This was back when I was proud to be an NFL and Pittsburgh Steelers fan. These guys were REAL football players

" You dam well better believe I would be a Pittsburgh Steeler " says it all.

This is quite arguably the greatest hall of fame speech of all time. Eloquent, concise, and humble. Expressing such pride in his owner, his team, his city, and it's people. He knew exactly what to say to get the crowd cheering, and he thanked EVERYONE, including the little guys like the team's equipment managers. Jack Lambert seems like the ultimate Steeler.

I never knew that Mr. Jack Lambert was so eloquent in his speech read that he studied to be veterinarian. Excellent speech well done!

American by birth. Steelers Fan by the grace of God

Very few NFL players of today deserve to be mentioned in the same breath with Jack Lambert and the football stars from his era.

My favorite player of all time.

at only 218 lbs, he was able to deliver such power...pound for pound the hardest hitting lb in history

as a die-hard Pittsburgh Steelers fan, Jack Lambert is my favorite

I'm a die hard Cleveland Browns fan, but my favorite player of all time is Jack Lambert. The toughest guy I've ever seen playing football. That was a hell of a speech Jack.

Jack Lambert wasn't one of the greats because he was tough or because he was crazy on the field. He was one of the greats because he was SMART. That's reflected in this thoughtful, intelligent speech.

Jack Lambert was the Best!!! 🖤💛 #58!

Jack Lambert was the heart of those great Steelers teams; Joe Greene was the soul.

Thank you Jack. For everything.

And THAT GUY ,is the #1 reason why I LOVE THE STEELERS today!!! More than 40 yrs after 1st watching Jack lay people out, he is STILL my #1 greatest Steeler of all time!!! Thank you Mr. Lambert for all you did for the Black n Gold!

# 58. Jack Lambert. My favorite football player of all time.

He was a real football player

My favorite Steeler of all time #58 ❤️

Jack Lambert what a speech...

The absolute best line in any Hall of Fame speech 07:35.

My all time favorite Pittsburgh Steeler.

Even my phone saluted Lambert...after his speech ended my battery showed 58 percent!

This guy was the best defensive player I ever saw, he was awesome

One of the strongest reasons for being a steelers fan. Here we go!

Super Bad ass Linebacker!

Greatest ffffinnnggg linebacker of all!!!!

One of the greatest linebackers ever to play the game and one of the smartest.

The Clint Eastwood of the nfl.

My favorite Steeler of all time...I can still see his gap-toothed scowl when getting in position on the defense before the snap...so many great Steelers from that era...the Steel Curtain will never be forgotten.

At 61 when I'm having a bad start to my day. I listen to this speech and remember his career. Then I'm 18 again!

#58 should definitely be retired by the Steelers. Hell.. everytime I see ANY #58 .. I think of this man .

"Greatest Defense" ever assembled is correct. The "Steel Curtain".

My top three favorites steelers of the 70s are Jack Lambert ,Mel Blount ,Mean Joe Greene

I know all about how they say today's NFL players are bigger, stronger, and faster than yesteryear's players but I would put that Steel Curtain defense of the 70's up against ANY defense I've ever seen.

"you damn well better believe, I'd be a Pittsburgh Steeler..."

That was a beautiful speech

My FAVORITE Steeler of all time PERIOD!!💖

“The Greatest Defense Ever Assembled” Amen Jack Amen ...

Best speech ever at the hall of fame.....

That's a true alpha male, no tears, just states the facts.

Absolutely love the Steelers. From South Africa

One of the best induction speeches ever, from one of the best ever

It’s always great to start with thanking mom, and then dad.

Jack Lambert was a football player's football player.

Jack gave a great Hall of Fame induction speech.

The absolute greatest speech ever given

I was at a Steelers game several years back. They had former players come on to the field at halftime. I thought the place was going crazy, then they announced Jack Lambert. It was by far the loudest I had ever heard any stadium or crowd of people in my life. That includes Penn State games I attended with around 100k people or any rock concert I've been to. It was awesome.

As a quarterback, Jack Lambert inspired me to wear a pink dress, Thanks Jack!

MR. LAMBERT! NUFF SAID! #PS4L

Life long Steeler fan, but this is the first time I’ve watched Mr. Lambert’s Hall of Fame speech! Where is a damn tissue when I need one! 🥲 ☮️🖖🏽

Only Jack can get away with telling the crowd to hush up let’s get going. 😂 What a way to end a speech. Chills bro. Only a man’s man can say such a thing.

Hes simply the greatest linebacker in Pittsburgh history

A memorable speech from an iconic player.

Of all the great talent who ever had the honor and privilege of playing for Chuck Noll, Jack Lambert represented Coach Noll's archetype for what the ideal player should be.

5:24 "There is not an owner, or a team, or a coaching staff, or a people in a city, that I would rather have played for in the entire world."

Lambert has always been and always will be my favorite player!! That's when men were men, and football was football. I don't watch anymore, what is now, ,The National Felon League, and their political BS!! Thank you Jack, for helping to make the NFL what it used to be, true sports environment!!!

Damn it's great to be a Pittsburgh Steelers fan!

Love or hate the Steelers, they epitomize what SHOULD be the norm. I'm now 51 and the Steelers have had 3 coaches in my lifetime. Loyalty. More than a dozen players have come back to Pitt, some for a single day, just to retire a Steeler. No other team can say the same, at least not to the same extent. thanks for everything, Jack, Art, Lisa, and all the rest.

I'm not a Steelers fan. But I will speak theses words. I'm 57 years old and I watched football since a 6 year old kid. And I can truly say it was always exciting watching this hall of famer play. My opinion one of the greatest linebackers that ever played the game. There would never be another Jack Lambert ever. And I truly believe every running back ran through that line was definitely afraid of him. They knew if they were tackle definitely Jack Lambert something to do with it.

Wow. What a speech. He really was the ultimate Steeler.

This is the best speech that I heard. Emotionally and amazing hall of fame ever.

It’s a shame that the players today can’t and will never be the level of player that Jack Lambert and his fellow teammates were!

One of the absolute greats.

Jack Lambert embodies everything that is GREAT about Steelers football! He delivered his brand of football, on his terms and imposed his will on cowering opponents. His passion was fierce. His play was hard, relentless and sometimes brutal. But, he always achieved his end result which was a winning and being a key part of a dominant Steelers team. Because he exuded all the qualities of a no-nonsense, hard working people in a tough steel town -- Jack Lambert will always remain the well-deserved poster child for Steelers Nation!

Proud to be a Steeler fan and Jack Lambert is a main reason why. Go Steelers !!!!!

Jack Lambert.... nobody does it better! Awesome player!!!! Definitely apart of the greatest defense ever! Steel Curtain!!!

We were SO lucky to have this team of Steelers! Jack was absolutely a great man first, great player second. Love you Jack!

Pure Class Dude.

"Discipline is necessary to excell".........................enough said.

Jack Lambert. One of the Steelers all time best players. If not the best.

Fantastic speech. My absolute favorite football player ever.

Even though Jack Lambert is only a few years older than me, he was and has always been my favorite NFL player. 1974 Steeler draft: Round. Pick 1. 21. Lynn Swann 2. 46. Jack Lambert 4. 82. John Stallworth 5. 125. Mike Webster All in the Hall of Fame....Greatest draft in NFL history.

Wow I never knew what a speech artist Lambert was. A classy, inspirational effort to say the least. But it sure was a treat to watch him rule the defensive field of play back in the glory days. Kudos forever to you Jack !!

Jack Lambert #1 THE BEST

IF I HAD TO START MY LIFE ALL OVER AGAIN I'D BE A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYER AND YOU DAM BETTER BELIEVE I'D BE A PITTSBURGH STEELER, WOW THAT BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE'S WITH THE PRIDE OF BEING A PITTSBURGH STEELER FAN MY WHOLE LIFE, JACK LAMBERT A TRUE STEELER.

Very underrated in fact of how smart he was.. As intense as any player I have ever seen

I am a lifelong Callas Cowboy fan. But that is one of the best Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction speeches that I have ever heard. Jack Lambert was truly bad ass as the middle linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers. I remember that one of his nicknames was Count Dracula in Cleats. The Steelers proved their claim to NFL fame as the team of the 1970s by their 8 consecutive AFC Central Division Titles from 1972 to 1979, advancing to the AFC Championship Game 6 times in 1972, 1974,1975, 1976, 1978 and 1979; winning 4 of them and winning all 4 Super Bowls that they played in in Super Bowls 9, 10, 11 and 12. The Steelers took on incredibly talented and truly great Cowboy and Raider teams also in their 1970s prime and managed to defeat them in big games. Plus they had to deal with rest of the league gunning for them too. I hate to says this, but Lambert and his Pittsburgh Steelers were and always will be remembered for dominating the NFL in the 1970s and they will always be great champions who were, are and always will be a credit to pro football and the NFL. Rest In Peace, Franco Harris.

Jack was my favorite! He gave his all, in every single game, the guy had no quit button!

With all due respect to my wife, I love Jack Lambert! What a god!

What a fucking true class man.......his hall of fame. Nice Jack

Favorite Steeler Ever! Let's Go Pittsburgh!

When I think of a linebacker Jack is 1st on the list. The epitome of toughness

Wow that was a darn good speech, a lot of reference to Pittsburgh. Is Jack running for mayor? Be Impossible for him to loose.

My all time favorite player he was MEAN and WONDERFUL. PS4L

THE MAN!!!! 👍👍❤️❤️

That man was a football player. Just awesome

what a man, what an organisation

Always a fan of 58..see him in a new light after that speech..missed it live..can’t believe it’s 30 yrs ago

Is it me or did anyone else got those goosebumps?!?! This guy represents the american dream. Down to earth guy which won everything in football. His passion for the game and especially his love for the Steelers Nation and the blue collar background is so lovely. Jack Lambert is the epitome of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the hard working people in the US. Greets from Germany

Jack Lambert...only the greatest men can be so humble so as to recognize and thank "the most important people in the organization: the locker room and equipment man..." besides thanking his family, coaches, fans and teammates. Those were the days, when men were men and football was really football. God bless Lambert for all the good times he gave us, Steelers' fans. And you can be damn sure I'd be a Steelers' fan if I was born again!!

Way to go, Jack!😊 Still brings tears to my eyes!😢

What a great speech.

Mr. Lambert’s HoF speech remains a favorite of mine for its sincerity and humility

My favorite player of all time thanked everybody from his mother to the equipment man a Class Act!

So lucky to have been able to watch Jack Lambert play for our Pittsburgh Steelers!!! Thank You Jack for all your great play through the years!!!

THE HART N SOUL OF DEFENSIVE FOOTBALL .PITTSBURG STEELERS

Jack Lambert and Dick Butkus were the toughest players to ever play the game, hands down.

Steelers fan since 1969 and Jack is my favorite player of all time!

My brother David was one of Lambert's Lunatics. They were at every game. When Lambert made a great tackle, the camera went right up to my brother's group who had their Lambert Lunatics sign hanging over the railing. David, my son, and the other Lambert's Lunatics were there in Canton when Jack got inducted. They are in this crowd somewhere. Maybe behind the sign!

I went to Canton that day to see Jack & Franco get inducted. Jack was & is my all time favorite Steeler.