ut what Pittsburgh likes most about both of these guys is that they are champions, most valuable players in their respective sports. And largely because of them, bumper stickers and billboards all over town now boast that Pittsburgh is "The City of Champions." So it is. Photograph by Walter Iooss Jr. Text by Ron Fimrite Willie Stargell was named the 1979 World Series' Most Valuable Player after the Pirates beat the Baltimore Orioles in Game Seven on his two-run homer. Stargell spent his entire career in Pittsburgh, where he retired in 1982 after 21 seasons. Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987, Stargell, now 56, is special assistant/player development for the Atlanta Braves and a director of the Association of Professional Baseball Players of America. In 1979, Terry Bradshaw was named the Most Valuable Player of the Super Bowl and the NFL Player of the Year, and was the first quarterback in NFL history to win three Super Bowls. He retired in 1983 with two Super Bowl Most Valuable Player awards and 212 career touchdowns. He was inducted into the Football Hall of Fame in 1989. At 48, Bradshaw is a football analyst for Fox Sports, a rancher with farms in Louisiana and Texas and a motivational speaker.
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