The Pittsburgh Steelers have dealt with a lot of adversity over the years within their organization. While losing isn't a great feeling, there have been some deeper situations that make a team mean ...
November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. Before his football career even began, at age 15 now Steelers Hall of Famer Alan Faneca suffered his first seizure. Shortly after, he was diagnosed with the ...
It’s no question: Alan Faneca’s time in the NFL is highly-regarded. After being a first-round pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1998 NFL Draft following his time at Louisiana State University, ...
7This past August former LSU Tigers offensive lineman Alan Faneca was finally enshrined into NFL immortality. He was a member of the latest Hall of Fame class of 2021. Faneca joined the LSU Tigers in ...
Ed Bouchette covered Alan Faneca for a decade of his 13-year NFL career. During his distinguished 36-year tenure covering the Pittsburgh Steelers, Bouchette has covered two Super Bowl championship ...
How do you explain the value of an offensive guard like Alan Faneca? You can count his All-Pro selections; Faneca made six on the first team, two more on the second. He made nine Pro Bowls. He was ...
Alan Faneca was recently inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame after playing his entire career with epilepsy. Alan Faneca always believed in himself. For the most part. Faneca was at least slightly ...
Alan Faneca proved his toughness on the gridiron every week while he was in the NFL. What fans didn’t get to see, however, was how hard Faneca worked off the field to overcome one of the biggest ...
ANDR:EW PLAYING ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE. IT IS NOT A GLAMOROUS PATH TO THE HALL OF FAME. DOING THE DIRTY WORK, SO HERSOT CAN GRAB THE GLORY. GUY JUNKER HITS THE ROAD TO VIRGINIA TO CATCH UP WITH OUR ...
Alan Faneca was a massive interior lineman during his playing career. These days, he is hardly recognizable. Faneca was listed at 6-foot-5 and 316 pounds when he was a 9-time Pro Bowler as an ...