Mike Webster (1952-2002)

Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei i ka Hale Hoʻohanohanoʻo Pittsburgh Hall of Fame Center "Iron Mike" Webster

Pōʻalima, Kepakemapa 25, 2002

ʻO Mike Webster,ʻo ia kekahi lālā o ka hui aliʻi o nā 'Steelers' 1970, ua make i ka kakahiaka kakahiaka Poalua i ka 50 o kona mau makahiki ma hope o ka hopena o kahi hōʻailona. Me kāna keiki,ʻo Garrett, ma konaʻaoʻao, ua hele mālie ka mea haʻuki nui i kapaʻiaʻo "Iron Mike" ma hope o ka hanaʻana ma kahi hōmai o Pittsburgh.

ʻO Michael "Mike" Webster i hānauʻia ma Malaki 18, 1952, ma Tomahawk, Wisconsin.

Hoʻohālikelikeʻia kekahi o nā poʻomanaʻo nui ma ka pôpeku hoʻokûkû,ʻoi aku ka hoʻokûkû nui a me ka hoʻokûkû a me ka hoʻokûkû nui o nâ hoʻokûkû a me ka Superbowl. Ua hui pūʻo ia me nā Steelers ma keʻano he mahele o ka 1974 pepa me nā hui'ē aʻe Pittsburgh Steelers Jack Lambert, John Stallworth lāuaʻo Lynn Swann. ʻAʻole i kūponoʻole, ua helu pūʻia kēlā makahiki i ka mua o nā Super Bowlʻehā no ka hui i kapaʻiaʻo "Hui Hoʻoili." Ua hoʻokomo 'ia' o Mike Webster i ka Hale Hoʻohanohano 'Amelika Pôpeku Aupuni i ka makahiki 1997, i ka makahikiʻelua o kona koho' ia, a ua koho 'ia' o ia i ka hui o ka NFL i ka makahiki 2000.

Mai kona makahiki makahiki i ka makahiki 1974, a hiki i ka makahiki 1985, hoʻokaniʻo Mike Webster i nā hoʻokūkū he 177, me kaʻaʻaʻole i kekahi mea e paʻa iā ia mai ka pāʻaniʻana no kāna hui. Ua kaulanaʻo ia no kona paʻakikī, kona hoʻomanawanui, a me konaʻano koʻikoʻiʻoihana, e hāʻawi ana i ka hilinaʻi i kēlā manaʻo ma o ka lanakilaʻana i ka hoʻokūkū ikaikaʻo NFL i ka makahiki 1980.

He kumu hoʻohālike a me ke alakaʻi nuiʻo ia no kona hui, e pāʻani ana i 19 mau pôhili me nā Steelers a me ka hoʻokūkū kāpena no nā kauwaʻeiwa.

ʻO ka pōʻino,ʻaʻole i hana maikaʻi ka hoʻomahaʻana iā Mike Webster a me kānaʻoihana pôpeku. I ka makahiki 1999, uaʻikeʻia ua laina nei me ka pōʻino lolo ka hopena o nā poʻo i hoʻomauʻia i ka manawa o kona manawa ma ka NFL.

Ua nui ka hoʻonāukiukiʻana o ke kīpē i mua o kona lau, a ua nui ka hopena o nā pōʻino i nā makahiki i hala. Akā,ʻo ke koena o kona ola, ua kaumaha a me kona olakino, haʻalele iā ia i ka hanaʻole,'ai'ē, a me ka nohoʻoleʻana. Ua pilikia pūʻo ia i ke kānāwai i ka manawa i kauohaʻiaʻo ia no ka hoʻoponoponoʻana i nā palapala kauoha no Ritalin, a uaʻaeʻo ia i ka hoʻolimalimaʻana i nā makahiki heʻelima.

"Ua heleʻo ia i nā makahiki he nui, akā,ʻaʻoleʻo ia i'ōhumu i kekahi mea," wahi a Steelers quarterback ā Terry Bradshaw i ka Poalua. "I nā lā he 10 i hala, ua neleʻo Johnny Unitas, Bob Hayes, a iā Mike i kēia manawa, he poʻe nui loa kēia mau kānaka o kaʻohana NFL.

"ʻO Mike kekahi o nā kumu nui i lanakila ai mākou iʻehā Super Bowls," i'ōlelo nā luna Steelers kahiko e hoʻihoʻi ana iā Franco Harris. "He pōʻino, ua loaʻa iā ia kekahi pōʻino a me ka pōʻino ma hope o kāna kūlana pāʻani, a ua maluhiaʻo ia ināʻaʻole mākou e aloha a aloha iā Mike."

Ma kona Hall Hall of Fame quarterback a me ka hoa hui Steelersʻo Terry Bradshaw i kā Mike Webster i hōʻuluʻulu i kāna mau hua'ōlelo hua'ōlelo. "ʻAʻohe mea'ē aʻe aʻaʻole loa he kanaka'ē aʻe e like me ke kuleana a i hoʻolaʻa loaʻia no ka hana iā ia iho i ka mea maikaʻi loa e hiki ai iā ia."

Ua olaʻo Mike Webster i nā keikikāneʻelua,ʻo Garrett, 17, nāna i lawe aku i ka papa 52 o kona makuakāne no ka hui kiʻekiʻe o ka Moon High School, aʻo Colin, he 23, he corporal ma US Marines, a meʻelua mau kaikamāhine, Brooke, 25, aʻo Hillary Webster , 15, o Madison, Wisconsin.