Lynn Swann: 70s Steelers Dynasty & Old School Football | Undeniable with Joe Buck
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- čas přidán 11. 01. 2024
- Embark on a journey through grace and grit as football legend Lynn Swann opens up about his storied career from ballet lessons to Super Bowl victories. In this exclusive interview, Swann reveals the unexpected twists of fate and the pivotal decisions that shaped him into an NFL icon. Discover how a passion for dance and an unyielding family ethos propelled him to athletic greatness and beyond. Tune in to witness the man who danced his way through defenses and leapt into history, explaining why every catch was more than a play-it was a performance.
CHAPTERS:
0:22 - Lynn Swann Introduction
1:56 - Swann's Childhood: Tennessee to California
5:15 - Dance Influence on Swann
7:12 - Overcoming Racial Challenges
9:07 - College Football Recruitment Journey
12:47 - USC's Legendary Football Team
14:57 - Pittsburgh Steelers Draft
15:37 - Swann's Career-Defining Incident
19:35 - NFL Strike of 1974 Insights
26:38 - Steelers' 1974 Super Bowl Victory
27:45 - Recapping the 1975 NFL Season
29:37 - Swann's Notorious Hit
32:54 - Swann's Iconic Catch
34:31 - Super Bowl X Highlights
38:07 - Career-Altering Hit on Swann
43:47 - Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
48:30 - Swann's Political Aspirations
50:45 - Swann's Would You Rather Game
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Every kid in the 1970’s running out for a pass wanted to be Lynn Swann.
As a 70's kid, i agree. 🏈🏈
Spot on. I grew up watching those Steelers/Raiders games. F'in brutal, but brilliant. "How football was meant too be played" to quote Terry Bradshaw 😂
or John Stallworth, as a native Pitt Pittsurgher born in 72 !
Yes!!!!!
NOT ME! I hated this man and every member of the Steelers teams as a Raiders fan. Jack Tatum was my idol as a defensive back. However, Now that I hear what they did to him I am sickened. I owe Mr Swan an apology bc he is very honorable. I have always had an image in my mind that the Raiders were misfits that were scrappy and made other teams earn every inch. I’m learning the other side that they were dirty.
I had the privilege of packing up Lynn's house when he left Pittsburgh a few years back and he flew home because his wife was stressed out. He was so awesome to talk to and very generous to us movers.
That's great to hear!
One member of the greatest football 🏈 team ever assembled.
The whole team was made of Legends
The Man has class..!!
They were good,but one of the first teams to get heavy into steroids, a good number died from steroids abuse,so million dollar Question, how much did the steroids help,look what it did to baseball, so don't say it don't help,four super bowls,but BIG ASTERIX
What team was totally clean in that era!? Thank you for pointing it out tho.. especially with a man that didn’t ever need enhancements. Party pooper alert!!
Lynn Swann and Jack Lamberts performances in Super bowl 10 will stay in my mind FOREVER!
The 70s generated the attention from fans to pave the way for the big salaries in later decades. These 'part timers' who fought through a brutal game, knowing that their life's work would require other skills to survive are the reason the game is so big today.
Life’s work, I see what you did there🙂🖤💛
Well said
Not only is Mr. Swann smart, and durable, he is blessed with GREAT vision.
I’m 52 and Lynn Swann was the greatest. I can still picture myself in my tv room sitting on my bean bag chair screaming at the screen while he’s making the catch from Terry Bradshaw’s amazing pass.
Lynn Swann is awesome. I have so many great memories of his playing career, and he is such an interesting man.
Lynn Swann has always been one of my favorite people. I still believe he was the sideline reporter of all time. I enjoyed him so much on the college game sidelines.
My dad played receiver..I played receiver. 88 and 82 will always have a special place in my ❤
Lynn Swann- where to begin? I was an 8 yr old white boy from Toronto Canada pretending I was Mr Swann in my front and back yard. This man was the man. It was like watching Bobby Orr. Mr Swann was a good on the field. He was smooth. Him and Terry B made me love the Steelers. So did Mr Stallworth. Mr Swann is a top 10 receiver of all time
Most graceful football player of all time.
Simply the best. Great memories of a superior athlete & person.
YUP!
@@YouthIncSportsthank you for aharing more on Lynn Swann! He WAS my fave Steeler...even though there are sooo many great players from back in the day though sadly..some have passed.
This 78 yr old favorite receiver ever.I was HS, some college, Air Force, tried for the Giants and he still is my favourite. What a great interview.
Oh the memories Lynn, thank you so very much for sharing a part of your life with us…
What a class act!!
I grew up in Pittsburgh during the 60s and 70s and I’ll tell you watching this guy play was electric. The people of Pittsburgh absolutely love the Steelers during that time. It was a good time to grow up. I’ll tell you.
And be honest, the week of the Oakland match-up you were nervous all week, as a Raider fan, I know I was. You knew schitt was going to hit the fan one way or another. 🤣
No doubt about it, Lynn Swann is one UPSTANDING, TOP-NOTCH Guy! Best receiver to play the game. I enjoyed watching him play back in the seventies....
Upstanding, top notch…???? I grew up idolizing him and Stallworth, but once I met this ARROGANT , ex USC PLAYER it kinda dawned on me , Great athletes are NOT NECESSARILY great human beings. Spent about 5 hrs in the golf course w/him. Highly disappointed…
I can love and respect the great Lynn Swann and what a joy he was to watch on the football field. It was still hard to watch his Steelers beat my Cowboys and Oilers year after year.
The 70's Steelers were unreal.
Lynn made every catch when they had to have it.
Clutch man in every way.
Thanks Mr. Swann for the great football!
Joe Buck undeniable is the greatest interviews in modern day. Keep more coming Joe.
We here in Pgh were so fortunate to draft Lynn. He was a champion before he went to USC and Pgh. As he alouds in this interview he had his future plans. WE won four ( 4 ) super bowls because of HOF players as Lynn Swann. thank you Lynn GOD Bless
I did not care for the Steelers ( my brother favorite team) but secretly Lynn Swann was super fantastic and was a menace to my best team at the time ( Cowboys).
I am an Eagles fan but Lynn is all class.
He always amazed me with the ability to make those acrobatic catches. He made the hall of fame eventually,as one of the voting sports writers was out in California watching a pop Warner type game. A kid made a fantastic catch for a TD. He came to the sidelines and said Coach did you see that Lynn Swan catch, the sports writer told the story to the voting judges for hall of fame inductees. Swan got their vote to be inducted. What a amazing athlete who inspired many of Youn kids to excell to be their best in football and life.
The Steelers of the 70’s had character, heart, and intelligence. Some of us older Steeler fans don’t have much respect for the team now. It’s rare for these guys today to have one, let alone all three!
You forgot STAROIDS
If that’s what you think I’ve got no way to prove or disprove it, but they certainly had intelligence and above all knew how to spell….
@ilyedtou they had a great team,but it gave them an edge,and a few of them are no longer here because of the abuse,if you don't think it helps,look at baseball, guys go from 15 ,20 home runs,to 50 ,55,if it didn't help,they wouldn't do it,there was no testing back then forget that I was a huge Dallas fan back then,I'm going by what they said,before they were put in a box at an early age because of the performance enhanced drug abuse,and I admit,my spelling is terrible, mostly from drug abuse of a different kind,while going to school,but late 60s,70s 80s,was great football a lot better and tuffer,then this crap they call football
I mostly agree, after all Barry Bonds played here, I know all about the tremendous boost it gave his home run totals, and the size of his head…. But if some of the Steelers did take them they we weren’t the only ones in the league that did, and steroids weren’t illegal in the 70s. Hell someone that played for the 60s Packers said they used to have amphetamine pills in bowls setting on the lunch table. The abuse they took back then be it physical or pharmaceutical certainly contributed to way to many NFL deaths! The spelling comment was simply because I thought you were trolling me with the steroid comment. Hell, I use spell checker all the time! Take care and glad to hear all that “stuff” is in your past!!
Pure class both on and off the field.
Big props and respect to the great Lynn Swann! I grew up a COWBOYS fan beginning in the 1977 season, and it was hard to watch Mr. Swann destroy my team. Lynn Swann is one of the greatest receivers to ever play the game! He had grace, balance, style, acrobatic ability, and the heart of a champion. Today, he's a man of class and integrity. There will NEVER be another athlete like Lynn Swann.
That's well said from a CowPIEs fan! Even with bad taste in teams that's a great eye for talent and class!😅
I had the privilege of meeting Lynn at the first Super Bowl in Houston with a business partner and later to support him when he was raising money for polical campaign in Pennsylvania and had the honor of meeting his family in San Mateo. What an incredible man and family .
This is one hour I don’t regret spending. What a great human being you are, Mr. Swann. A decent athlete too, I hear. 😊
After leaving USC, Swann was always on the opposing side from my rooting interest. However, he aIways had my respect and admiration and I was really pleased inside when he did well.....even when "it hurt" . I admired his toughness and athleticism. He was targeted with some brutal hits....
My favorite player as a kid. Wearing his jersey as I type in preparation for the game today. #88
Go Steelers!!!
Great interview Joe! Pleasure watching you work Lynn! Before and after your playing days. Glad we were able to hear part of your story. Your family sounds awesome as well, brothers, cousin, mom & dad and last but not least- your grandmother!
Watched the whole interview - very enjoyable. Lynn Swann (88) in his own words - articulate, funny, honest, and with some cool life lessons.
What wasn't mentioned.or maybe hadn't come out yet, was that as a free agent Donnie Shell became the FIFTH Hall of Famer on that 1974 Steelers draft team. It took 40 years for Shell to make it. So Shell, as a college free agent gives that year a number that staggers the mind. FIVE Hall of Famers in one draft year. Four was hard to comprehend before Shell got in. Five is unbelievable. Technology evens the playing field for all the teams these days. We can safely say that this record will never be broken. 😮🙂
What a great guy. He's a breath of fresh air after the Ed Reed interview.
Another great one Joe Buck! Thanks for doing these.
I watched SBX during Covid. You had to be a Man to play in those days
Lynn you are an even better man and human than you were a receiver! That's saying a hell of a lot cuz you were one of the best ever catching passes from TB12! You deserve all that life has to offer cuz you work to be the best at all that you do! I have loved you since I saw you play! #88 Swanny the epitome of Steelers football... everyone should want to be like you!
Lynn Swann is a class act. He was a class act on the field and off the field. Lynn Swann and John stallworth was and still is the BEST Duo of receivers EVER
I agree!!!!
I loved him when I was a kid. He was not black, white or anything. He was Lynn. Lynn was a guy who you really really liked and just kinda felt like you wanted to be him.
I was a fast white guy who ran track so I related to Lynn for some weird reason. People said white guys cannot run fast. I could..
Anyways, Lynn had what I liked. He had dancer acrobatic skills. That's like next level. He could dance in the air. He could feel the play in the air.
Lynn had a mind for the game. He could feel the play like it was art.
Everyone is faster. Everyone is more powerful. Lynn was art in the game
He wasn't black??
Old Steeler fan thanks 🙏 for memories
I was and still am a great, great, great fan of Lynn Swann. I remember when he showed up on Mr. Rogers neighborhood. A man of great character and this is a wonderful discussion,.
The greatest names in sports came from the 70s - Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty, Cale , Pete Rose , Johnny Bench , Kareem , Wilt, Jack Lambert , Mean Joe Greene just to name a few - Lynn Swann is about as perfect of a descriptive name ever - He was a majestical player - and to think he was - numbers don't lie - the 2nd best receiver ! crazy when you look at those Pittsburgh teams -
Mr Art Rooney was the best - wish I could have bought him a beer and give him a horse at the racetrack
It was great watching you play rooting for you guys as I said about Terri in interview you guys made me a diehard Steeler fan and I am grateful for that. Great great interview may God bless you and keep doing a great job.
God Bless Lynn Swann! What a man!
Love this. Lynn Swan was always my favorite receiver growing up.💯
One of thee most underrated and unbelievable WR duo’s of all time… Lynn Swan & John Stallworth.💯
#OnePride✊🏾🦁💙
Swann didn't have the stats like some other all time greats as I think he's the most underrated hof. Without swann I don't think steelers would have been a dynasty. Swann was very underrated.
U say if it wasn't for him then the Steelers would not be a dynasty also didn't he win Superbowls and was a national champion at USC and first ballot Hall of famer ? Then how was he underrated such a dumb comment
Swann didn't have the stats because he didn't play as long as a lot of players. Plus the Steelers leaned on Harris running the ball more than passing since it took Bradshaw a while to get his accuracy
@@fan1.028 That's bullshit. Gene Washington of the 49ers played the same amount of years and has BETTER stats! And the 49ers ran the ball just as much!!
Swann only played 8 seasons and some of that time he missed do to injury because of he took a lot of vicious hit and cheap shots@@theprofessor8589
@theprofessor8589 but it was a run first league Washington was good,but not better then swan,SF had some tough yrs back then
SB X, my favorite play was Lambert throwing Harris to the ground
I always loved Lynn Swann as a player but now I love him as a great man. What a humble, gentle man. We need more like him today
My favorite wide receiver.
Lynn looks incredible. He's done something right throughout life.
Hasn’t aged a bit !
I use to live in Pennsylvania I recall going in a grocery store called Giant Eagle . I was at the checkout when the cashier said look there is Lynn Swann . I turn and he was walking by carrying a few groceries I spoke to him he looked with a big smile said hello and continued toward the door . That was shocking to see a person like him in a regular grocery store . Another shock was I going into a restaurant and there was a car in front of it and driving the car was Pittsburghs head coach Bill Coward . We spoke he spoke and waved back . I never thought in my life to meet people like them in ordinary places .
He was magical
Classy guy. My definition of luck is when opportunity meets preparedness. Sure has worked for me. I am very lucky.
Sure makes a big difference being raised by a mother and father. Lynn is proof, just like Michael Jordan.
Unfortunate comparison. Two very different people. Lynn Swann is one of my favorites.
As an Rams fan ,he still pissing me off. Wow what a talent 😊
Lynn Swan - Wow! - An absolute class act! I had no idea.
I have been very lucky in picking winning teams in my sporting life, first it was the Yankees, then the Celtics, then the Packers, then the Steelers, then the 49ers. But my first favorite wide receiver in football was Lynn Swann.
Such a QUALITY individual!!!
i Always liked Lynn Swann He was Graceful an Tough on the Football Field - in the Summer of 1986 , i went to see about taking some Ballet Classes to Help Me with My Footwork on the Hoop Court , i got the ideal from Lynn Swann who said He took Ballet an it Helped Him with His Footwork an Coordination, i didnt go thru with it because i wore a Size 15 sneaker an it would have been to Hard to Find Ballet Shoes at Size 15 in 1986.
Awesome!!
Very humble man ! Very profound interview !
What a gentleman!
Pittsburgher here...class act.
My dad and his friends would talk about swanny and the 70’s Steelers with great pride, I would listen and knew something special happened because they didn’t talk that way often.Being born in 78 I missed watching the greatest team of all time
Great show!!!
He was amazing, go watch some of the old steeler games here on CZcams. The abuse he took was amazing for his size. These guys today couldn’t put up near the numbers they do today back then!! If he played today it would be incredible! The game has changed too,they don’t run anywhere near as much as the Steelers did then. Bradshaw had a cannon for an arm but accuracy wasn’t his strong suit, he left them guys out there hanging all the time!
My childhood favorite player of the greatest team ever IMHO!
That's awesome!
Great show
Look Audiorama, if you're going to put clips and highlights in these videos, don't cut them off!
He is a member of the Augusta National Golf Club, I had the pleasure of meeting him in Augusta.
Lynn Swann was a bad boy. He was and still is the best receiver ever
Your obviously delusional
John Stallworth was my favorite pass catcher from those great Steeler teams but Swann of course awesome too, especially in the big game.
I love Lynn Swan!
Dude looks like a million bucks at his age. He still sparkles. Reminds me a little of Sugar Ray Leonard
He is and was.
Why are all the film highlights deleted out of video?
wow....that is a great man
Top 3 greatest wide receivers to EVER to play the game .... no question.
Jerry may hold all the records, but he wasn't part of, to quote Jack Ham "The greatest NFL football team ever assembled" Lynn Swann will always be the GOAT Wide receiver. 4 time Champion and only receiver to ever win Superbowl MVP. These players set the tone for what is now considered a dynasty. Every team that has tried has tried and failed including the media's GOAT. ALL HAIL the RINGMASTERS ! KINGS of the NORTH !
best sideline reporter
As a Cowboys / Oilers fan I respectively hated Lynn Swann. His greatness as a player earned the respect (and (temporary) hatred).
Man I miss old school football, Lynn Swann great receiver
Best receiver of his generation
When I was a kid I used to go out to the yard and throw the ball to myself. If I was Swann, then I would throw the ball up high so that I could leap and try to hang and catch it. Other times, I was Stallworth, so I would throw the ball over the wrong shoulder and catch it smooth and deceptively. Good times.
One of the Best receivers
Mr. Swann, you were recruited because of your brain not your body.....You Sir are to humble but that's what makes you a good man .....Bless you Sir.
Lynn looks good for a man of 71.
He's Magic 👍👍
The 70’s were awesome. Players much more humble and most had to work other jobs. No entitlement no woke crap.
My 7 th grade football banquet in 1971 Joe Namath and Emerson boozer are there. My dad and neighbor sitting with them both drinking a beer and having a cigarette. He calls me over introduces me. They were just great men who truly took an interest in me and my other teammates. An era of players and men that is long gone.
“No woke crap!” Really? No, it was there. Has always been there. It’s just that back then, woke people got lynched. Today, you just can’t get away with such atrocities that easily.
Lynn Swan has the perfect name. He was the most graceful receiver of all time.
I was not privy of the police story Mr. Swann thus it reinforces my below post ....All men and women must never be afraid to stand up for themselves .....Again, bless you.
A beautiful man who happens to be the 2nd greatest Wide Receiver in the history of the NFL. A GIANTS fan.
Lynn as Governor of PA would have been great for PA.
The best ever. Folks talk about Jerry Rice, but Joe Montana was a short yardage passer. Montana didn't have the arm that Terry Bradshaw had. Lynn would catch bombs and hail-marys. The athleticism was off the charts.
BRADSHAW WAS NOT BETTER THEN MANTANA,AND SWAN WAS NOT BETTER THE RICE,PERIOD,DON'T GET ME WRONG,THEY WERE GOOD BUT NOT BETTER THEN THOSE TWO
@@stephengeorge3507 Opinion. We're all entitled.
#88 The most clutch WR alongside Jerry Rice in my humble opinion!
Class act. Swann for president!
Lynn Swann is the greatest.
Lifelong cowboys fan, watched both SB vs Steelers. Got to tip my hat to Swann, graceful as a 🦢 swan, the cowboys just had no answer for Swann. Benny Barnes, Mark Washington, Charley Waters, nobody could cover him. In my opinion, the single handled reason the Steelers beat the cowboys. Remember in 2 SB that only lost by a total 8 points so that were very close. I do feel also though that they was robbed by the official on a bogus pass interference on Benny Barnes which may have cost them one of the SBs. Today that would be called incidental contact where Barnes fell down in front of Swann and Swann trips over him. If the CB is on front of you and falls, you can change direction, that call still leaves a bitter taste. But other than that call Swann was unstoppable not to mention coming of a brutal game against the raiders and "the Assassin" #32 Jack Tatum.
My favorite Wr ever
Lynn would average 1400 yards in today's game.. Running Backs were as important as quarterbacks back then . today it's all in the air. Nobody had more style and grace than Lynn Swann.
What never gets talked about when it comes to catching a ball is the ability of a receiver to put himself in the place where the ball will be - and to put your body in a position to catch the ball. Real receivers can see the ball launch from a hand, or even from a bat when it comes to baseball, and know immediately where they need to be to be under that ball and catch it. When football receivers like Swan do these things, everybody thinks that the quarterback threw the ball exactly where it needed to be. Nonsense. Swan nested the ball. Nobody would ever say that a baseball player hit the ball exactly where the outfielder was going to be, but this is done in football all the time.