Jack Lambert Body Slams Former Teammate
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mcmillenandwife Administrator   Posts: 20,478 Joined: Jan 1970 |
01-30-2021, 05:52 PM
I can't help but chuckle every time I watch this clip. Week in and week out, Jack Lambert was absolutely ON FIRE for the game of football. A blazing f-ing inferno. And when the stakes were high, Lambert somehow ratcheted his level of rage even higher.
In the 1979 regular season finale vs. the Bills, the Steelers needed a victory to win the division and secure homefield advantage. This ferocious tackle by Lambert, who picks up and body slams former teammate Mike Collier like a rag doll, is a concise resume of the butt-kicking the Steelers delivered that day as they steamrolled toward their 4th Super Bowl title. |
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Chucktownsteeler Hall of Famer  Posts: 20,183 Joined: Apr 2017 |
01-31-2021, 02:58 AM
That is why Jack is my all time favorite Steeler. That and he is from NE Ohio like me. Also we both went to KSU.
I love the time he took matters in his own hands as well on the late hit by the Bengals on Kruzek. Next - Minkah, #39! ![[Image: chucktown_sig_pic.jpg]](http://www.mcmillenandwife.com/pics/chucktown_sig_pic.jpg)
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Chucktownsteeler Hall of Famer Posts: 20,183 Joined: Apr 2017 |
01-31-2021, 03:03 AM
He also gave it pretty good to Cliff Harris in the Super Bowl. The ref was going to toss him and Jack said you can’t do that, this the Super Bowl.
Next - Minkah, #39!
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mcmillenandwife Administrator Posts: 20,478 Joined: Jan 1970 |
01-31-2021, 04:21 AM
He was definitely the emotional leader of the defense. Lambert took no prisoners.
My mom went to Kent State, too.  But her linebacking skills were subpar. 
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Rollers Hall of Famer  Posts: 8,474 Joined: Apr 2017 |
02-01-2021, 04:39 AM
Lambert was a beast. He wouldn't last a whole game in today's NFL. He was no pansy
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mcmillenandwife Administrator Posts: 20,478 Joined: Jan 1970 |
02-01-2021, 11:06 AM
Yep, heart and soul of the team, which is saying something on a team with 10 Hall of Fame players.
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RaynorShyne Hall of Famer  Posts: 1,764 Joined: Sep 2017 |
02-02-2021, 01:55 AM
Sigh - we could use a Jack Lambert on the team.
Well, on second thought, no - we don't Not in TODAYS NFL. the 70's defense would be a cascade of 15-yard flags |
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Chucktownsteeler Hall of Famer Posts: 20,183 Joined: Apr 2017 |
02-02-2021, 07:23 AM
(02-01-2021, 11:06 AM)mcmillenandwife Wrote: Yep, heart and soul of the team, which is saying something on a team with 10 Hall of Fame players. I was watching a special on Chuck Noll (I think) and they were interviewing Lynn Swann. Swann said Lambert rarely talked to anyone in the locker-room, usually just scowl at them. Swann said one day Lambert stopped by his locker and said: "I should have been #1 Swann and you should have been #2." Then he just walked away. Swann was taken #1 and Lambert #2 in the '74 draft. What a great story. 
Next - Minkah, #39!
(This post was last modified: 02-02-2021, 08:43 AM by Chucktownsteeler.)
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mcmillenandwife Administrator Posts: 20,478 Joined: Jan 1970 |
02-02-2021, 03:03 PM
(02-02-2021, 07:23 AM)Chucktownsteeler Wrote: I was watching a special on Chuck Noll (I think) and they were interviewing Lynn Swann. Swann said Lambert rarely talked to anyone in the locker-room, usually just scowl at them. Swann said one day Lambert stopped by his locker and said: "I should have been #1 Swann and you should have been #2." Yes, I've heard that Lynn Swann story about Lambert.  Dwight White talked about Lambert's disposition, too. "Lambert was difficult. With everybody." White was notoriously one of the nastiest guys on the team, so it really means something coming from him. |
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