Notre Dame Football: National and Super Bowl Champs

As we sit just days away from the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers strapping up to hoist the Lombardi Trophy, we’ll be having some sporatic fun here at Fighting Irish Wire in terms of former Notre Dame players and coaches who have had an impact on “The Big Game”.

Between winning a national championship at Notre Dame in 1966 and winning Super Bowls with the Steelers in ’74, ’75, ’78 and ’79, Rocky Bleier became an American war hero serving in Vietman, suffering a serious injury and coming back to play 11 more seasons in the NFL.

Super Bowl X - Dallas Cowboys v Pittsburgh Steelers

Rocky Bleier played in and won those four Super Bowls with the Steelers and scored once on a touchdown reception in XIII that put Pittsburgh ahead 21-14 just before halftime against the Dallas Cowboys.

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