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 Rocky
Bleier was not very big and not very
fast, but he was an incredibly
determined athlete when the Steelers
picked him late in the 1968 draft
after a brilliant career at the
University of Notre Dame. Before he
could prove himself as a rookie, he
was drafted again - this time, for
combat duty in Vietnam...Book
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A few
months later, crippled by enemy
rifle fire and grenade wounds in
both legs, Rocky faced his biggest
challenge. He could barely walk...
he certainly couldn't run. To ever
play professional football seemed
impossible. But Rocky Bleier did the
impossible.
The story of Rocky's agonizing
two-year battle to overcome his
injuries and return to the
Pittsburgh Steelers is described in
the book Fighting Back, and
recreated in the 1980 ABC-TV movie
with the same name. The rest of his
exciting 12-year career is
history... how he pressed on to
become one of the Steelers' top
leading ground gainers... how he
passed the 1,000-yard rushing mark
in one season... how he contributed
to four Super Bowl victories... how
he consistently made the big play
during important games with uncanny
predictability.
Rocky's special qualities have been
recognized by colleagues as well as
others who have honored him with
awards too numerous to list in
detail. Among them are the Whizzer
White Humanitarian Award, the Vince
Lombardi Award, and the Most
Courageous Athlete of the Decade
Award. He was also chosen as one of
the Ten Outstanding Young Men of
Year by the U.S. Jaycees.
Today, Rocky is in demand as a
professional speaker, motivating
audiences in a wide variety of
organizations and corporations.
Rocky sees parallels between the
challenges he faced in the past and
the challenges all business people
face in today's crowded, competitive
marketplace, and that is the central
message he delivers. His
presentation - Be the Best You Can
Be - motivates audiences to keep on
striving for greater
accomplishments. Rocky is a dynamic
speaker, using real life stories
with a warm, self-reflective humor
that audiences can relate to.
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