Joe Greene, and the Three Who Aren’t There

SI Staff | Oct 31, 2014

Joe Greene, and the Three Who Aren’t There

L.C. Greenwood corrals Roger Staubach in Super Bowl X. (Walter Iooss Jr./Sports Illustrated)

L.C. Greenwood corrals Roger Staubach in Super Bowl X. (Walter Iooss Jr./Sports Illustrated)

Greenwood with SI writer Roy Blount Jr., who chronicled the Steelers’ 1973 season. (Walter Iooss Jr./ Sports Illustrated)

Greenwood with SI writer Roy Blount Jr., who chronicled the Steelers’ 1973 season. (Walter Iooss Jr./ Sports Illustrated)

Greenwood had one of the most memorable Super Bowl performances in history against the the Vikings, repeatedly swatting down Fran Tarkenton’s passes in his trademark yellow hightops. (James Drake/Sports Illustrated).

Greenwood had one of the most memorable Super Bowl performances in history against the the Vikings, repeatedly swatting down Fran Tarkenton’s passes in his trademark yellow hightops. (James Drake/Sports Illustrated)

Typical of the savvy Steelers’ drafts of the day, Greenwood was plucked out of Arkansas AM&N in the 10th round in 1969. (Focus on Sports/Getty Images)

Typical of the savvy Steelers’ drafts of the day, Greenwood was plucked out of Arkansas AM&N in the 10th round in 1969. (Focus on Sports/Getty Images)

The old nemeses felt Greenwood’s force in an October 1979 rematch of Super Bowl XIII. This one, too, went Pittsburgh’s way, 14-3. (Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated)

The old nemeses felt Greenwood’s force in an October 1979 rematch of Super Bowl XIII. This one, too, went Pittsburgh’s way, 14-3. (Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated)

Greenwood, Mel Blount and Greene at a memorial for Dwight White after Mad Dog’s passing in 2008.

Greenwood, Mel Blount and Greene at a memorial for Dwight White after Mad Dog’s passing in 2008

Greene, Roy Blount and Greenwood, November 2012. (Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated)

Greene, Roy Blount and Greenwood, November 2012. (Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated)

L.C. Greenwood, November 2012. (George Gojkovick/Getty Images)

L.C. Greenwood, November 2012. (George Gojkovick/Getty Images)