TY - SER
KW - football
KW - Pittsburgh Steelers
KW - Vietnam War
KW - Rocky Bleier (1946- )
KW - military draft
KW - professional sports
AU - Jerry McNeely
AB - Football star Rocky Bleier (Robert Urich) makes it from Wisconsin to the Pittsburgh Steelers, only to be drafted to the Vietnam War and wounded by a grenade. After doctors tell him he will never walk again, Bleier trains hard, returns to the Steelers, and wins a Super Bowl championship.
C1 - 1960s-1970s
C2 - unpublished
C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; North Side; North Shore; Three Rivers Stadium
C4 - Sports; Biographical; War
LA - English
M3 - Screenplay
N1 - Based on a book by Rocky Bleier (1946— ).

The film was shot in Pittsburgh.
N2 - Football star Rocky Bleier (Robert Urich) makes it from Wisconsin to the Pittsburgh Steelers, only to be drafted to the Vietnam War and wounded by a grenade. After doctors tell him he will never walk again, Bleier trains hard, returns to the Steelers, and wins a Super Bowl championship.
PY - 1980
RN - Jerry McNeely (1928—2014) was a screenwriter and television producer.
TI - Fighting Back: The Rocky Bleier Story
ER -