Johnny Lee Stallworth was born on July 15,1952 and is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 14 seasons in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
18 Facts About John Stallworth
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John Stallworth's reception total was a franchise record until being surpassed by Hines Ward in 2005.
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John Stallworth played in three Pro Bowls and was the Steelers' two-time MVP.
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John Stallworth was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002.
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John Stallworth was inducted into the Black College Football Hall of Fame in 2014.
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John Stallworth was selected 82nd overall in the fourth round of the 1974 NFL Draft, a class of which he was one of four Pittsburgh Steelers picks who would eventually be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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Steelers assistant personnel director Bill Nunn was the only person to stay an additional day and watched John Stallworth run a better time on a dry track.
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Nunn had obtained the only college game film of John Stallworth that existed through his relationships with HBCU coaches, and it was alleged that he withheld it from other NFL teams.
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John Stallworth battled a series of fibula, foot, ankle, knee and hamstring injuries that forced him to miss 44 regular-season games.
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John Stallworth suffered leg cramps later and played sparingly in the second half, finishing with 3 receptions for 115 yards and two touchdowns.
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John Stallworth holds the Super Bowl records for career average per catch and single-game average, 40.33 yards in Super Bowl XIV.
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John Stallworth has 12 touchdown receptions and a string of 17 straight games with a reception in post-season play.
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John Stallworth scored touchdowns in eight straight playoff games at one point, an NFL record.
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John Stallworth led the AFC with a career-high 1,395 yards gained on 80 receptions in 1984, when he was named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year.
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John Stallworth helped the Steelers defeat eventual Super Bowl champion San Francisco for that team's only loss of the season, and led the Steelers in a playoff run that featured an upset win over the Denver Broncos in the AFC Divisional Playoffs at Denver's Mile High Stadium.
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John Stallworth was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August 2002.
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In October 2006 the sale of MRC to Wireless Facilities Inc was completed, and at that time it was announced that John Stallworth would pursue other interests.
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John Stallworth was announced as becoming part-owner of his former team on March 23,2009, as part of the Rooney family restructuring ownership of the team.