Joe Greene

Joe Greene is a former American football defensive tackle who played his whole 13-year NFL career with the Pittsburgh Steelers and also appeared in films and on television. He grew up in Temple, Texas, and played college football at North Texas State before Pittsburgh chose him fourth overall in the 1969 draft; he became the anchor of the Steel Curtain defense that won four Super Bowls, was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year twice, and entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame. His screen credits include The Black Six (1973), a blaxploitation film with other NFL players; the television movie Fighting Back: The Rocky Bleier Story; ...All the Marbles (1981); and Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), in which he played himself. He also appeared in a Coca-Cola commercial, Hey Kid, Catch!, which won a Clio Award in 1980, and later coached and worked in the Steelers front office.