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Terry Paxton Bradshaw (born September 2, 1948) is a former American football quarterback of the National Football League (NFL). Since 1994, he has been a TV analyst and co-host of ''Fox NFL Sunday''. He played for 14 seasons with Pittsburgh, won four Super Bowl titles in a six-year period (1974, 1975, 1978, and 1979), becoming the first quarterback to win three and four Super Bowls, and led the Steelers to eight AFC Central championships. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989, his first year of eligibility. A tough competitor, Bradshaw had a powerful – albeit at times erratic – arm and called his own plays throughout his football career.〔("Superbowl Reflections: Terry Bradshaw" ) from the official game program for Super Bowl XXXIII between the Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons, which was played on January 31, 1999 in Miami, reprinted at Steelers.com, retrieved March 2, 2013.〕 His physical skills and on-the-field leadership played a major role in the Pittsburgh Steelers' history. During his career, he passed for more than 300 yards in a game only seven times, but three of those performances came in the postseason, and two of those in Super Bowls. In four career Super Bowl appearances, he passed for 932 yards and 9 touchdowns, both Super Bowl records at the time of his retirement. In 19 post-season games, he completed 261 passes for 3,833 yards. ==Early years== Bradshaw was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, the second of three sons of William "Bill" Marvin Bradshaw (1927–2014), a son of John and Margie Bradshaw, a native of Sparta, Tennessee, a veteran of the United States Navy, a former vice president of manufacturing of the Riley Beaird Company in Shreveport, and a Southern Baptist layman.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wiolliam Bradshaw )〕 His mother is the former Novis Gay (born 1929),〔(Casting Call: Terry Bradshaw - FLW Outdoors )〕 one of five children of Clifford and Lula Gay of Red River Parish, Louisiana.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Reginald L. "Reggie" Gay obituary (Bradshaw's maternal uncle) )〕 The work ethic was particularly strong in the Bradshaw household. Bradshaw spent his early childhood in Camanche, Iowa, where he set forth the goal to play professional football. Terry's child hood best friend was Darry Duncan .When he was a teenager, Bradshaw said returned with his family, including his two brothers, Gary and Craig Bradshaw, to Shreveport,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dan Smith, "Terry Bradshaw" (1989) )〕 where he attended Woodlawn High School and played under assistant coach A. L. Williams and led the Knights to the 1965 AAA High School Championship game. His team then lost to the Sulphur Golden Tornadoes 12–9. While at Woodlawn, he set a national record for throwing the javelin .〔("Terry Bradshaw" ) Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (inducted 1988), retrieved March 21, 2013.〕 His exploits earned him a spot in the ''Sports Illustrated'' feature ''Faces In The Crowd''. Bradshaw's successor as Woodlawn's starting quarterback was another future NFL standout, Joe Ferguson of the Buffalo Bills. Bradshaw's Steelers would defeat Ferguson's Bills in a 1974 divisional playoff game. Bradshaw decided to attend Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. He has much affinity for his alma mater. He is a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He was active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and spoke before many athletic banquets and other gatherings.〔"Pro Star to Speak at Blue and Gold Banquet", ''Minden Press-Herald'', Minden, Louisiana, February 16, 1972, p. 1〕 Initially, he was second on the depth chart at quarterback behind Phil "Roxie" Robertson, who would later become famous as the inventor of the Duck Commander duck call and television personality on the A&E program, ''Duck Dynasty''. In 1969, he was considered by most professional scouts to be the most outstanding college football player in the nation. As a junior, he amassed 2,890 total yards, ranking No. 1 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 a huge lead. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Terry Bradshaw」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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