{"id":2161,"date":"2013-01-07T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2161"},"modified":"2015-01-08T17:31:21","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T22:31:21","slug":"steelers-tight-end-elbie-nickel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2013\/01\/07\/steelers-tight-end-elbie-nickel\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers tight end Elbie Nickel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\\\/thedigs\\\/2013\\\/01\\\/07\\\/steelers-tight-end-elbie-nickel\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:80752127}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 1007px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"1007\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 1007px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"1007\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2013\/01\/07\/steelers-tight-end-elbie-nickel\/attachment\/2162\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"796\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1003\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"2162\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tumblr_mg4ii9LS8i1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"857,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tumblr_mg4ii9LS8i1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=238%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tumblr_mg4ii9LS8i1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=800%2C1009&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tumblr_mg4ii9LS8i1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?w=796&#038;h=1003&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"796\" height=\"1003\" data-original-width=\"796\" data-original-height=\"1003\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"(Photo credit: Unknown)\" style=\"width: 796px; height: 1003px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> (Photo credit: Unknown) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><strong>Oct. 11, 1949:<\/strong>\u00a0This is one of those \u00a0endearingly corny pictures newspapers once published for organizations seeking publicity. Here, Steeler Elbie Nickel unconvincingly fakes a field goal attempt. Holding the ball with great enthusiasm is Vera Love, described in the caption as a \u201cCarousel Ballerina.\u201d The two were supporting a benefit for the Fireman\u2019s Widows Pension Fund. Forbes Field was dressed in its football duds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">You may have heard of Nickel. He played for the Steelers from 1947-57 and was for years considered the best tight end in Steelers history. Then along came Heath Miller \u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>PG sportswriter Bob Dvorchak examines the career of Steeler Elbie Nickel in this episode of \u201cSports \u2018n \u2018at.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of Brightcove Player --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C  found at https:\/\/accounts.brightcove.com\/en\/terms-and-conditions\/.  --><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\/js\/BrightcoveExperiences.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><object id=\"myExperience2073194743001\" class=\"BrightcoveExperience\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\"><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"width\" value=\"330\" \/><param name=\"height\" value=\"233\" \/><param name=\"playerID\" value=\"1202686990001\" \/><param name=\"playerKey\" value=\"AQ~~,AAABAWGN-5E~,qpDkffrm8g_YfUq2KomzdDn5HFx_sRlB\" \/><param name=\"isVid\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"dynamicStreaming\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"@videoPlayer\" value=\"2073194743001\" \/><\/object> <!--  This script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soon as the line is read by the browser. 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Then along came Heath Miller.<\/p>\n<p><a class='more-link' href='https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2013\/01\/07\/steelers-tight-end-elbie-nickel\/'>Look at the pictures<span class='screen-reader-text'>Steelers tight end Elbie Nickel<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[944],"tags":[960,961,976,1030],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-17-at-12.43.37-AM.png?fit=2094%2C758&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2297,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/11\/13\/who-was-the-toughest-steeler-ever\/","url_meta":{"origin":2161,"position":0},"title":"Who was the toughest Steeler ever?","date":"November 13, 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Here\u2019s another side of Jack Lambert.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tumblr_md6e69ccdz1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C832&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2416,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/15\/johnny-unitas\/","url_meta":{"origin":2161,"position":1},"title":"Johnny Unitas, Pittsburgh kid","date":"October 15, 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"The Steelers cut Unitas before he ever took a snap in a game. 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