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THE TERRIBLE TOWEL THROUGHOUT HISTORY

Found January 18, 2009 on Mondesi's House:
PLAYERS: Dan Rooney,  Limas Sweed,  Gerald Ford
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Steelers

This time of year, it seems like everyone's a Steeler fan, from today's pre-game entertainment, (Hank Williams Jr.) to Pittsburgh native Michael Fink waving a gravity-free Terrible Towel in support of the black and gold.As we've seen many times, the Steelers and U.S. Presidents seem to go hand-in-hand with great photo ops. So let us sit back and enjoy this retrospective of the Steelers' support from U.S. Presidents through history, as interpreted by Joe Calinger of Youngstown, Ohio...Dan Rooney and Barack Obama discuss how the Steel Curtain D stacks up against the 2008 versionMike Tomlin, Joe Biden & Barack Obama talk zone blitzingBarack Obama, the most efficient member of the Steelers' 2008 draft class, and undoubtedly a better wideout than Limas Sweed, is introduced after reaching terms on a 4-year dealWilliam Jefferson Clinton, a renowned Steeler supporterIke Eisenhower surely would've been a fan of #24Harry S Truman was a card-carrying member of Steel...
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