Troy polamalu biography facts worksheet

  • • Students will compile a list of ten facts about Troy Polamalu from his bio.
  • Polamalu is in Pittsburgh this week to be honored at the Mel Blount Youth Home All-Star Celebrity Roast and made a visit to the Museum at Acrisure Stadium.
  • Here are five reasons that the Pro Bowl safety is one of the greatest players in the NFL today and one of the finest defensive backs in history.

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    Polamalu gets to experience 'the legacy'

    There are mannequins throughout the Steelers Hall of Honor Museum that företräda the best of the best to have ever played for the Steelers.

    They are mainly Hall of Famers, players who have cemented their legacy with the black and gold.

    But one of them stands out a bit because only one mannequin has hair.

    And it shouldn't take long to guess who that mannequin belongs to.

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    It gave Polamalu a quick laugh to learn that, but he was also quick to point out another fact.

    "Jack Lambert fryst vatten the only one in here who is represented by a missing tooth," said Polamalu.

    Polamalu is in Pittsburgh this week to be honored at the Mel Blount Youth Home All-Star Celebrity Roast and made a visit to the Museum at Acrisure Stadium on Thursday afternoon for his first ever visit to the museum.

    And he loved what he saw.

    "It's nice to be able to really experience the legacy," said Polamalu. "You hear

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    Veteran safety Troy Polamalu has retired, the team announced today. Polamalu played 12 seasons for the Steelers (2003-2014) after originally being selected by the team in the first round (16th overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft.

    He played in 158 career regular-season games with 142 starts, and he started all 15 postseason contests that he played in. Polamalu’s 158 career games played during the regular season are the fifth-most among defensive backs in team history.

    His career totals include 12.0 sacks, 32 interceptions, 13 forced fumbles and seven fumble recoveries during the regular season, and his postseason numbers include one half-sack and three interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown.

    In 2014, Polamalu was named a defensive team captain. He started 12 games during the regular season, where he recorded 59 tackles, two pass breakups, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. Polamalu also started the lone postseason contest, finishing with a team-best eight tack

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    Legendary Steelers safety, Troy Polamalu, took to Twitter on Tuesday to announce that he has selected another legend, his former defensive coordinator, Dick LeBeau, to present him at his Hall of Fame induction this August in Canton, Ohio.

    • Of course, Polamalu chose LeBeau.

    I wish I would have been smart enough to see this coming, but it just goes to show you how stupid I am for not spotting the obvious this whole time.

    Polamalu is the first inductee out of a group of Steelers’ defenders that helped the organization win its fifth and sixth Lombardi trophies in Super Bowl XL and Super Bowl XLIII. But Dick LeBeau was going to be the presenter regardless of who made it into Canton first.

    Dick LeBeau and Troy Polamalu in December 2012. Photo Credit: Jason Bridge, USA Today.

    In fact, even though most are long-shots to join Polamalu, if any or all of the players that took LeBeau’s 3-4 zone-blitz defense and made it famous were to get that call fo