Chuck Noll, the coach who led Steelers to 4 Super Bowl titles, dies at age 82
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Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Success was never a destination for Chuck Noll. It was not a road that had an ending, rather always a new beginning. It was a journey, a path that never allowed for complacency or made room for satisfaction. Along the way, the lesson he instructed was always the same, whether it was life or football: Getting to the top is not nearly as difficult as staying there.
No head coach in National Football League history has ever enjoyed as much success as Charles Henry Noll, the only coach to win four Super Bowl trophies. And he did it in a six-year span of the 1970s in which the Steelers, the franchise he transformed from doormat to dynasty, became one of the most dominating teams of any NFL era.
Mr. Noll died in his sleep Friday night from natural causes in his Sewickley home, leaving behind a legion of admirers that include former players, coaches and thousands of black-and-gold worshipers. He was 82 and had been in ill health for a number of years with Alzheimers disease, a heart condition and back problems.
He will go down as the guy who helped create the mystique that exists now with the Steelers, said former coach Bill Cowher, who replaced Mr. Noll in 1992 and accumulated 161 victories and one Super Bowl title in 15 seasons with the Steelers, second only to Mr. Nolls 209 victories in 23 seasons.
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TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)jaysunb
(11,856 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)RIP, Chuck.
My grandfather who passed away in 2007 went to HS with Chuck Noll
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)It is going to be a sad weekend in the 'Burgh.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)to talk Steeler football with lol. Thanks for the great games Chuck.
Gothmog
(145,558 posts)packman
(16,296 posts)Steelers, Iron City Beer, runs to the Strip for ethnic food, fireworks at the Point, that trip into Pittsburgh thru the tubes, kolbasi in more flavors than you could imagine, good memories. Thank you Chuck for great Sundays with the family. RIP you did good.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)I am sad to hear of his passing.
aaaaaa5a
(4,667 posts)He was a coach that never got the credit he deserved.
Noll regularly beat Madden, Landry, and Shula in just about every big game he ever had against them. Yet for some reason they are remembered more often and fondly. His Steelers are the team of the 70s and helped the sport become far and away #1 in America.
He is an historic figure. He will be missed
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Noll turned not only a franchise around -- he started a new history.