First Look: Steelers Super Bowl IX team honored during Mel Blount's Celebrity Roast
Members of the Steelers Super Bowl IX team and more were on hand for the @MelBlountYLI annual celebrity roast, honoring the 50th anniversary of the team's first Super Bowl.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers' Super Bowl IX-winning team was in full celebration mode on Friday at the 2025 Mel Blount Youth Home All-Star Celebrity Roast.
The celebrity roast is typically centered around one person for the evening—but with this being the 50th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Steelers' first-ever Super Bowl title, the event instead focused on Super Bowl IX.
Legendary four-time Super Bowl champion Terry Bradshaw, who recently made headlines for his heroic actions at Pittsburgh International Airport, 'Mean' Joe Greene, John Stallworth, and other key members of the Super Bowl IX victory joined Blount at the event.
Blount explained that the moment was bittersweet, as many of the Super Bowl IX-winning team have since passed away, which the official Steelers website detailed below:
"I was a little bit sentimental of the fact that there's so many guys that are not with us anymore," Blount stated. "When you talk about this event being special, this couldn't be more special because of the accomplishment we made. But it's more than that. I don't know how to put it into words because you get kind of emotional."
Bradshaw was designated as the master of ceremonies for the celebrity roast, which is perfectly fitting as he is one of the most entertaining Pittsburgh Steelers in history.
Congratulations to the Pittsburgh Steelers' Super Bowl IX team on the 50th anniversary of winning the Steel City's first Lombardi Trophy.
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