The Steel Curtain should have been named the Steroid Curtain (2 Viewers)

[Swimmer]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/232404-the-steelers-steroids-and-profound-misconceptions

very good in depth article here. Steve Courson was the only player from the steel curtain directly linked to steroids.

The article goes on to say LSU Rb. Billy Cannon may have been the first athlete to use them.

Wow - so what I heard yesterday was 100% legit. Good source without a link.........

 

[faceman]

Wow - so what I heard yesterday was 100% legit. Good source without a link.........

Not really Swim. Steroids were well known before the steel curtain played in the 70's. The first team to take advantage were the 63 Chargers
in the old AFL. Steroids became widespread shortly after.

 

[Saints 4 life]

Link?

 

[SweetT]

Well. I guess this would explain why they were so dominant. Makes sense. The teams that discover new ways to cheat or gain some sort of shady upper hand usually have a lot of success. Look at the Bash Brothers Oakland A's. Those guys looked like a football team because the roids were flowing freely.

PEDs are never going away. Players will always be looking for some type of edge. I look around at some of the teams in the NFL and they have a bunch of freakish players. Makes me wonder if they have a program in place. Like those 49ers teams under Harbaugh. Those were some of the most physically freakish defenses I have ever seen. Even their DBs were big and ripped.

Don’t forget Balco was based in the Bay Area at that time. Pretty sure the 49ers were partaking

 

[Goatman Saint]

They have been around a long time. Mickey Hargitay is widely considered to be the last Mr Universe to be naturally built if I remember correctly.


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[Saintman2884]

Face, the Soviet Olympic weight lifting teams of the 1950s and early 60s were the first athletes we know of as historians to use what became known as anabolic steroids, of course in their case, the Soviets used an open then an clandestine doping program run by the Sports Ministry and the KGB using most of there Olympic-level talent as guinea pigs. Still, as bad and pervasive as the Soviets state-run doping program was, former GDR, East Germany, and the Stasi, made them look like choir boys. Whatever the Soviets or any Western athletes were doping themselves up on, their East German counterparts were 5-10x times more loaded up on. Swimmers, shot putters, weight lifters, basketball players, long-distance track and field, probably even ice skaters like Katarina Witt were being doped up and spied on for their opinions and observations. Since the Stasi files have been opened and exhaustively researched, we have files on everything, every part of public and private life was invaded by the East German Stasi. One in three East Germans were spied upon during the 41 year history of the country, compared to one in 20 Russian citizens who were spied on by the KGB during the entire course of the Soviet Union.

 

[Nolaboy1970]

Steroids? This would explain Mike Webster's massive biceps!

 

[sfidc3]

The portrayal of Webster in the Concussion movie (which is said to be not far from the truth) is one of the saddest things I have ever seen. Truly tragic...

 

[Nolaboy1970]

The portrayal of Webster in the Concussion movie (which is said to be not far from the truth) is one of the saddest things I have ever seen. Truly tragic...

I've never seen that movie but I read that he died homeless, living out of his truck. He, along with Jack Lambert, was one of my favorite players of all time. That late 70s Steeler team was very intimidating. There was something dangerous about those guys that you just don't find in today's player (s).

 

[Swimmer]

Face, the Soviet Olympic weight lifting teams of the 1950s and early 60s were the first athletes we know of as historians to use what became known as anabolic steroids, of course in their case, the Soviets used an open then an clandestine doping program run by the Sports Ministry and the KGB using most of there Olympic-level talent as guinea pigs. Still, as bad and pervasive as the Soviets state-run doping program was, former GDR, East Germany, and the Stasi, made them look like choir boys. Whatever the Soviets or any Western athletes were doping themselves up on, their East German counterparts were 5-10x times more loaded up on. Swimmers, shot putters, weight lifters, basketball players, long-distance track and field, probably even ice skaters like Katarina Witt were being doped up and spied on for their opinions and observations. Since the Stasi files have been opened and exhaustively researched, we have files on everything, every part of public and private life was invaded by the East German Stasi. One in three East Germans were spied upon during the 41 year history of the country, compared to one in 20 Russian citizens who were spied on by the KGB during the entire course of the Soviet Union.

Saintman - really interesting stuff. Thx for sharing. I guess some cutting edge NFL teams learned from Russia and the Eastern block that Roids were a major advantage in athletics.

Pete often talks not only about the athletic gains with Roids for players but also apparently with HGH (?), it can do some amazing things for players recovering from severe injuries.