“On the Clock” tells stories of team’s drafts
Talk about your tough cuts. Wow, there were so many other stories, vignettes, crying out to be placed here in Steelers Digest.
A story on Ernie Stautner was the last cut. And a story on Dermontti Dawson really belongs here to reflect back on how well this magazine has performed over a long period of time.
But these are the stories – from my upcoming book “On the Clock: Draft History of the Pittsburgh Steelers” – that best the space.
Bill Nunn-L.C. Greenwood-Art Rooney Jr.
Bill Nunn began working for the Steelers in 1968, while also continuing to pick the Black College Football All-America team for the Pittsburgh Courier. The hard part was simultaneously doing the paper and the All-America team justice, so Nunn would leave one or two draft sleepers for the Steelers off his All-America team. Nunn was so secretive about one pass-rusher that he didn’t even go down to see L.C. Greenwood himself. Nunn scouting a black college player was akin to Art Rooney Sr. standing in a public line to bet a horse. Their reputations brought out the glommers, which brought down the value.
Art Rooney Jr. instead went to Arkansas AM&N to scout the 6-6, 215-pound Greenwood. Art Jr. also had a running back and another defensive lineman
