Rocky Bleier Image Gallery: NFL Legend Highlights

Image Gallery of Rocky Bleier, Running Back 1968-1980

One of the NFL's great success stories. Rocky Bleier was a 16th round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1968 from Notre Dame who also served in Vietnam. Seriously wounded in his right foot and leg he was discouraged from playing football but battled his way back to earn a starting spot in the Steelers backfield. This remarkable determination was exemplified in 1976 when he rushed for 1036 rushing yards on 220 carries - a 4.7 yard average.

Rocky Bleier gets behind the blocking of lineman Jim Clack.

Rocky Bleier blocking for Terry Bradshaw.

John Stallworth turns a short pass into a 75-yard catch & run to score his second touchdown of Super Bowl XIII against the Dallas Cowboys. The 2nd quarter score tied the game up at 14. The Steelers would go on to win 35-31 to capture their 4th Super Bowl win of the 1970s.

Early 1970s Steeler-Raiders action. Quarterback Terry Bradshaw rolls out against Raiders defenders Dan Conners and Phil Villapiano. Running back Rocky Bleier can be seen blocking at left.

With Hall of Famers Mike Webster and Franco Harris out in front, running back Rocky Bleier carries the ball. In 1976 Bleier and Harris became the second backfield tandem in NFL history to gain 1000 yards each.

4 of the members of the Pittsburgh Steelers offense that won a Super Bowl in 1978 - Gerry Mullins (#72), Rocky Bleier (#20), Mike Webster (#52) & Terry Bradshaw (#12)

Another image of Pittsburgh's 35-31 win over the Cowboys in Super Bowl XIII. MVP Terry Bradshaw looks to dump off a pass to running back Rocky Bleier (#20) as Franco Harris (#32) provides blocking. DD Lewis (#50) makes an attempt to get into position to defend.

Vikings defenders Paul Krause (#22) and Jeff Wright (#23) bring down Steelers runner Rocky Bleier (#20) after Blier rips off a 13-yard gain in Super Bowl IX. Blier had 65 yards rushing in the 16-6 Steelers NFL Championship victory.

Rocky Bleier Football Cards

Rocky Bleier's 1980 Topps card - his last year of an 11-year career. Ended up with 5159 All Purpose yards on 1064 touches - a 4.8 Yards-per-Touch and 25 touchdowns.

Rocky Bleier All Time Career Statistics

Regular Season Rushing & Receiving Totals
							Rushing					Receiving					Totals
Season	Age	Team	Pos	#	Games	Starts	Carries	Yards	Y/A	Long	TD	Catches	Yards	Y/R	Long	TD	Touches	Y/Tch	YScm	TDs	Fumb
1968	22	PIT	RB	26	10	0	6	39	6.5	21	0	3	68	22.7	54	0	9	11.9	107	0	0
1969	Military Service
1970	Injured
1971	25	PIT	RB	20	6	0	0	0			0	0	0			0	0		0	0	0
1972	26	PIT	RB	20	14	0	1	17	17.0	17	0	0	0			0	1	17.0	17	0	1
1973	27	PIT	RB	20	12	0	3	0	0.0		0	0	0			0	3	0.0	0	0	2
1974	28	PIT♚	RB	20	12	7	88	373	4.2	18	2	7	87	12.4	24	0	95	4.8	460	2	2
1975	29	PIT♚	RB	20	11	11	140	528	3.8	17	2	15	65	4.3	13	0	155	3.8	593	2	7
1976	30	PIT	RB	20	14	14	220	1036	4.7	28	5	24	294	12.3	32	0	244	5.5	1330	5	4
1977	31	PIT	RB	20	13	13	135	465	3.4	16	4	18	161	8.9	30	0	153	4.1	626	4	6
1978	32	PIT♚	RB	20	16	16	165	633	3.8	24	5	17	168	9.9	32	1	182	4.4	801	6	6
1979	33	PIT♚	RB	20	16	7	92	434	4.7	70	4	31	277	8.9	28	0	123	5.8	711	4	4
1980	34	PIT	RB	20	16	6	78	340	4.4	19	1	21	174	8.3	17	1	99	5.2	514	2	0
11 Years		Steelers			140	74	928	3865	4.2	70	23	136	1294	9.5	54	2	1064	4.8	5159	25	32

Post Season Rushing & Receiving Totals
				Rushing					Receiving					Totals
Season	Age	Team	Games	Carries	Yards	Y/A	Long	TD	Catches	Yards	Y/R	Long	TD	Touches	Y/Tch	YScm	TDs	Fumb
1972	26	PIT	2	0	0			0	0	0			0	0		0	0	0
1973	27	PIT	1	0	0			0	0	0			0	0		0	0	0
1974	28	PIT♚	3	49	208	4.2	23	0	7	90	12.9	27	1	56	5.3	298	1	3
1975	29	PIT♚	3	37	95	2.6	8	1	2	14	7.0	9	0	39	2.8	109	1	1
1976	30	PIT	2	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0			0	1	-1.0	-1	0	0
1977	31	PIT	1	7	14	2.0	5	0	2	10	5.0	7	0	9	2.7	24	0	0
1978	31	PIT♚	3	20	74	3.7	15	1	5	49	9.8	16	1	25	4.9	123	2	1
1979	32	PIT♚	3	27	90	3.3	9	2	3	39	13.0	20	0	30	4.3	129	2	0
Totals		Steelers	18	141	480	3.4	23	4	19	202	10.6	27	2	160	4.3	682	6	5