Former Steelers linebacker Andy Russell has died at 82. Steelers President Art Rooney II addressed Russell’s death in a statement posted to X, formerly Twitter, Saturday afternoon.

Andy Russell was an inaugural member of the Steelers Hall of Honor as a member of the Class of 2017. Wrote Jack Ham, "Today, most players back into the Pro Bowl by playing mediocre football on good ...

Two-time Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl Champion linebacker Andy Russell has ... Honor and Pittsburgh Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was the team’s MVP in 1971. Russell was one of the few players ...

Andy Russell, the Super Bowl-winning linebacker who spent his entire NFL career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, has died at 82. Russell died Thursday night, according to a Pittsburgh's Action News 4 ...

Pittsburgh Steelers legend and member of the Steel Curtain Andy Russell has died at the age ... All-Time Team and to the Pittsburgh Pro Football Hall of Fame. His best known play might be in ...

Andy Russell retired after 1976, missing out on two more championships at the end of the decade, but he helped lay the foundation of one of football’s most revered institutions. When fans wave ...

Russell was also a hero for the United States. Per his foundation's website, the linebacker took a break from football in the 1964 and 1965 seasons to serve as a Lieutenant in the Army.