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Terry Paxton Bradshaw (born September 2, 1948) is an American former professional
Bradshaw is known as a tough competitor and for having one of the most powerful arms in NFL history. His physical skills and on-the-field leadership played a major role in the Steelers' dynasty throughout the 1970s. During his career, he passed for more than 300 yards in a game seven times, but three of those performances came in the postseason (two of which were in Super Bowls). In four career Super Bowl appearances, he passed for 932 yards and nine touchdowns, both Super Bowl records at the time of his retirement. In 19 career postseason games, he completed 261 passes for 3,833 yards.
Early years
Bradshaw was born in
In his early childhood, the family lived in
College career
Bradshaw decided to attend
When he arrived at Tech in 1966, Bradshaw caused a media frenzy because of his reputation as a football sensation from nearby Shreveport.[13][14] Robertson was a year ahead of Bradshaw, and was the starter for two seasons in 1966 and 1967, and chose not to play in 1968.[15] As Robertson put it: "I'm going for the ducks, you [Terry] can go for the bucks."[16]
In 1969, Bradshaw was considered by most professional scouts to be the most outstanding college football player in the nation. As a junior during the 1968 season, he amassed 2,890 total yards, ranking number one in the NCAA, and led his team to a 9–2 record and a 33–13 win over Akron in the Rice Bowl. In his senior season, he gained 2,314 yards, ranking third in the NCAA, and led his team to an 8–2 record. His decrease in production was mainly because his team played only 10 games that year, and he was taken out of several games in the second half because his team had built up huge leads.
Bradshaw graduated owning virtually all Louisiana Tech passing records at the time. In 1970, Bradshaw received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.[17] In 1984, he was inducted into the inaugural class of the Louisiana Tech sports hall of fame.[18] Four years later, he was inducted into the state of Louisiana's sports hall of fame.[19]
College statistics
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Season | Record | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||
Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
1966 | 1−9 | 11 | 34 | 32.4 | 14 | 0.4 | 0 | 3 | 76.5 | 26 | −74 | −2.8 | 0 |
1967 | 3−7 | 78 | 139 | 56.1 | 981 | 7.1 | 3 | 10 | 108.1 | 31 | −118 | −3.8 | 0 |
1968 | 9−2 | 176 | 339 | 51.9 | 2,890 | 8.5 | 22 | 15 | 136.1 | 87 | 97 | 1.1 | 0 |
1969 | 8−2 | 136 | 248 | 54.8 | 2,314 | 9.3 | 14 | 14 | 140.6 | 77 | 177 | 2.2 | 11 |
Totals | 21−20 | 401 | 760 | 52.8 | 6,199 | 8.2 | 39 | 42 | 127.2 | 221 | 75 | 0.3 | 11 |
NFL career
Pittsburgh Steelers
In the 1970 NFL draft, Bradshaw was selected as the first overall pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers, who got the first pick in the draft after winning a coin flip tiebreaker with the Chicago Bears since the teams had identical 1–13 records in 1969.[20] Bradshaw was hailed at the time as the consensus number-one pick.
Bradshaw became a starter in his second season after splitting time with Terry Hanratty in his rookie campaign. During his first few seasons, the 6'3", 215-pound quarterback was erratic and threw many interceptions (he threw 210 interceptions over the course of his career), and was mocked by the media for his rural roots and perceived lack of intelligence.[8][21]
Bradshaw took several seasons to adjust to the NFL, but he eventually led the Steelers to eight
Bradshaw temporarily lost the starting job to
In Super Bowl X following the 1975 season, Bradshaw threw for 209 yards, most of them to Swann, as the Steelers beat the Dallas Cowboys, 21–17. His late-fourth-quarter, 64-yard touchdown pass to Swann, released a split-second before defensive tackle Larry Cole flattened him, was selected by NFL Films as the "Greatest Throw of All Time".
Neck and wrist injuries in 1976 forced Bradshaw to miss four games. He was sharp in a 40–14 victory over the
However, the Steelers' hopes of a three-peat ended when both of their 1,000-yard rushers (Harris and Bleier) were injured in the win over the Colts, and the Steelers subsequently lost to the Oakland Raiders in the AFC Championship game, 24–7. Jack Lambert asserted that the 1976 Steelers team was the best team that he ever played on, including the four Super Bowl teams of which he was a part.
Bradshaw had his finest season in
Before Super Bowl XIII, a Steelers-Cowboys rematch, Cowboys linebacker Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson famously ridiculed Bradshaw by saying, "He couldn't spell 'cat' if you spotted him the 'c' and the 'a'."[29] Bradshaw got his revenge by winning the Super Bowl MVP award, completing 17 of 30 passes for a then-record 318 yards and four touchdowns in a 35–31 win. Bradshaw has in later years made light of the ridicule with quips such as "it's football, not rocket science."
Bradshaw won his second straight Super Bowl MVP award in 1979 in
After two seasons of missing the playoffs, Bradshaw played through pain—he needed a cortisone shot before every game because of an elbow injury sustained during training camp—in a strike-shortened 1982 NFL season. He still managed to tie for the most touchdown passes in the league with 17. In a 31–28 playoff loss to the San Diego Chargers, Bradshaw's last postseason game, he completed 28 of 39 passes for 325 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions.
After undergoing off-season elbow surgery (using the alias "Thomas Brady", with the actual Brady being six years old at the time),[30] Bradshaw was idle for the first 14 games of the 1983 NFL season. Then on December 10, 1983, against the New York Jets, he felt a pop in his elbow while throwing his final pass, a 10-yard touchdown to Calvin Sweeney in the second quarter of the Steelers' 34–7 win. Bradshaw later left the game and never played again. The two touchdowns Bradshaw threw in what was the final NFL game played at Shea Stadium (and the last NFL game played in New York City proper to date) allowed him to finish his career with two more touchdowns (212) than interceptions (210).
Bradshaw's retirement came as a surprise to some,
Although the Steelers have not officially retired Bradshaw's number 12, they have not reissued it since his retirement; it is understood that no Steeler will ever wear it again.[citation needed]
After football
Bradshaw was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989.[33]
In July 1997, Bradshaw served as the presenter when Mike Webster, his center on the Steelers' Super Bowl XIII and XIV title teams, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
In 2006, despite the Steelers being one of the teams playing in the game, Bradshaw did not attend a pregame celebration for past Super Bowl MVPs during Super Bowl XL in Detroit, Michigan. According to reports, Bradshaw (along with three-time MVP and close friend Joe Montana) requested a US$100,000 guarantee for his appearance in the Super Bowl MVP Parade, and associated appearances. The NFL could not guarantee that they would make that much, so refused. A representative for Bradshaw has since denied this report. After an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (February 6, 2006), Bradshaw stated that the reason why he did not attend the MVP parade was that he was spending time with family, that he hates the crowds and the Super Bowl media circus, and also that the only way he would attend a Super Bowl is when Fox is broadcasting the game (ABC broadcast Super Bowl XL, which is that network's last such game to date), though Bradshaw attended several press conferences in Detroit days earlier. Bradshaw also stated that money was not an issue.[citation needed]
In April 2006, Bradshaw donated his four Super Bowl rings, College Football Hall of Fame ring, Pro Football Hall of Fame ring, Hall of Fame bust, four miniature replica Super Bowl trophies, a helmet, and jersey from one of his Super Bowl victories to his alma mater, Louisiana Tech.[34]
On November 5, 2007, during a nationally televised Monday Night Football game, Bradshaw joined former teammates including Franco Harris and Joe Greene to accept their position on the Steelers' 75th Anniversary All-Time Team.
Broadcasting career
Bradshaw retired from football on July 24, 1984,
Bradshaw was promoted into television studio analyst for
Bradshaw has the reputation of being the "ol' redneck", but in co-host and former NFL coach Jimmy Johnson's words, the act is a "schtick".[37] According to Johnson, Bradshaw deflects such criticism by stating that "he's so dumb that he has to have somebody else fly his private plane."[37]
Bradshaw has also garnered the reputation for criticizing players and teams.[38] Following Super Bowl XLVI he was confronted by Ann Mara, wife of the late Wellington Mara, and "heckled" for not picking the Giants to win on Fox NFL Sunday.[38]
For his work in broadcasting, Bradshaw has won three Sports Emmy Awards as a studio analyst.
Business career
During the early part of his career with the Steelers, Bradshaw was a used-car salesman during the off season to supplement his income, as this was still during the days when most NFL players did not make enough money to focus solely on football.[39][40]
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Bradshaw sold peanut butter with his name and image on the label.[citation needed] Commercials were run on television in the Shreveport market.
Bradshaw has also written or co-written five books and recorded six albums of
In 2001, Bradshaw entered the world of
Among U.S. consumers, Bradshaw remains one of pro football's most popular retired players. As of September 2007, Bradshaw was the top-ranked former pro football player in the Davie-Brown Index, which surveys consumers to determine a celebrity's appeal and trust levels.[43]
In early 2020, Bradshaw launched Terry Bradshaw Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, a collaboration with Silver Screen Bottling Company. The bourbon boasts 51.9 percent ABV (103.8 proof) which is Bradshaw's passing percentage. The bourbon is produced by Green River Distilling Company in Owensboro, Kentucky.[44]
Personal life
Bradshaw has been married four times. He was first married to Melissa Babish (Miss Teenage America, 1969)[45] from 1972 to 1973; ice skater JoJo Starbuck from 1976 to 1983; and family attorney Charla Hopkins from 1983 to 1999, with whom he had two daughters, Erin and Rachel.[46][47] Erin Bradshaw shows champion Paint and American Quarter Horses and is an honors graduate of the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. Rachel Bradshaw is a graduate of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, and appeared in Nashville (2007), a reality television series about young musicians trying to make it in Nashville, and is the widow of former Tennessee Titans kicker Rob Bironas. The first three of Bradshaw's marriages have all ended in divorce, a subject he jokes about frequently on his NFL pregame show. Bradshaw was married for the fourth time, on July 8, 2014, to Tammy, his girlfriend of 15 years.[48]
After his NFL career ended, Bradshaw disclosed that he had frequently experienced
Bradshaw's anxieties about appearing in public, away from the controlled environment of a television studio, led to an unintentional estrangement from the Steelers. When team founder and owner Art Rooney died in 1988, Bradshaw did not attend his funeral. A year later, during his Hall of Fame induction speech, Bradshaw made a point of saluting his late boss and friend, pointing to the sky and saying, "Art Rooney ... boy, I tell you, I loved that man."[50]
Still, Bradshaw never returned to
In October 2002, Bradshaw returned to the Steelers sideline for the first time in 20 years for a Monday night
Politically, Bradshaw is a long-time supporter of the Republican Party.[55] In 2012, he went on record on Fox News as supporting the candidacy of Newt Gingrich for the Republican presidential nomination.[56] In the same interview, he also labeled linebacker Terrell Suggs "an idiot" for making comments critical of Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow's public remarks about his Christian faith, saying Suggs "better be careful; if I were him I'd be on my hands and knees tonight asking for forgiveness because that's totally unacceptable."[56]
Bradshaw has made statements critical of former President of the United States Donald Trump. During a 2017 episode of FOX NFL Sunday, Bradshaw, while not condoning NFL players kneeling during the national anthem, stated, "if our country stands for anything, folks, it's freedom. People died for that freedom. I'm not sure if our President understands those rights. That every American has the right to speak out also to protest. Believe me, these athletes do love our [this] great country of ours. Personally, I think our President should concentrate on North Korea and healthcare rather than ripping into athletes and the NFL."[57] After the Super Bowl LII Champion Philadelphia Eagles White House visit was cancelled due to Trump's anti-anthem protest sentiment, Bradshaw voiced his support for the Philadelphia Eagles, stating that "Trump just needs to go somewhere and enjoy the money he's got."[58] In 2019, Bradshaw appeared on Fox & Friends and commented on Donald Trump's planned attendance of a regular-season game between the University of Alabama and Louisiana State University, stating that he respects Donald Trump "having the guts to go in there."[59]
Health
In September 2022, after viewers expressed concern during his appearance on Fox NFL Sunday, Bradshaw revealed he had been treated for
Relationship with Chuck Noll
While Bradshaw never had any problems with the Rooney family, he had a complicated relationship with Steelers head coach Chuck Noll. Noll and Bradshaw had an uneasy relationship during his playing days, with Bradshaw stating that he felt that Noll was too hard on him and never liked him, though the two made peace (at least publicly) before Noll's death in 2014.[61]
In an interview with NFL Films in 2016 for an episode of A Football Life about Noll, Bradshaw felt that they had too much of a culture clash with their personalities. Bradshaw also stated that Noll belittled him constantly and wanted positive reinforcement instead of "being grabbed at".[62] In the same episode, however, former Steelers public relations director Joe Gordon characterized the animosity as "a one-way street," with former teammate Jack Ham adding that Noll "insulated" Bradshaw from certain issues while taking a "rest of us be damned" approach with the other players.[62]
In an archival interview, Noll described his relationship with Bradshaw as "professional" and "business-like" and that his personality needed to conform with the team, adding, "it worked, even if Bradshaw didn't like it."[62] Nonetheless, Bradshaw chose not to attend Noll's funeral despite being in Pittsburgh at the time.[63]
Television and film career
Bradshaw has appeared in numerous television commercials. The most recent was the series of live ads for Tide detergent along with his Fox Sports co-host Curt Menefee, where Bradshaw shows up with a shirt stain on what appeared to be live TV from the Fox broadcast booth at Super Bowl LI and then washes it with Tide at the house of Jeffrey Tambor. The teasers leading up to the Super Bowl showed Tambor initially taking his shirts to Rob Gronkowski's dry cleaners, only to see the sleeves get ripped out. Near the end of the Super Bowl, Menefee spills coffee on his shirt, but Tambor, who is watching on TV, refuses to help out.[64][65]
Bradshaw has had cameo appearances in many shows as himself, including Brotherly Love, Everybody Loves Raymond, Married... with Children, Modern Family, The Larry Sanders Show, and The League. He also appeared on Malcolm in the Middle with Howie Long as the trashy coach of a women's ice hockey team. He hosted a short-lived television series in 1997 called Home Team with Terry Bradshaw.
In addition to his television work, Bradshaw has appeared in several movies, including a part in the 1978 film
Bradshaw appeared on Jeff Foxworthy's short-lived sitcom The Jeff Foxworthy Show as a motivational speaker for people needing to change their lives. Bill Engvall's character is affected by Bradshaw's rantings about witchcraft and voodoo in his pregame warm-ups.
On October 11, 2001, Bradshaw received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first NFL player to do so.[66][67]
In 2006, Bradshaw returned to the silver screen in the motion picture Failure to Launch. Kathy Bates and he played the parents of Matthew McConaughey's character. In one notable scene, he appeared nude, which his own daughters (who were teenagers at the time) did not even know about until they saw the movie's premiere with their grandmother and were half-heartedly warned by Bradshaw just moments before the scene.[68]
He is also a devout Christian and wrote the book Terry Bradshaw: Man of Steel with broadcaster
In 2017, Bradshaw appeared as himself in the comedy film Father Figures.[70]
In 2016 and 2018, Bradshaw had a leading role in the NBC reality-travel series Better Late Than Never, where he travels around the world with William Shatner, Henry Winkler, George Foreman, and Jeff Dye. In 2017, he had a supporting role as a fictionalized version of himself in the comedy film Father Figures.[71]
On January 16, 2019, Bradshaw competed in season one of The Masked Singer as "Deer".
On January 2, 2020, he was on the season-eight premiere of Last Man Standing.
On September 17, 2020, Bradshaw and his family premiered their new E! reality show The Bradshaw Bunch.
NFL career statistics
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Regular season
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GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | Lng | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Y/A | Lng | TD | Sck | SckY | |||
1970 | PIT | 13 | 8 | 3−5 | 83 | 218 | 38.1 | 1,410 | 6.5 | 87 | 6 | 24 | 30.4 | 32 | 233 | 7.3 | 22 | 1 | 25 | 242 | 3 |
1971 | PIT | 14 | 13 | 5−8 | 203 | 373 | 54.4 | 2,259 | 6.1 | 49 | 13 | 22 | 59.7 | 53 | 247 | 4.7 | 39 | 5 | 33 | 287 | 7 |
1972 | PIT | 14 | 14 | 11−3 | 147 | 308 | 47.7 | 1,887 | 6.1 | 78 | 12 | 12 | 64.1 | 58 | 346 | 6.0 | 20 | 7 | 29 | 237 | 4 |
1973 | PIT | 10 | 9 | 8−1 | 89 | 180 | 49.4 | 1,183 | 6.6 | 67 | 10 | 15 | 54.5 | 34 | 145 | 4.3 | 21 | 3 | 24 | 186 | 3 |
1974 | PIT | 8 | 7 | 5−2 | 67 | 148 | 45.3 | 785 | 5.3 | 56 | 7 | 8 | 55.2 | 34 | 224 | 6.6 | 34 | 2 | 10 | 104 | 1 |
1975 | PIT | 14 | 14 | 12−2 | 165 | 286 | 57.7 | 2,055 | 7.2 | 59 | 18 | 9 | 88.0 | 35 | 210 | 6.0 | 27 | 3 | 31 | 290 | 6 |
1976 | PIT | 10 | 8 | 4−4 | 92 | 192 | 47.9 | 1,177 | 6.1 | 50 | 10 | 9 | 65.4 | 31 | 219 | 7.1 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 164 | 7 |
1977 | PIT | 14 | 14 | 9−5 | 162 | 314 | 51.6 | 2,523 | 8.0 | 65T | 17 | 19 | 71.4 | 31 | 171 | 5.5 | 26 | 3 | 26 | 235 | 10 |
1978 | PIT | 16 | 16 | 14−2 | 207 | 368 | 56.3 | 2,915 | 7.9 | 70 | 28 | 20 | 84.7 | 32 | 93 | 2.9 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 222 | 8 |
1979 | PIT | 16 | 16 | 12−4 | 259 | 472 | 54.9 | 3,724 | 7.9 | 65T | 26 | 25 | 77.0 | 21 | 83 | 4.0 | 28 | 0 | 24 | 196 | 10 |
1980 | PIT | 15 | 15 | 9−6 | 218 | 424 | 51.4 | 3,339 | 7.9 | 68T | 24 | 22 | 75.0 | 36 | 111 | 3.1 | 18 | 2 | 33 | 245 | 13 |
1981 | PIT | 14 | 14 | 8−6 | 201 | 370 | 54.3 | 2,887 | 7.8 | 90T | 22 | 14 | 83.9 | 38 | 162 | 4.3 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 155 | 7 |
1982 | PIT | 9 | 9 | 6−3 | 127 | 240 | 52.9 | 1,768 | 7.4 | 74T | 17 | 11 | 81.4 | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 131 | 5 |
1983 | PIT | 1 | 1 | 1−0 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 77 | 9.6 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 133.9 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 168 | 158 | 107−51 | 2,025 | 3,901 | 51.9 | 27,989 | 7.2 | 90T | 212 | 210 | 70.9 | 444 | 2,257 | 5.1 | 39 | 32 | 307 | 2,694 | 84 |
Postseason
Year | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | Sacked | Fum | |||||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | Lng | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Y/A | Lng | TD | Sck | SckY | |||
1972 | PIT
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2 | 2 | 1–1 | 16 | 35 | 45.7 | 255 | 7.3 | 60 | 2 | 3 | 53.9 | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 1 |
1973 | PIT
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1 | 1 | 0–1 | 12 | 25 | 48.0 | 167 | 6.7 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 57.0 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
1974 | PIT
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3 | 3 | 3–0 | 29 | 50 | 58.0 | 394 | 7.9 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 94.9 | 14 | 82 | 5.9 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
1975 | PIT
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3 | 3 | 3–0 | 32 | 57 | 56.1 | 527 | 9.2 | 64 | 3 | 5 | 68.4 | 9 | 60 | 6.7 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 1 |
1976 | PIT
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2 | 2 | 1–1 | 28 | 53 | 52.8 | 440 | 8.3 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 91.7 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 |
1977 | PIT
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1 | 1 | 0–1 | 19 | 37 | 51.4 | 177 | 4.8 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 40.0 | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1978 | PIT
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3 | 3 | 3–0 | 44 | 78 | 56.4 | 790 | 10.1 | 75 | 8 | 4 | 104.1 | 11 | 28 | 2.5 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 7 |
1979 | PIT
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3 | 3 | 3–0 | 53 | 82 | 64.6 | 758 | 9.2 | 73 | 6 | 4 | 98.5 | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0 |
1982 | PIT
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1 | 1 | 0–1 | 28 | 39 | 71.8 | 325 | 8.3 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 92.4 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 19 | 19 | 14–5 | 261 | 456 | 57.2 | 3,833 | 8.4 | 76 | 30 | 26 | 83.0 | 52 | 274 | 5.3 | 25 | 3 | 24 | 184 | 10 |
Super Bowl
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1974 | IX | PIT | MIN | 9 | 14 | 64.3 | 96 | 6.9 | 1 | 0 | 108.0 | W 16−6 |
1975 | X | PIT | DAL | 9 | 19 | 47.4 | 209 | 11.0 | 2 | 0 | 122.5 | W 21−17 |
1978 | XIII | PIT | DAL | 17 | 30 | 56.7 | 318 | 10.6 | 4 | 1 | 119.2 | W 35−31 |
1979 | XIV | PIT | LAR | 14 | 21 | 66.7 | 309 | 14.7 | 2 | 3 | 101.9 | W 31−19 |
Career | 49 | 84 | 58.3 | 932 | 11.1 | 9 | 4 | 112.7 | W−L 4−0 |
Discography
Albums
Year | Album | Label |
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1976 | I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry | Mercury |
1981 | Until You | Benson |
Here in My Heart | Heart | |
1996 | Sings Christmas Songs for the Whole World | Dove |
Terry & Jake (with Jake Hess) | Chordant |
Singles
Year | Single | Chart positions | Album | ||
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US Country | US | CAN Country | |||
1976 | "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" | 17 | 91 | 17 | I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry |
"The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me" | 90 | — | — | ||
"Here Comes My Baby Back Again" | — | — | — | ||
1980 | "Until You" | 73 | — | — | Until You |
2012 | "Lights of Louisiana" | — | — | — | |
2020 | "Quarantine Crazy" | — | — | — |
Guest appearances
- Married... with Children ("Dud Bowl II", 1995)
- NFL Country (with Glen Campbell on "You Never Know Just How Good You've Got It", 1996)
- Everybody Loves Raymond ("Debra's Sick", 1997)
- King of the Hill ("Peggy Makes the Big Leagues", 2000)
- The League (Sunday at Ruxin's, 2009)
- Modern Family ("Brushes With Celebrity", 2017)
- The Masked Singer - (The Deer, 2019)
- Celebrity Ghost Stories - (Terry Bradshaw, 2020)
Awards and honors
NFL
- Four-time )
- Two-time Super Bowl MVP
- 1978 NFL MVP
- 1978 First Team All-Pro
- Three-time Pro Bowl selection
- NFL 1970s All-Decade Team
NCAA
- Little All-American
Media
- 1979 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
- Three-time winner - Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio and Sports Event Analyst
Halls of Fame
- Pro Football Hall of Fame (1989)
- Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Honor
- Pittsburgh Pro Football Hall of Fame
- College Football Hall of Fame (1996)
- Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (1988)
- Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame
- Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
See also
- Most consecutive playoff games with at least two touchdown passes (NFL)
- List of National Football League career quarterback wins leaders
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Further reading
External links
- Terry Bradshaw | Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
- FoxSports.com - NFL- TERRY BRADSHAW
- Bradshaw's Hall of Fame page
- Bradshaw's Official Web page
- Terry Bradshaw at IMDb
- Terry Bradshaw owner statistics at Racing-Reference
- Terry Bradshaw discography at Discogs