Former Steeler Ernie Holmes

[UT Spring Branch]

Died in a car accident in Beaumont.

He was one tough member of the Steel Curtain for the Pittsburg Steelers in the 1970swww.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou080118_jj_ernieholmesdead.33d76c66.html?npc

 

[Jive_Turkey]

RIP

Guess it's time to put him in the Hall of Fame.

 

[Strange Tex]

RIP...

Is that a jab jive?

 

[Texas Rugby]

Wow, "Arrowhead Ernie."

As an Oiler fan I hated the Steelers, but as a team they respected the Oilers more than any team in the very tough AFC Central Division.

Every member of the Steel Curtain played college ball in Texas at small Texas schools.

R.I.P.

 

[mr. sunshine]

Ernie visited my home room in jr. high and let us try on his SB rings. They were as big as lugnuts off a semi. RIP, man.

 

[FirstTimeLurker]

I was a kid when the steelers were at their prime and they did inspire awe, much more than any other NFL team since then, even today's Pats. They were just a menacing bunch of rowdy roughnecks, each just a devastating hitter and intimidator.

 

[4th&5]

Ernie was a badass! May he RIP. I read in the AP story that he rolled his vehicle, was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle. Shades of the Derrick Thomas tragedy. Damn! Wear the seatbelt.

 

[TexasTower]

Some of my greatest childhood memories were watching him play.

Today is truly a sad day.

 

[gobears92]

 

[yelladawgdem]

RIP.

I have a buddy that is a DPS and he has said a million times that he has never unbuckled a dead man. Kind of like the Princess of Wales: 4 passengers, 1 seat belt in use, 1 survivior. Make sure your kids read this story.

 

[ORANGEREADER10]

It's scary how many of those players from the Steelers are dead now. Ernie Holmes, Ray Mansfield, Jon Kolb, etc, etc.

 

[ORANGEREADER10]

Here's an up-to-date story on the phenomenon of Steelers dying young. It says 34 former Steelers have died since 2000, 16 of them 59 or younger.
The article says that In 2006, a Los Angeles Times survey found that nearly one-fifth of the NFL players from the 1970s and 1980s who had died since 2000 were former Steelers.

I forgot Joe Gilliam, Dave Brown, Steve Furness, Mike Webster.... the list goes on.

Here's the link:The Link

 

[4th&5]

Damn?

How many Dallas Cowboys players who played against the Steelers in the two 70's Super Bowls have died? Harvey Martin is the only one that comes to mind.

 

[ORANGEREADER10]

Larry Bethea killed himself in '87 after being ID'd as a suspect in two armed robberies.
The Link