Jack Ham Ultimate NFL Career Highlights

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On an intimidating defense full of big personalities, the "Jackhammer" was more of a quiet presence. He wasn't big on trash talk or excessive celebrations, but despite this reserved nature, he might have been the best player on the legendary Steel Curtain defense of the 1970s, revolutionizing the Will (Weakside) Linebacker position with his incredible skills in coverage. He racked up 6 First-Team All-Pro selections, and played a big part in all four of Pittsburgh's championship runs in the 1970s, cementing himself as one of the best to ever play the game.
Songs (In Order of Use):
Sun and Steel - Audiomachine
Games Viewed:
1972 Steelers vs. Raiders AFCCG
1972 Steelers vs. Browns Week 12
1972 Steelers vs. Vikings Week 11
1973 Steelers vs. Dolphins Week 11
1974 Steelers vs. Raiders AFCCG
1976 Steelers vs. Colts Divisional
1976 Steelers vs. Bengals Week 6
1976 Steelers vs. Vikings Week 4
1977 Steelers vs. Cowboys Week 10
1977 Steelers vs. Browns Week 11
1978 Steelers vs. Oilers Week 14
1978 Steelers vs. Oilers Week 8
1979 Steelers vs. Broncos Week 8
1979 Steelers vs. Oilers Week 2
1979 Steelers vs. Eagles Week 5
1979 Steelers vs. Colts Week 4
Various Seasonal Compilation Footage
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the songs or footage used in this video, and I receive no monetization from any of my videos.

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@elliottfisher2384 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely right zyrover .... Ham was an amazing outside linebacker .... total stud.

@West-TexX 9 ай бұрын

As a Cowboys fan back then, I despised the Steelers, but Jack Ham was just about flawless. Holy cow could he play.

@wglide444 2 жыл бұрын

I'm 64 and Jack Ham is still my all time favorite player. Best all-around outside linebacker.

@johnlipinski2395 8 ай бұрын

Another piece of possibly the greatest defense ever

@frankmorgan6783 27 күн бұрын

4 sure my friend 😅😅😅

@danielbarbera-tt4wz 6 ай бұрын

The Day he was drafted by the Steelers was when I became a Steeler fan! DOBRE SHUNKA!!!!!!!

@ryanvlasic1849 4 жыл бұрын

They need to show this video to the current defense so they can learn correct tackling fundamentals.

@chrispierce1739 4 жыл бұрын

He was the best tackling LB I ever saw. It drives me insane to watch today's defenders go for the big hit rather than wrapping a ball carrier up and taking them down.

@chuckfinley6747 4 жыл бұрын

Watching him make an open field tackle is a thing of beauty.

@richardvanburen6065 3 жыл бұрын

Just sent this clip to a Twitter guy who claims you can't tackle without dropping your helmet.

@Maal7432 3 жыл бұрын

Omg, I was just about to say this for my own comment. You’re absolutely right.

@CrewsTheWildDawg 2 жыл бұрын

They should, but that’s a flag in the NFL nowadays.

@zyrover 4 жыл бұрын

Because fans focused so much on Mean Joe Greene and Jack Lambert, Jack Ham never got the credit he rightfully deserved. He was the epitome of what an outside linebacker should be. 32 interceptions is pretty damn impressive.

@kirkmuffie7542 2 жыл бұрын

I keep binge watching the old Steel Curtain days and he is unreal. No one gets outside of him and he covers like a damn corner add that to one of the surest tacklers I have seen on film. Your spot on he's textbook. Having him and Lambert was almost cheating.

@wraith1117 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Where most fans only count sacks. Hamm did that a ton. But he also knew how to make a read, and drop back. An outside Pass rusher with that many ints. That is just special.

@rashard4 Жыл бұрын

How is making All-Pro 8 times not credit?

@DWilliam1 8 ай бұрын

I disagree. I saw him play and he was always considered great, even better than Lambert by many.

@HaroldMccoy-vv4lt 3 ай бұрын

Agreed @@DWilliam1

@sappermade6012 3 жыл бұрын

THE HAMMER.

@Yeomannn 2 жыл бұрын

He was actually a very good pass rusher despite being more of a coverage guy. Really was a Jack of all trades.

@tyronenathan8209 4 жыл бұрын

Jack Ham was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1988, the same year I was born, so obviously I didn't see him play. However, I have him as the second best outside linebacker ever next to Lawrence Taylor.

@UFOROX 2 жыл бұрын

The best hands on any linebacker.Period.i own 2 Steelers jerseys #20&59.

@gunzforthegunzhater485 2 жыл бұрын

So many players seem to lack basic fundamentals these days. This man did it perfect. Nearly every tackle he made is textbook. Lower the pads, hit the ball carrier around the mid section, wrap your arms around them, and drive through them. This is the kind of film they should be showing players today.

@Reloadeez 9 ай бұрын

Shoulder leverage and low wrap up tackling vs current kill shot style. It's starting to catch on more in the league now though, Pete Carroll is a big advocate of shoulder leverage and low wrap up tackling.

@thebruteofbilaal2325 2 жыл бұрын

1:29 stopped earl campbell dead in his tracks. textbook

@JohnHoffman-ws9cd Күн бұрын

One of the greatest of all time!!!

@lucy-louthebeagle4511 6 ай бұрын

TJ watt reminds me so much of Lambert and Hamm. I love rewatching these clips cause it makes me closer to my dad. Lets go steelers

@kevinwilkes3897 2 жыл бұрын

This gives me the chills,the hammer #59

@carymiller2403 2 жыл бұрын

Jack Ham and Lawrence Taylor were the two best outside linebackers of all time. Ham was very good at reading plays and seemed to always be in the right place at the right time. Put Dick Butkus in the middle and in my humble opinion you have the best linebacking corps you can possibly assemble

@suncurephotography1831 2 жыл бұрын

I hate when people say Jack Ham would be a special teamer in today’s NFL. Ham was the best OLB next to Lawrence Taylor arguably ever, and this was without the modern strength and conditioning resources that today’s players have. Ham would certainly adapt to that if he played in today’s game theoretically. Look at Sean Lee, they were similar in size and Lee did very well for himself. And size was the biggest argument against Ham being more than a special teamer today. Ham was so good at diagnosing plays and executing. I will always defend Jack Ham. He is the greatest 4-3 OLB ever

@georaatz2317 4 жыл бұрын

Love the highlights.... that was just a small portion of what he did...

@danieljones8876 4 жыл бұрын

My all-time favorite Steeler. Excellent compilation!

@briany4263 2 ай бұрын

The brains behind the curtain!

@zyrover 2 жыл бұрын

Jack Ham was like the Tim Duncan of football. His defensive fundamentals were awesome!

@mattsweeny3957 3 ай бұрын

Out of Linebacker U, Jack Ham...like Nittany Lion. Met him last yr at a NJ signing with Dick Butkus. Jack loved my Pat Tillman Jersery...great guys mS Dog Sweeney 🐕

@colinhiggins4779 Жыл бұрын

This is a guy who had 32 interceptions from the LB position at a time when offenses passed the ball 50% less than they do today (Ray Lewis had 31 and played 5 more years than Ham. LT had 9 picks). He would have like 60+ in today's league. Had 21 fumble recoveries (more than guys like Lewis, Singletary, etc.), had 100+ tackles every year, and even threw in 25 sacks. Most complete LB ever to play the game, and the all-around best.

@aaronrider4051 6 ай бұрын

AND he is a fabulous color commentator!

@MsMichelle1432 2 жыл бұрын

Takin’ ‘em down! He look like a force to be reckoned with!

@primateproductions126 4 жыл бұрын

Textbook excellence. And he did it all without acting like a complete moron by stomping, beating his chest, or running 20 yards downfield shaking his ass after making a great play.

@danieljones8876 3 жыл бұрын

Agree 100%!

@bloodorange6713 3 жыл бұрын

Ive honestly come to agree with you. Some of the celebrations now are basically cheerleading routines and it does the opposite of making the players look intimidating and professional. Man-children is how I see it

@jonesbrandon76 3 жыл бұрын

If they would have known how much money the league has made, and STILL making off their broken busted up bodies for playing on painted concrete They should've danced and grabbed their NUTS after a big play

@tronsnow4763 3 жыл бұрын

I HATE when someone celebrates a relatively standard-tackle like it was a sack on 4th down/interception/etc....

@johnkrolczyk2241 2 жыл бұрын

Just imagine his numbers if he didn't break his ankle at the end of the 79 season and lost a step.

@CapoKies 2 жыл бұрын

Just got to meet him at the Titans game. So awesome. Great guy. You wouldn't know he we who he was. Just acts and dresses like a regular guy.

@Yeomannn 2 жыл бұрын

He seems like a really nice guy

@6400az 2 жыл бұрын

Did you expected him wearing helmet and shoulder pads... 🤪

@mattsweeny3957 14 күн бұрын

No nonsense perfect form tackles & pucks..

@mattsweeny3957 14 күн бұрын

Picks

@bigoneleesmith6969 Жыл бұрын

One of the BEST ROLB to ever play in the NFL

@bluejay3945 Жыл бұрын

And Penn state broadcaster. We are!!!!!!!!!

@CryptoGeneYus 3 жыл бұрын

dobre shunka

@brianbachmeier34 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all of these videos. I enjoy every one of them.

@windridr66 4 жыл бұрын

Badass

@dsaucedo21 2 жыл бұрын

Once he got his hands on you it was a tackle!

@thebruteofbilaal2325 2 жыл бұрын

2:25 wow

@frankguidera6828 2 жыл бұрын

Jack Lambert was the size of a free safety. No bigger than All pro Mike Haynes? Really undersized that linebacker even for that era.

@frankguidera6828 2 жыл бұрын

Is this a Jack Ham tribute?

@crawleyclarence5 2 жыл бұрын

Lawrence Taylor was great but this guy was special. A tackling machine. Taylor #1 Ham #1a

@wraith1117 2 жыл бұрын

Hamm was like a bit of TJ , and Troy mixed together. Sacks, dropping back for an int. he was always where the ball was, tackles gallore. Or maybe better to say that TJ, and Troy, are a bit like him.

@frankguidera6828 2 жыл бұрын

Or strong safety. Maybe even outside linebacker

@frankguidera6828 2 жыл бұрын

Lester Hayes?

@danoakes4071 6 ай бұрын

As I got bigger, I played corner back, then outside linebacker, and then defensive end. I played half back on offense. My last year I was a 6 foot stump. An immovable object with a python grasp on defense; once attached, there was no release until the whistle blew to end play. On offense, I knew every evasion, and gained 5 yards on every hand off. I cut my high school play short though to stay healthy for a most certain tour in Vietnam, which was sure to come. When I took the ASVAB test, I had the highest mechanical score ever recorded. I became the property of the military industrial complex, like it or not. White privilege did not apply; and a "no" on my part a death sentence, or so it was implied. This was Richard Nixon's war. To this day; I support no dictator, for any amount of time, for any reason, for any purpose what ever.

@pablopabon588 Ай бұрын

For my money Jack Ham and #78 Bobby Bell KC Chiefs best all around OLB ever. #56 Lawrence Taylor was a great pass rusher a great player but not a all around OLB in my humble opinion and viewpoint.

@breichjr Жыл бұрын

Head is up on every. single. tackle! Try finding a player that does that now. So stupid how players today seem to almost instinctively lower their heads right before impact.

@bernardsimsic9334 4 ай бұрын

The thing is he still isn't the best athlete to come outta J town Pa. There are almost too many to count.

@gunzforthegunzhater485 2 жыл бұрын

All your football are belong to Ham!

@Patriotic327 3 ай бұрын

White men can jump!!

@6400az 2 жыл бұрын

Not trolling here. Good player no doubt...... but totally overrated.

@Yeomannn Жыл бұрын

Well you could at least elaborate on why you think so

@lowercasegoat 9 ай бұрын

Definition of a troll from Webster’s dictionary: a person who intentionally antagonizes others online by posting inflammatory, irrelevant, or offensive comments or other disruptive content. If you go to the highlight video of an NFL legend, call them overrated, and then leave without further explanation, then saying “Not trolling here.” doesn’t cover it. That’s the definition of an inflammatory comment.

@HaroldMccoy-vv4lt 3 ай бұрын

Well stated 👍💯@@lowercasegoat