senior Bowl All-Time Team

Offense: QB Joe Namath, Alabama, 1965 * RB Walter Payton, Jackson State, 1975 * RB Bo Jackson, Auburn, 1986 * RB Franco Harris, Penn State, 1972 * WR Lynn Swann, Southern Cal, 1974 * WR Steve Largent, Tulsa, 1976 * FL Art Monk Syracuse, 1980 * TE Ozzie Newsome, Alabama, 1978
OL Gene Upshaw, Texas A&I, 1967 * OL Jerry Kramer, Idaho, 1958] * OL Randall McDaniel, Arizona State, 1988 * G Tom Banks, Auburn, 1970 * C Mike Webster, Wisconsin, 1973
Defense: DE Jack Youngblood, Florida, 1971 * DE Ed Jones, Tennessee State, 1974 * DT Bubba Smith, Michigan State, 1967 * DT Joe Greene, North Texas State, 1969 * OLB Ted Hendricks, Miami, 1969 * OLB Derrick Thomas, Alabama, 1989 * MLB Ray Nitschke, Illinois, 1958 * MLB Lee Roy Jordan, Alabama, 1963
CB Roger Wehrli, Missouri, 1969 * CB Dale Carter, Tennessee, 1992 * FS Paul Krause, Iowa, 1964 * SS Albert Lewis, Grambling, 1983
Special Teams P Ray Guy, So. Miss 1972 * PK Morten Andersen, Michigan State, 1982 * KR Greg Pruitt, Oklahoma 1974

Walter Camp Alumni of the Year

1986 - Joe Greene,1987 - Mike Reid,1988 - Alan Page,1989 - Dr. Tommy Casanova,1990 - Tom Jackson1991 - Steve Owens,1992 - Kellen Winslow,1993 - Archie Griffin,1994 - Ed Marinaro,1995 - Jim Covert,1996 - Lee Roy Selmon,1997 - Jim Plunkett,1998 - Tony Dorsett,1999 - Bo Jackson,2000 - Don McPherson,2001 - Herschel Walker,2002 - Dave Casper,2003 - Mark May,2004 - George Rogers,2005 - Cornelius Bennett,2006 - Mike Rozier,2007 - Ray Guy,2008 - Tim Brown,2009 - David Fulcher,

Pittsburgh Steelers First-round Draft selections

Bill Shakespeare (1936/ #3 overall) * Mike Basrak (1937/ #5) * Byron "Whizzer" White (1938/ #4) * Kay Eakin (1940/ #3) * Bill Dudley (1942/ #1) * Bill Daley (1943/ #7) * Johnny Podesto (1944/ #10) * Paul Duhart (1945/ #2) * Doc Blanchard (1946/ #3) * Hub Bechtol (1947/ #5) * Dan Edwards (1948/ #9) * Bobby Gage (1949/ #6) * Lynn Chandnois (1950/ #8) * Butch Avinger (1951/ #9) * Ed Modzelewski (1952/ #6) * Ted Marchibroda (1953/ #5) * Johnny Lattner (1954/ #7) * Frank Varrichione (1955/ #6) * Gary Glick (1956/ #1) * Art Davis (1956/ #5) * Len Dawson (1957/ #5) * Jack Spikes (1960/ #6) * Bob Ferguson (1962/ #5) * Paul Martha (1964/ #10) * Dick Leftridge (1966/ #3) * Mike Taylor (1968/ #10) * Joe Greene (1969/ #4) * Terry Bradshaw (1970/ #1) * Frank Lewis (1971/ #8) * Franco Harris (1972/ #13) * J. T. Thomas (1973/ #4) * Lynn Swann (1974/ #21) * Dave Brown (1975/ #26) * Bennie Cunningham (1976/ #28) * Robin Cole (1977/ #21) * Ron Johnson (1978/ #22) * Greg Hawthorne (1979/ #28) * Mark Malone (1980/ #28) * Keith Gary (1981/ #17) * Walter Abercrombie (1982/ #12) * Gabriel Rivera (1983/ #21) * Louis Lipps (1984/ #23) * Darryl Sims (1985/ #20) * John Rienstra (1986/ #9) * Rod Woodson (1987/ #10) * Aaron Jones (1988/ #18) * Tim Worley (1989/ #7) * Tom Ricketts (1989/ #24) * Eric Green (1990/ #21) * Huey Richardson (1991/ #15) * Leon Searcy (1992/ #11) * Deon Figures (1993/ #23) * Charles Johnson (1994/ #17) * Mark Bruener (1995/ #27) * Jamain Stephens (1996/ #29) * Chad Scott (1997/ #24) * Alan Faneca (1998/ #26) * Troy Edwards (1999/ #13) * Plaxico Burress (2000/ #8) * Casey Hampton (2001/ #19) * Kendall Simmons (2002/ #30) * Troy Polamalu (2003/ #16) * Ben Roethlisberger (2004/ #11) * Heath Miller (2005/ #30) * Santonio Holmes (2006/ #25) * Lawrence Timmons (2007/ #15) * Rashard Mendenhall (2008/ #23) * Evander Hood (2009/ #32) * Maurkice Pouncey (2010/ #18)

NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award from the Associated Press

1967: Barney * 1968: Humphrey * 1969: Greene * 1970: B. Taylor * 1971: Robertson * 1972: Buchanon * 1973: Chambers * 1974: Lambert * 1975: Brazile * 1976: Haynes * 1977: Duhe * 1978: Baker * 1979: Haslett * 1980: Curry & Richardson * 1981: L. Taylor * 1982: Banks * 1983: Maxwell * 1984: Maas * 1985: Bickett * 1986: O'Neal * 1987: Conlan * 1988: McMillan * 1989: Thomas * 1990: Carrier * 1991: Croel * 1992: Carter * 1993: Stubblefield * 1994: Bowens * 1995: Douglas * 1996: Rice * 1997: Boulware * 1998: Woodson * 1999: Kearse * 2000: Urlacher * 2001: Bell * 2002: Peppers * 2003: Suggs * 2004: Vilma * 2005: Merriman * 2006: Ryans * 2007: Willis * 2008: Mayo * 2009: Cushing

Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl IX Champions

5 Terry Hanratty * 10 Roy Gerela * 12 Terry Bradshaw * 17 Joe Gilliam * 20 Rocky Bleier * 22 Richard Conn * 23 Mike Wagner * 24 J. T. Thomas * 25 Ron Shanklin * 26 Preston Pearson * 27 Glen Edwards * 31 Donnie Shell * 32 Franco Harris (MVP) * 33 John Fuqua * 34 Andy Russell * 35 Steve Davis * 38 Ed Bradley * 39 Bobby Walden * 43 Frank Lewis * 45 Jim Allen * 46 Reggie Harrison * 47 Mel Blount * 50 Jim Clack * 51 Loren Toews * 52 Mike Webster * 54 Marv Kellum * 55 Jon Kolb * 56 Ray Mansfield * 57 Sam Davis * 58 Jack Lambert * 59 Jack Ham * 62 Jim Wolf * 63 Ernie Holmes * 64 Steve Furness * 68 L. C. Greenwood * 71 Gordon Gravelle * 72 Gerry Mullins * 73 Rick Druschel * 74 Dave Reavis * 75 Joe Greene * 77 Charlie Davis * 78 Dwight White * 82 John Stallworth * 84 Randy Grossman * 86 Reggie Garrett * 87 Larry Brown * 88 Lynn Swann * 89 John McMakin

Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl X Champions

5 Terry Hanratty * 10 Roy Gerela * 12 Terry Bradshaw * 17 Joe Gilliam * 20 Rocky Bleier * 23 Mike Wagner * 24 J. T. Thomas * 27 Glen Edwards * 31 Donnie Shell * 32 Franco Harris * 33 John Fuqua * 34 Andy Russell * 36 Dave Brown * 38 Ed Bradley * 39 Bobby Walden * 43 Frank Lewis * 44 Mike Collier * 45 Jim Allen * 46 Reggie Harrison * 47 Mel Blount * 50 Jim Clack * 51 Loren Toews * 52 Mike Webster * 54 Marv Kellum * 55 Jon Kolb * 56 Ray Mansfield * 57 Sam Davis * 58 Jack Lambert * 59 Jack Ham * 63 Ernie Holmes * 64 Steve Furness * 68 L. C. Greenwood * 71 Gordon Gravelle * 72 Gerry Mullins * 74 Dave Reavis * 75 Joe Greene * 76 John Banaszak * 78 Dwight White * 82 John Stallworth * 84 Randy Grossman * 86 Reggie Garrett * 87 Larry Brown * 88 Lynn Swann (MVP)

Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XIII Champions

5 Craig Colquitt * 10 Roy Gerela * 12 Terry Bradshaw (MVP) * 15 Mike Kruczek * 18 Cliff Stoudt * 20 Rocky Bleier * 21 Tony Dungy * 23 Mike Wagner * 24 J. T. Thomas * 25 Ray Oldham * 29 Ron Johnson * 30 Larry Anderson * 31 Donnie Shell * 32 Franco Harris * 35 Jack Deloplaine * 38 Sidney Thornton * 39 Rick Moser * 47 Mel Blount * 51 Loren Toews * 52 Mike Webster * 53 Dennis Winston * 55 Jon Kolb * 56 Robin Cole * 57 Sam Davis * 58 Jack Lambert * 59 Jack Ham * 64 Steve Furness * 65 Tom Beasley * 66 Ted Petersen * 67 Gary Dunn * 68 L. C. Greenwood * 69 Fred Anderson * 72 Gerry Mullins * 74 Ray Pinney * 75 Joe Greene * 76 John Banaszak * 77 Steve Courson * 78 Dwight White * 79 Larry Brown * 82 John Stallworth * 83 Theo Bell * 84 Randy Grossman * 86 Jim Smith * 87 Jim Mandich * 88 Lynn Swann * 89 Bennie Cunningham

Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XIV Champions

5 Craig Colquitt * 9 Matt Bahr * 12 Terry Bradshaw (MVP) * 15 Mike Kruczek * 20 Rocky Bleier * 23 Mike Wagner * 24 J. T. Thomas * 27 Greg Hawthorne * 29 Ron Johnson * 30 Larry Anderson * 31 Donnie Shell * 32 Franco Harris * 33 Anthony Anderson * 38 Sidney Thornton * 39 Rick Moser * 47 Mel Blount * 49 Dwayne Woodruff * 50 Tom Graves * 51 Loren Toews * 52 Mike Webster * 53 Dennis Winston * 54 Zack Valentine * 55 Jon Kolb * 56 Robin Cole * 57 Sam Davis * 58 Jack Lambert * 59 Jack Ham * 63 Thom Dornbrook * 64 Steve Furness * 65 Tom Beasley * 66 Ted Petersen * 67 Gary Dunn * 68 L. C. Greenwood * 72 Gerry Mullins * 75 Joe Greene * 76 John Banaszak * 77 Steve Courson * 78 Dwight White * 79 Larry Brown * 82 John Stallworth * 83 Theo Bell * 84 Randy Grossman * 86 Jim Smith * 88 Lynn Swann * 89 Bennie Cunningham

NFL Alumni Order of the Leather Helmet

1978 * Pete Rozelle, George Halas, Art Rooney * 1979 * Paul Brown, Red Grange, Bronko Nagurski * 1980 * Don Shula, Wellington Mara, Dominic Olejniczak, Pro Football Hall of Fame * 1981 * Lamar Hunt, Tom Landry * 1982 * William Bidwill, Alex Wojciechowicz, Bud Grant * 1983 * F. William Harder, LeRoy Neiman * 1985 * George P. Marshall, Weeb Ewbank * 1986 * Howard Cosell, Vince Lombardi, Vic Maitland * 1987 * Ray Scott, Steve Sabol, Ed Sabol, Bert Bell * 1988 * Raymond Berry * 1989 * Tex Schramm * 1990 * Bill Dudley, Ollie Matson, Steve Van Buren * 1991 * Hugh McElhenny 1992 * Chuck Bednarik, Art Modell * 1993 * Elroy Hirsch, Marion Motley * 1994 * Sid Luckman, Sammy Baugh * 1995 * Otto Graham, Chuck Noll * 1996 * Johnny Unitas, Curt Gowdy * 1997 * Pat Summerall, Ralph Wilson * 1998 * Jim Brown, Al Davis * 1999 * Bobby Mitchell, Paul Tagliabue * 2000 * Len Dawson, Deacon Jones * 2001 * Mike McCormack, Mel Renfro * 2002 * Mel Blount, Jim Otto, Jim Tunney * 2003 * Tom Flores, Willie Davis * 2004 * Dick Vermeil, Val Pinchbeck, Don Weiss * 2005 * Larry Wilson, Joe Greene * 2007 * Sonny Jurgensen, Jack Youngblood * 2008 * Eric Dickerson, John Madden, Alex Spanos

NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award from the Associated Press

1971: Page * 1972: Greene * 1973: Anderson * 1974: Greene (x2) * 1975: Blount * 1976: Lambert * 1977: Martin * 1978: Gradishar * 1979: Selmon * 1980: Hayes * 1981: Taylor * 1982: Taylor (x2) * 1983: Betters * 1984: Easley * 1985: Singletary * 1986: Taylor (x3) * 1987: White * 1988: Singletary (x2) * 1989: Millard * 1990: Smith * 1991: Swilling * 1992: Kennedy * 1993: Woodson * 1994: D. Sanders * 1995: Paup * 1996: Smith (x2) * 1997: Stubblefield * 1998: White (x2) * 1999: Sapp * 2000: Lewis * 2001: Strahan * 2002: Brooks * 2003: Lewis (x2) * 2004: Reed * 2005: Urlacher * 2006: Taylor * 2007: B. Sanders * 2008: Harrison * 2009: Woodson

Walter Payton Man of the Year Award

1970: Unitas * 1971: Hadl * 1972: Lanier * 1973: Dawson * 1974: Blanda * 1975: Anderson * 1976: Harris * 1977: Payton * 1978: Staubach * 1979: Greene * 1980: Carmichael * 1981: Swann * 1982: Theismann * 1983: Benirschke * 1984: Lyons * 1985: Stephenson * 1986: Williams * 1987: Duerson * 1988: Largent * 1989: Moon * 1990: Singletary * 1991: Muñoz * 1992: Elway * 1993: Thomas * 1994: Seau * 1995: Esiason * 1996: Green * 1997: Aikman * 1998: Marino * 1999: Carter * 2000: Flanigan & Brooks * 2001: Bettis * 2002: Vincent * 2003: Shields * 2004: Dunn * 2005: Manning * 2006: Brees & Tomlinson * 2007: Taylor * 2008: Warner * 2009: Waters

National Football League * NFL's 1970s All-Decade Team

Terry Bradshaw * Ken Stabler * Roger Staubach * Earl Campbell * Franco Harris * Walter Payton * O. J. Simpson * Harold Carmichael * Drew Pearson * Lynn Swann * Paul Warfield * Dave Casper * Charlie Sanders * Dan Dierdorf * Art Shell * Rayfield Wright * Ron Yary * Joe DeLamielleure * John Hannah * Larry Little * Gene Upshaw * Jim Langer * Mike Webster * Carl Eller * L. C. Greenwood * Harvey Martin * Jack Youngblood * Joe Greene * Bob Lilly * Merlin Olsen * Alan Page * Bobby Bell * Robert Brazile * Dick Butkus * Jack Ham * Ted Hendricks * Jack Lambert * Willie Brown * Jimmy Johnson * Roger Wehrli * Louis Wright * Dick Anderson * Cliff Harris * Ken Houston * Larry Wilson * Garo Yepremian * Jim Bakken * Ray Guy

National Football League * NFL's 75th Anniversary All-Time Team

Sammy Baugh * Otto Graham * Joe Montana * Johnny Unitas * Jim Brown * Marion Motley * Bronko Nagurski * Walter Payton * Gale Sayers * O.J. Simpson * Steve Van Buren * Lance Alworth * Raymond Berry * Don Hutson * Jerry Rice * Mike Ditka * Kellen Winslow * Roosevelt Brown * Forrest Gregg * Anthony Muñoz * John Hannah * Jim Parker * Gene Upshaw * Mel Hein * Mike Webster * Deacon Jones * Gino Marchetti * Reggie White * Joe Greene * Bob Lilly * Merlin Olsen * Dick Butkus * Jack Ham * Ted Hendricks * Jack Lambert * Willie Lanier * Ray Nitschke * Lawrence Taylor * Mel Blount * Mike Haynes * Dick Lane * Rod Woodson * Ken Houston * Ronnie Lott * Larry Wilson * Ray Guy * Jan Stenerud * Billy Johnson

Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 1987

Larry Csonka * Len Dawson * Joe Greene * John Henry Johnson * Jim Langer * Don Maynard * Gene Upshaw



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