28. Jack Lambert — Pittsburgh Steelers (1974-1984)
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Lining up amidst one of the most talented and fearsome collections of defensive football players in NFL history, perhaps no player meant more to his team’s culture and reputation than Jack Lambert. The starting middle linebacker for all four of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Super Bowl wins in the 1970’s, Lambert is considered by many to be the toughest football player of all time.
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The 1,479 career tackles and 28 career interceptions simply don’t do justice to Lambert’s impact on the field. The Steelers might’ve had the “Steel Curtain” defensive line, but Lambert was the player who set the tone of the team’s defense as a whole. The 8-time All-Pro and 1976 NFL Defensive Player of the Year was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1990.
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