Mike Webster (1952-2002)

Tunawa da Cibiyar Fasaha ta Pittsburgh Hall of Fame Center "Iron Mike" Webster

Hall of Fame center Mike Webster, mamba a cikin 'yan wasan Steelers' 1970, ya mutu a farkon Talata da safe a cikin shekaru 50 bayan matsalolin daga zuciya ta zuciya. Tare da dansa, Garrett, a gefensa, babban dan wasan kwallon kafa mai suna "Iron Mike" ya wuce a hankali bayan ya yi aiki a asibitin Pittsburgh.

Michael "Mike" Webster an haifi Maris 18, 1952, a Tomahawk, Wisconsin.

An yi la'akari da daya daga cikin manyan cibiyoyi a wasan kwallon kafa, wasanni na shekaru goma sha takwas na Mike Webster a cikin Hukumar kwallon kafa ta kasa da ta hada da Pro Bowls guda hudu da hudu Super Bowl. Ya shiga Steelers a matsayin wani ɓangare na shekarar 1974 tare da sauran 'yan wasan Pittsburgh Stephane Jack Lambert, John Stallworth da Lynn Swann. Ba daidai ba ne, wannan shekarar kuma ya nuna alama ta farko na Super Bowl ta hudu domin tawagar da ta kasance da ake kira "Daular Daular." An gabatar da Mike Webster a cikin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasanni na Football a 1997, a lokacin da yake da shekaru biyu na cancanta, kuma an zabe shi ne a shekara ta 2000.

Tun daga shekara ta 1974, ta hanyar 1985, Mike Webster ya taka leda a wasanni 177 a jere, ba tare da barin wani abin da ya hana shi bugawa tawagarsa ba. An san shi sosai saboda rashin tausayinsa, jimirinsa, da kuma kyakkyawar dabi'un aiki, yana ba da tabbaci ga wannan imani ta hanyar lashe gasar NFL ta Strongman Competition a shekarun 1980.

Ya kasance mai kwarewa mai karfi da jagoranci ga tawagarsa, yana wasa a wasanni 19 tare da Steelers kuma yana aiki a matsayin kyaftin din mai shekaru tara.

Abin takaici, ritaya ba ta bi da Mike Webster da kuma aikin kwallon kafa ba. A shekarar 1999, an gano likitan ne tare da lalacewar kwakwalwa ta hanyar raunin da ya ci gaba da raunin da ya samu yayin lokacinsa a gasar NFL.

Rikici da yawa sun lalata kullunsa na baya, kuma sakamakon cututtuka ya karu a cikin 'yan shekarun nan. Sauran rayuwarsa, da rashin alheri, ya ɓace tare da lafiyarsa, ya bar shi mara aikin yi, bashi da bashi, kuma a wasu lokuta babu gida. Har ila yau, ya sha wahala da dokar lokacin da aka tuhuma shi da yin takaddama ga miyagun ƙwayoyi Ritalin, kuma ya karbi shekaru biyar na gwaji.

"Ya shiga cikin shekaru masu wuya, amma bai taba yin komai game da wani abu ba," in ji Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw a ranar Talata. "A cikin kwanaki 10 da suka gabata mun rasa Johnny Unitas, Bob Hayes, kuma yanzu Mike ne." Wadannan mutane sun kasance babban dan wasan NFL.

"Mike na ɗaya daga cikin manyan dalilan da muka samu kyautar Super Bowl," in ji tsohon Steelers na goyon bayan Franco Harris. "Abin baƙin cikin shine, yana da matsala da bala'i bayan wasan kwallon kafa, yanzu yana cikin salama." Mun rasa kuma muna son Mike. "

A 1997 Hall of Fame Induction, Hall of Fame quarterback da abokin tarayya Steelers Terry Bradshaw sumba Mike Webster a cikin wasu kalmomi motsi. "Ba a taba samun ba, kuma ba wani mutum da ya ke da alhakin aikatawa kuma ya keɓe kansa sosai don yin kansa mafi kyawun da zai iya zama."

Mike Webster na tsira da 'ya'ya maza biyu, Garrett, mai shekaru 17, wanda ya dauki nauyin mahaifinsa na No. 52 na tawagar kwallon kafa na Makarantar Laka, da Colin, 23, wani corporal a Amurka Marines, da' ya'ya mata biyu, Brooke, 25, da Hillary Webster , 15, na Madison, Wisconsin.