the steelers won their 1st super bowl in 1974.
when did the steelers win their 1st super bowl?
1974
grossman joined the steelers as an undrafted free agent in 1974, wearing number 84. he showed his skill when he caught a crucial touchdown pass from terry bradshaw early in super bowl x. in 1976, they drafted tight end bennie cunningham, behind whom grossman played for two years, until the 1978 season when cunningham was injured. undersized and underweight, grossman stepped up to the position and had a prolific season. in just 10 starts, grossman had a career-high 37 receptions (the most by a steeler tight end in 12 years) for 448 yards and 1 touchdown, and contributed to the steelers super bowl xiii win. grossman would play 3 more years with the steelers before retiring, earning 4 super bowl rings for super bowl ix, super bowl x, super bowl xiii, and super bowl xiv. grossman said that his nickname of "the rabbi" referred to his jewish ancestry and came from dwight white, who was the authority for assigning such titles to the steelers. he also said he never faced any anti-semitism during his career, because “in sports -- in my era and currently -- it really is the great melting pot," he said. "if you ‘bring game,’ you’re fine. if you’re an imposter, then they’ll run you out regardless of what your religious preferences are or ethnic background is. it was obviously different in the ’60s, ’50s, ’40s, but from the time that i’ve been involved, it’s been completely open and purely performance-based acceptance or non-acceptance.”
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in 1996 guillermo martinez began wrestling under the name "bombero infernal", complete with a mask and ring gear adorned in flames and diabolical images. he had only worked under that name for just over a year when he became involved in a storyline feud against el pantera, the rivalry escalated to the point where both wrestlers agreed to put their masks on the line in a "lucha de apuestas", or "bet match", the most prestigious match type in "lucha libre". the match took place on december 7, 1997 in international wrestling revolution group's (iwrg) arena naucalpan in naucalpan, state of mexico with bombero infernal losing the match, which forced him to unmask in the middle of the ring, state his birthname and how long he had been a wrestler. oftentimes losing the mask means the end of a specific ring character, but martinez stuck with the bombero infernal ring characters in the years after his loss. on january 10, 1999 bombero infernal won the iwrg intercontinental middleweight championship from mr. niebla and held the championship for 146 days straight. the title change was part of a long running storyline between bombero and mr. niebla that saw mr. niebla regain the championship on june 6, 1999 but ultimately lose it to bombero infernal once again on october 24, 1999. his second reign ended at the hands of último vampiro on december 16, 1999 when he defeated bombero infernal. in late 2000 bombero infernal teamed up with cripta and el enterrador to defeat the team of super caló, alan stone and moto cross to win the distrito federal trios championship. on november 19, 2000 bombero infernal regained the iwrg intercontinental middleweight championship from último vampiro. bombero's time as a double champion ended on february 11, 2001 when "los oficiales" (guardia, oficial and virgilante) won the df trios championship. a month later he also lost the middleweight championship to black dragon. later that year bombero infernal defeated último vampiro to win the middleweight championship for a fourth time, at the time someone other than the previous último vampiro was playing the character. the match between the two ended in a controversial fashion, leading iwrg to take the championship away from bombero infernal only one week later. in 2002 bombero infernal rekindled his storyline with el pantera, going so far as to put his hair on the line against pantera's middleweight championship, in a match that saw bombero victoriously claim his fifth iwrg intercontinental middleweight championship. his fifth reign lasted 95 days in total before it coming to an end when tony rivera defeated him. on november 11, 2002 bombero infernal, el hijo del diablo and el engendro defeated dr. cerebro, cirujano and paramedico to win the df trios championship once again, a title they would quickly lose to a new group called "los megas" (mega, omega and ultra mega)
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