We’ve all heard the phrase, ‘It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish.’ It’s a strange coincidence that, after five years, Steelers kicker Shaun Suisham may very well finish exactly where he started. When the struggles of former kicker Jeff Reed became too much for the Steelers to risk their season on, they reached out to Suisham who said with a humble smile, “I was stripping wallpaper. You know…the honey-do list” That’s when he got the call to come try out for the Pittsburgh Steelers and on November 16, Suisham signed to take over for Reed as the man to put the ball through the uprights.
Suisham was born in Wallaceburg, Ontario, which is known as the ‘Glass Town of Canada.’ Suisham said, “It used to be Libby Glass, but it’s gone.” A local company was bought out by foreign competitors and closed in 1999, leaving
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