"Teamwork" - 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers

"Teamwork"

This image is a throwback to 1979 when I was just beginning to cover professional sports for the local newspaper I was working with at the time.

I've always believed that some of the best sports photographs are not necessarily "game action" photos, but shots of the action "behind the scenes".  These are the photographs that give insight into the personalities and the passions that drive players to train hard and play harder to reach the pinnacle of their sport.  Which, in the case of these players, they did as I believe these are the hands of linebackers Jack Ham and Jack Lambert.

This photo was shot on the sidelines of a Pittsburgh Steelers game in 1979 and to me conveys just those ideals.  The touch of hands symbolizing teamwork.  The tape and ace bandages probably due to trying to "play though the pain" and prevent further injuries suffered during a long season.

Shot with a Nikon F2/MD2 and 300/4.0 lens on Kodak Ektachrome E-6.