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Okay, a bit disingenuous with the thread title above - perhaps. But wouldn't there be a good possibility that headline would be what we would all see, if the situation happened more currently post all the -gates?
There is not much to report for the Pats on July 11 - though I have to admit that I had completely forgotten that Ernie Holmes ever played for the Patriots.
Happy birthday to Ernie Holmes, who would have been 73 today
Born July 11, 1948 in Jamestown, Texas
Patriot DT, 1978; uniform #63
Signed as a free agent on November 30, 1978
Died January 17, 2008 at the age of 59
Ernie Holmes played for Pittsburgh for six seasons, starting 58 games for the Steelers from 1972-1977. He was a crucial part of the famed Steel Curtain defense, where he earned a pair of Super Bowl rings. Due to weight issues Holmes was traded to Tampa Bay for a 10th and 11th round draft pick early in the '78 offseason, but was cut at the end of the Bucs training camp. The fearsome (and unstable) Holmes played in final three games of the 1978 season with the Patriots (plus the Chuck Fairbanks farewell postseason loss to Houston), finishing his NFL career in that New Years Eve loss in Foxboro.
Ernie Holmes once told a reporter from Time magazine that he was attracted to the violence of football and that he didn't "mind knocking somebody out."
QB Dan Pastorini described Holmes as the defender that he feared the most.
Today in Patriots History
Helicopter-Shooting Steel Curtain DT
Helicopter-Shooting Steel Curtain DT
There is not much to report for the Pats on July 11 - though I have to admit that I had completely forgotten that Ernie Holmes ever played for the Patriots.
Happy birthday to Ernie Holmes, who would have been 73 today
Born July 11, 1948 in Jamestown, Texas
Patriot DT, 1978; uniform #63
Signed as a free agent on November 30, 1978
Died January 17, 2008 at the age of 59
Ernie Holmes played for Pittsburgh for six seasons, starting 58 games for the Steelers from 1972-1977. He was a crucial part of the famed Steel Curtain defense, where he earned a pair of Super Bowl rings. Due to weight issues Holmes was traded to Tampa Bay for a 10th and 11th round draft pick early in the '78 offseason, but was cut at the end of the Bucs training camp. The fearsome (and unstable) Holmes played in final three games of the 1978 season with the Patriots (plus the Chuck Fairbanks farewell postseason loss to Houston), finishing his NFL career in that New Years Eve loss in Foxboro.
Steelers' Tackle, Holmes, Arrested in Ohio Manhunt (Published 1973)
Pittsburgh Steelers football player E Holmes is arrested by Ohio State Police for allegedly shooting at trucks on hwy
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Dr. Z: Steelers' Holmes was as misunderstood as he was underappreciated
Once I saw Ernie Holmes pick up a sportswriter by the shirt and hold him, with one hand, against the wall while he lectured the poor guy on the finer points of
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'Steel Curtain' tackle Holmes dies in car wreck
Ernie Holmes, a two-time Super Bowl winner and an anchor of Pittsburgh's "Steel Curtain" defense, has died in a car crash. He was 59.
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Ernie Holmes, 59, N.F.L. Lineman, Is Dead (Published 2008)
Ernie Holmes won two Super Bowls as an anchor of Pittsburgh’s famed Steel Curtain defense in the 1970s.
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Ernie Holmes (1948-2008) - Find a Grave Memorial
Professional Football Player. Born in Jamestown, Texas, he played at the defensive tackle position for seven seasons (1972 to 1978) in the National Football League, with the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots. He was a member of two Super Bowl championship teams (1975 and 1976...
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Ernie Holmes once told a reporter from Time magazine that he was attracted to the violence of football and that he didn't "mind knocking somebody out."
QB Dan Pastorini described Holmes as the defender that he feared the most.