PHOTOS: Former Steelers coach Chuck Noll dead at 82
June 13, 2014
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Chuck Noll holds Super Bowl trophy aloft before fans who greeted the team at Pittsburgh airport on its return from New Olreans Monday, Jan. 13, 1975. The Steelers won the first National Football League Championship in their 42 year history by defeating the Minnesota Vikings, 16-6 in Super Bowl IX on Sunday. (AP Photo) ( Steelers Super Bowl IX Football )
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Chuck Noll smiles as he watches his team play to a 16-6 victory over the Minnesota Vikings during the Super Bowl IX game at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, La., on Jan. 12, 1975. At right is Joe Gilliam (17). (AP Photo) ( SUPER BOWL STEELERS COACH NOLL )
The 1993 class of inductees pose with their busts in front of the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, July 31, 1993 in Canton, Ohio. From left: Dan Fouts, Larry Little, Chuck Noll, Walter and Bill Walsh. (AP Photo/Bruce Zake) ( Pro Football Hall of Fame 1993 Inductees )
Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw, left, and former coach Chuck Noll chat before the Steelers game against the St. Louis Rams, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2003, in Pittsburgh. The two were among other former Steelers greats who took part in a celebration in honor of the Steelers playing the 1000th game in their history Sunday. The Steelers lost to the Rams, 33-21. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ( NFL Hall of Famers )
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw (12) is flanked by head coach Chuck Noll as the pair watch the Miami Dolphins offense on the field during the second quarter of game in the Orange Bowl Stadium in Miami, Sept. 10, 1981. The Dolphins were leading at the time, and had just intercepted a Bradshaw pass. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ( Steelers Bradshaw Noll 1981 )
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The Cleveland Browns defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers on at a game in Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 12, 1954, to win the NFL divisional championship. Coach Paul Brown, right, poses with some of the players in the dressing room after the game. From left to right they are Pete Brewster, Lou Groza, Chuck Noll, and Otto Graham. (AP Photo/Julian C. Wilson) ( Paul Brown, Pete Brewster, Lou Groza )
Cleveland Browns coach Paul Brown is pictured on Dec. 8, 1953, during a game against the Cardinals. From left to right are Ray Renfro, halfback; Brown; Chuck Noll, guard; and Billy Reynolds, halfback. Location is not known. (AP Photo) ( Paul Brown, Ray Renfro, Chuck Noll )
Pittsburgh Steelers' No. 1 draft choice Terry Bradshaw, right, poses with Pittsburgh coach Chuck Noll, center, and his father, William M. Bradshaw, left, in Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 13, 1970. The 6 foot-3 Louisiana Tech quarterback arrived in Pittsburgh to negotiate his contract with the club owners. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck) ( STEELERS NOLL BRADSHAW )
Steelers coach Chuck Noll confers with quarterback Joe Gilliam, left, and wide receiver John Stallworth during Sunday, Sept. 29, 1975 game to Buffalo. Steelers lost 30-21 to the Buffalo Bills. (AP Photo) ( NFL Hall of Famers )
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw, right, looks toward the clock as he confers with coach Chuck Noll on the sideline, during time out in a game between the Steelers and the Cleveland Brewers, September 19, 1976, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo) ( BRADSHAW NOLL TIME OUT )
** FILE ** In this Jan. 18, 1976, file photo, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Chuck Noll, center, leaves the field with Jim Allen (45) who holds up his finger indicating the Steelers are No. 1 after defeating the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 in Super Bowl X at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Now that Pittsburgh is headed to its seventh Super Bowl, each of the Steelers' three coaches in the last 40 years has taken them there. Noll first got there in his sixth season in 1974, Bill Cowher in his fourth. Mike Tomlin needed only two years after unexpectedly being hired for one of the best-known coaching jobs in American pro sports. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin, File) ( Steelers Tomlin Turn Football )
Pittsburgh Steelers' board chairman Art Rooney, left, talks with Steelers' coach Chuck Noll after presentation of the Super Bowl XIV trophy in the Steelers' locker room at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 20, 1980. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck) ( SUPER BOWL XIV NOLL 1980 )
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Chuck Noll,center, with his broken left elbow in a sling, arrives at Pittsburgh airport after his team clinched a playoff Sunday, Dec. 19, 1977. (AP Photo) ( Pittsburgh Steelers Football )
** FILE ** Pittsburgh Steelers coach Chuck Noll holds the Vince Lombardi trophy as they arrive at the Pittsburgh Airport after winning the Super Bowl in this Jan. 19, 1979 file photo. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck) ( SUPER BOWL STEELERS )
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Chuck Noll has a smile as he stood with arms folded on sidelines in a Pittsburgh Steelers game in 1978 with John Stallworth (82) and Lynn Swann (88). (AP Photo) ( Pittsburgh Steelers Football )
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Chuck Noll discusses a holding call with NFL official Ray Douglas in the fourth quarter of the Steelers' game with the Atlanta Falcons Saturday, Aug. 13, 1978 in Pittsburgh. On the disputed play a Steelers touchdown was called back because of a holding call on Bennie Cunningham. Douglas won the argument. Noll's team won the game, scoring the winning touchdown on the next play, a touchdown pass to Lynn Swann. (AP Photo/Stewart) ( Falcons Steelers Football )
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw (12) embraces coach Chuck Noll on the sidelines shortly after Bradshaw threw touchdown pass in second half of Super Bowl XIV game Sunday in Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, Ca., on Jan. 20, 1980. Bradshaw led the Steelers to a 31-19 win over the Los Angeles Rams. It is the fourth Super Bowl win for the Steelers. (AP Photo) ( SUPER BOWL XIV RAMS STEELERS )
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Chuck Noll is carried off the field after his team defeated the Dallas Cowboys, 35-31, in Super Bowl XIII in Miami on Sunday, Jan. 21, 1979. (AP Photo) ( Football Professional Super Bowl XIII 1979 Steelers vs Dallas )
Pittsburgh Steelers' head coach Chuck Noll, right, and his defensive tackle Ernie Holmes, pose with the championship Super Bowl IX trophy in the Steelers' Pittsburgh dressing room following their victory over the Minnesota Vikings, Jan. 14, 1975. (AP Photo) ( Super Bowl IX Steelers Noll Holmes 1975 )
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Chuck Noll, center, posed with his quarterback corps before the opening of the Steelers summer school for quarterback May 23, 1977. The men trying for the starting job are from left Cliff Stoudt, Neil Graff, Noll, Terry Bradshaw, and Mike Krucze. For the next few days they will be busy reviewing old games films and learning the new play book. (AP Photo) ( Steelers Summer School Football )
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Chuck Noll, left, with Terry Hanratty at his side, looks at the clock as he talks with quarterback Joe Gilliam during their 17-0 loss to the Oakland Raiders in Pittsburgh Sunday, Sept. 30, 1974. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck) ( Raiders Steelers Football )
Miami Dolphins Coach Don Shula, left, embraces Pittsburgh Steelers Coach Chuck Noll on Jan. 1, 1972 in Pittsburgh, as the scoreboard behind them tells of the Dolphins 21-17 win over the Steelers for the American Football Conference championship. (AP Photo) ( Coach Don Shula and Coach Chuck Noll Embracing )
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Chuck Noll, left, keeps in touch with his spotters during game against the Oakland Raiders in the American Conference playoff game in Pittsburgh, Dec. 23, 1972. John Madden, right, Oakland Raiders head coach puts hand to face watching. (AP Photo) ( Coach Chuck Noll )
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