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Former Husky Ray Pinney Had his Hollywood Moment at Super Bowl XIII
The big athletic lineman was the first Seattle native to enjoy the spoils of football s biggest showcase event.
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Feb 4, 2021
Ray Pinney was the first kid to grow up in or around Seattle and play in a Super Bowl, but he was no wide-eyed participant.
He joined a Pittsburgh Steelers franchise coming off back-to-back championships and he had no choice but to step up his game and fit in.
A decorated University of Washington center, Pinney became the Steelers starting right tackle because they had plenty of elite players who snapped the ball ex-Husky Ray Mansfield was at the end of an accomplished 14-year NFL career and Mike Webster was in the early stages of a brilliant 17-year stay in the league.
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With the flux capacitors fluxing and the time circuits set to January 21, 1979.The BTSC Delorean has plenty of room to take us all back to another remarkable day in Pittsburgh sports history. On that very day, Neptune became the outermost planet, the price of gold increases to a record $875 troy ounce, “Le Freak” by Chic was the No. 1 song on the charts,
The Deer Hunter and Love at First Bite was big at the box office and the Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys were both vying to become the first three-time winner in the 13 year history of the event.