Kukumbukira Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame Center "Iron Mike" Webster
Lachitatu, September 25, 2002Hall of Fame pakati pa Mike Webster, membala wa gulu la mafumu a Steelers a 1970, adafa Lachiwiri m'mawa ali ndi zaka makumi asanu ndi ziwiri zotsatira za mavuto a mtima. Ndi mwana wake, Garrett, pambali pake, wotchuka kwambiri wotchedwa "Iron Mike" adadutsa pang'onopang'ono atachita opaleshoni kuchipatala cha Pittsburgh.
Michael "Mike" Webster anabadwa pa 18 March 1952, ku Tomahawk, Wisconsin.
Malinga ndi imodzi mwa malo akuluakulu a mpira wa masewera olimbitsa thupi, Mike Webster wapamwamba kwambiri wazaka 17 mu ntchito ya National Football League anaphatikizapo Pro Bowls asanu ndi anai ndi mphete zinayi za Super Bowl, mbiri ya NFL ya munthu wotsutsa. Anagwirizana ndi Steelers monga gawo la 1974 limodzi ndi nyenyezi zina za Pittsburgh Steelers Jack Lambert, John Stallworth ndi Lynn Swann. Zomwe sizinakwaniritsidwe, chaka chomwecho chinatchulidwanso kuti choyamba cha ma Super Bowl chipambano cha gulu lomwe linatchedwa "Dynasty Steel". Mike Webster adalowetsedwa mu Pro Football Hall of Fame mu 1997, m'chaka chake chachiwiri choyenerera, ndipo adasankhidwa ku timu ya nthawi zonse ya NFL mu 2000.
Kuchokera m'chaka chake cha 1974, kupyolera mu 1985, Mike Webster adasewera masewera 177 motsatizana, osalola kuti chirichonse chimulepheretse kusewera mpira wake. Iye ankadziwika bwino chifukwa cha kupirira kwake, kupirira kwake, ndi ntchito yake yabwino, ndikupitirizabe kuvomereza chikhulupiriro chimenecho mwa kupambana mpikisano wa Strongman wa NFL mu 1980 yopanda nyengo.
Anali chitsanzo cholimba komanso mtsogoleri wa timu yake, kusewera mu masewera okwera 19 ndi Steelers ndikutumikira monga woyipitsa wamkulu kwa nyengo zisanu ndi zinayi.
Mwatsoka, ntchito yopuma pantchito siinamuchitikire Mike Webster komanso ntchito yake ya mpira. M'chaka cha 1999, munthu wodula matendawa anapezeka ndi vuto la ubongo chifukwa chovulala pamutu mobwerezabwereza panthaŵi yake ku NFL.
Zokambirana zambiri zinkasokoneza vuto lake loyamba, ndipo zotsatira zake zavulala zinakula kwambiri m'zaka zaposachedwapa. Moyo wake wonse, mwatsoka, unasokonekera pamodzi ndi thanzi lake, kumusiya wosagwira ntchito, wokhoma ngongole, ndipo nthawi zina alibe pokhala. Anagwilitsiranso kansalu kameneka ndi lamulo pamene adaimbidwa mlandu wolemba mankhwala a Ritalin, ndipo adalandira zaka zisanu akuyesedwa.
"Anatha zaka zambiri, koma sanadandaule ndi chilichonse," adatero Terry Bradshaw yemwe poyamba anali ndi bungwe la Steelers. "Masiku otsiriza khumi tasiya Johnny Unitas, Bob Hayes, ndipo tsopano Mike. Amuna awa anali gawo lalikulu la banja la NFL.
"Mike ndi chimodzi mwa zifukwa zomwe tinagonjetsa 4 Bow Bowls," adatero akale a Steelers akuthawa ndi Franco Harris. "Tsoka ilo, adakhala ndi chisokonezo komanso tsoka pambuyo pa ntchito yake ya mpira, tsopano ali mwamtendere.
Pa 1997 Hall of Fame induction, Hall of Fame quarterback ndi anzake a Steelers omwe amacheza nawo Terry Bradshaw anafotokoza mwachidule Mike Webster m'mawu ochepa chabe. "Sipanakhalekopo ndipo sipadzakhalanso munthu wina wodzipatulira ndi wodzipatulira kwathunthu kuti adzipange yekha kukhala wabwino kwambiri."
Mike Webster akukhala ndi ana awiri, Garrett, wazaka 17, yemwe amavala nambala ya abambo ake a No. 52 a Msonkhano Wapamwamba wa Msonkhano wa Mwezi, komanso Colin, wazaka 23, yemwe ndi wachimwene ku US Marines, ndi ana awiri aakazi, Brooke, wazaka 25, ndi Hillary Webster , 15, a Madison, Wisconsin.