CoachC.
December 8th, 2005, 12:08:25 AM
I don't know how many of you remember, but I mentioned a while ago how I had dinner with Coach Carson and former AFL-great WR Lionel Taylor in Sarasota. We were drawing defenses up on napkins and talking about some of those great defenses and great players he coaches over the years. It was a great thrill for me and something I'll always remember.
R.I.P., Coach.......
Bud Carson, architect of Steel Curtain defense, dies at 75
December 7, 2005
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) -- Bud Carson, the innovative architect of Pittsburgh's "Steel Curtain" defense who later coached the Cleveland Browns, died Wednesday. He was 75.
Carson, who had been ill with emphysema, died at his home.
Carson was the Steelers' defensive coordinator from 1972-77, and shaped a defense led by Joe Greene, Jack Ham and Jack Lambert into one of the best in NFL history. During that time, the Steelers won two Super Bowl titles under coach Chuck Noll and would go on to win another two after Carson left.
He then became defensive coordinator of the Los Angeles Rams, who lost to the Steelers in the Super Bowl after the 1979 season. He coached the Browns in 1989-90, posting a 11-13-1 record in 1 1/2 seasons.
"He was a great, great coach here," Steelers chairman Dan Rooney said Wednesday. "In fact, I might say he coached the best defense that ever played in the National Football League -- and I told him that one time after he left. They were a phenomenal team."
The Steelers didn't win the Super Bowl in 1976, but Carson's defense had a sustained run that may never be equaled. After quarterback Terry Bradshaw was injured during a 1-4 start, the Steelers had five shutouts -- three in a row -- and allowed only 28 points while winning their final nine games.
"That was quite a feat," Rooney said.
That 1976 team failed to win a third consecutive Super Bowl after its two 1,000-yard running backs, Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier, were hurt in a 40-14 playoff rout of Baltimore and couldn't play in an AFC title game loss in Oakland.
more.......
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-obit-carson&prov=ap&type=lgns
R.I.P., Coach.......
Bud Carson, architect of Steel Curtain defense, dies at 75
December 7, 2005
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) -- Bud Carson, the innovative architect of Pittsburgh's "Steel Curtain" defense who later coached the Cleveland Browns, died Wednesday. He was 75.
Carson, who had been ill with emphysema, died at his home.
Carson was the Steelers' defensive coordinator from 1972-77, and shaped a defense led by Joe Greene, Jack Ham and Jack Lambert into one of the best in NFL history. During that time, the Steelers won two Super Bowl titles under coach Chuck Noll and would go on to win another two after Carson left.
He then became defensive coordinator of the Los Angeles Rams, who lost to the Steelers in the Super Bowl after the 1979 season. He coached the Browns in 1989-90, posting a 11-13-1 record in 1 1/2 seasons.
"He was a great, great coach here," Steelers chairman Dan Rooney said Wednesday. "In fact, I might say he coached the best defense that ever played in the National Football League -- and I told him that one time after he left. They were a phenomenal team."
The Steelers didn't win the Super Bowl in 1976, but Carson's defense had a sustained run that may never be equaled. After quarterback Terry Bradshaw was injured during a 1-4 start, the Steelers had five shutouts -- three in a row -- and allowed only 28 points while winning their final nine games.
"That was quite a feat," Rooney said.
That 1976 team failed to win a third consecutive Super Bowl after its two 1,000-yard running backs, Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier, were hurt in a 40-14 playoff rout of Baltimore and couldn't play in an AFC title game loss in Oakland.
more.......
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-obit-carson&prov=ap&type=lgns