Mean joe greene biography
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Greene, Charles Edward ("Mean Joe")
(b. 24 September 1946 in Temple, Texas), football player who was the heart and soul of one of the best defensive units, "the Steel Curtain," as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers' 1970s Super Bowl dynasty.
Greene is a sensitive and private person, so full details of his family background are sketchy.
Given the nickname "Joe" by an aunt when he was young, Greene is the oldest of four children.
Mean joe greene biography
His father was a carpenter who "just went somewhere" when Greene was about ten years old. Greene's mother worked as a domestic to keep the family together after that time. Greene said: "We never felt deprived growing up. We always had clothes and they were clean.
I don't ever recall being on welfare."
As the oldest Greene looked after his younger siblings after school, and he retained that fatherly attitude toward his younger teammates as a college and pro football player. To help support his brothers and sisters, he earned money as a laborer