Former Notre Dame captain, Super Bowl champion Rocky Bleier recounts journey from Vietnam to NFL

Ryan Peters | Friday, November 11, 2022

One day during training camp in 1968, recent Pittsburgh Steelers draft pick Rocky Bleier had what he thought was the happiest day of his life — at least, at that point. Then Steelers head coach Bill Austin approached Bleier, the former Notre Dame halfback taken with the 417th pick. Austin told him that he received