I had a knee operation in college, had a lacerated kidney in college, bumps and bruises as a kid growing up, so to me it was just like of like, 'OK, I guess I've got to go through the rehab.
The effort put forth by so many strangers to help a fallen warrior wasn't lost on Bleier. It hurt but the adrenaline was pumping, I had gauze tied around it, then we got back to our commanding officer and the rest of the platoon finally came back in. Rocky Bleier career stats with the Pittsburgh Steelers. "Making the team was out of my control.
We heard that you and the captain got killed.' It was one of several procedures he'd undergo to address his injuries, each of which put his football career in further jeopardy.
1 was unranked in 2019. "It was dark by the time we were leaving, had to be around 8 o'clock or so, I would think, and then it took us three or four hours -- or at least it felt like three or four hours -- as we're going down the trail at night to get to the landing zone so we could be extracted out of there," Bleier said. "So a lot of them had the experience of being spat upon or being called baby-killers or being looked at as second-class citizens.
"A short time later, however, enemy soldiers were able to probe the U.S. perimeter after a brief retreat, and got close enough to fire a grenade to the spot where Bleier and a commanding officer were positioned.
And this year's No. Rocky Bleier's story - a gripping tale of courage on both the football fields of America and the battle fields of Vietnam - has held audiences in rapt attention for years.
All rights reserved. Use of this website (including any and all parts and components) constitutes your acceptance of these Known primarily as a blocker, Bleier finished with 3,855 yards rushing, including 1,036 in 1976 when both he and Franco Harris finished the seson with over 1,000 yards rushing. "Stationed near Hiep Duc and working from a post called LZ Siberia, Bleier's company received a call that August that a sister company had been swarmed by a North Vietnamese regiment. Rushing Rush Receiving Rec Kickoff Returns KR Punt Returns PR Fumbles Fum Scoring Score
Rocky Bleier knows the difference.
"So there's no color barrier, no class barrier.
At that time, I was just a guy.
And with the support of Art Rooney, who placed Bleier on injured reserve as he recovered, rather than simply waiving him, Bleier did that. Framed through parallels to football and Rocky Bleier’s personal journey as a war veteran, national collegiate football champion, and four-time Super Bowl champion with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Bleier’s story explores both structural and emotional aspects for individuals and organizations to reach their greatest potential. In high school, he was a State of Florida All Star in 2005. "It was the first time I'd ever been hit in my life. "It became a healing moment because a lot of Vietnam veterans had never been thanked, and that's all anyone ever wanted, a thank you. Still ranked ninth of the team's all-time rushing list, Bleier also finished his career with two touchdown receptions in the playoffs, including an acrobatic one in Super Bowl XIII.
So that was always my mindset. We started to chase them, the machine gun leveled the area, and now we're in a firefight in open rice paddies and that's when I got hit the first time. "The ability to play was up to me," Bleier said.
I didn't know whether I could run, walk, crawl. "When Bleier's company returned on the 20th, the soldiers found themselves in the middle of yet another battle. There's no black, no white, no north, no south. "The Return" features Tom Rinaldi and Pittsburgh Steelers legend Rocky Bleier as he makes an emotional return to Vietnam for the first time after being wounded in … "Some of the wounded were out, but we had to carry some of the dead bodies out, and on the way out that evening, we ran into an ambush and had to leave the bodies. "But now all of a sudden you're in this situation as a new guy, you don't know anybody and the only thing that you have in common is that experience of that day or that period of time. "It's the comradeship of those experiences. "Eventually, Bleier was taken to Tokyo, where he had surgery to remove more than 100 pieces of shrapnel from his right foot and leg.