Willie Parker

...I didn't. I wouldn't be here today." Steelers scout Dan Rooney, the son of the team's owner of the same name, had been a high school coach in North Carolina and had seen Parker play in high school. He knew about Parker's speed and...

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He gave his father the ring. By then, his 11.8 yards a carry and 20 touchdowns had drawn the attention of a regional scout named Dan Rooney and of the University of North Carolina, which gave him a scholarship. In his freshman year, he had...

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Steelers adjust Dan Rooney's title to 'chairman emeritus' ... So did Hines Ward, Willie Parker and a few dozen other Pittsburgh Steelers. ...

... staff drenched, 78-year-old owner Dan Rooney walks the sidelines with a towel ... 18 Stories on Willie Parker. Search this topic ...

Willie Parker, left, would not be in Detroit this week if not for Dan Rooney Jr. ... "Dan Rooney was the first person ever to talk to me about pro football," Parker ...

Bob Smizik's Blog : Willie Parker, Dan Rooney. A look at the 2009 Steelers season. Who'd have believed it back in July? ...

Now that Dan Rooney is effectively retired and his title has been changed to ... Running back Willie Parker and other players plan to call Dan Rooney on a ...

Missing piece: For first time since 1930s, Dan Rooney absent from Steelers camp ... Running back Willie Parker and other players plan to call Dan Rooney on a ...

Running back Willie Parker signs autographs before training camp in Latrobe last ... honor -- or, as the British spell it, honour -- on Steelers chairman Dan Rooney. ...