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Joe Greene

Mean Joe Greene on the wall — for the Steelers fan who knows the Coke commercial wasn’t the half of it.

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Career snapshot

Defense: 78.5 sacks (unofficial) · 16 fumble recoveries · 1 INT · 4× Super Bowl champion

Accolades

★ 4× Super Bowl Champion (IX, X, XIII, XIV with Pittsburgh)

★ Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1987, first ballot)

★ 2× NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1972, 1974)

★ 10× Pro Bowler · 4× First-Team All-Pro

★ 1969 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year

★ NFL 1970s All-Decade Team · NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team

★ Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Honor · jersey #75 retired

★ Steelers’ first draft pick of the Chuck Noll era (4th overall, 1969)

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The card collector's view

1971 Topps #245 is Greene’s rookie card and a foundational vintage Steelers piece. The 1972 Topps and 1976 Topps cards from his DPOY and Super Bowl years anchor the flagship vintage pieces. For premium collectors, his Panini National Treasures patch-autographs and Steelers dynasty-era jersey relics provide the high-end memorabilia for any Steel Curtain collection.

About Joe Greene at FreshDCards

Mean Joe Greene was the first player Chuck Noll drafted in Pittsburgh, the cornerstone of the Steel Curtain, and the foundation of the NFL’s defining 1970s dynasty. Across 13 seasons he won four Super Bowls (IX, X, XIII, XIV), made 10 Pro Bowls, and was a two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1972, 1974). The Steel Curtain held Minnesota to six points in Super Bowl IX and shut Dallas down twice more. Hall of Fame first ballot in 1987, jersey #75 retired by the Steelers.

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