Mel Blount was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a member ... mental and physical toughness and a work ethic that came from growing up working on a farm in Valdosta, Georgia. "Growing up in ...

It was coined the Mel Blount Rule, and while it opened the game like never before, it only made the Steelers even more dominant as the decade of the 1970s drew to a close. Up until the start of ...