Mel Blount

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American football player cornerback human

Mel Blount is a Hall of Fame cornerback renowned for his dominant play with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970s, where he helped lead the team to four Super Bowl titles.

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Label Occurrences
Mel Blount canonical 6

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American football player ⓘ
cornerback ⓘ
human ⓘ
allProSelectionCount 2 ⓘ
awardReceived NFL Defensive Player of the Year ⓘ
awardReceivedYear 1975 ⓘ
careerEnd 1983 ⓘ
careerStart 1970 ⓘ
championshipWon Super Bowl IX ⓘ
Super Bowl X ⓘ
Super Bowl XIII ⓘ
Super Bowl XIV ⓘ
collegeAttended Southern University and A&M College ⓘ
surface form: Southern University
conference AFC ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1948-04-10 ⓘ
draftedBy Pittsburgh Steelers ⓘ
draftPickNumber 53 ⓘ
draftRound 3 ⓘ
draftYear 1970 ⓘ
familyName Blount ⓘ
founded Mel Blount Youth Home ⓘ
fullName Melvin Cornell Blount ⓘ
givenName Melvin ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Pro Football Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 1989 ⓘ
height 6 ft 3 in ⓘ
inductedInto Black College Football Hall of Fame ⓘ
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame ⓘ
jerseyNumber 47 ⓘ
league National Football League ⓘ
melBlountRuleDescription NFL rule limiting contact with receivers beyond five yards from the line of scrimmage ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam Pittsburgh Steelers ⓘ
notableFor physical style of pass coverage ⓘ
notableTeamUnit Steel Curtain defense of the 1970s ⓘ
surface form: Steel Curtain defense
numberOfSuperBowlTitles 4 ⓘ
occupation philanthropist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Vidalia, Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Vidalia, Georgia, United States
playedEra 1970s ⓘ
early 1980s ⓘ
playedForTeamFrom Pittsburgh Steelers ⓘ
positionPlayed cornerback ⓘ
proBowlSelectionCount 5 ⓘ
ruleNamedAfter Mel Blount rule ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
teamCity Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh
teamState Pennsylvania ⓘ
youthHomeLocation Pennsylvania ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team → hasNotablePlayer → Mel Blount ⓘ
Steel Curtain defense of the 1970s → notablePlayer → Mel Blount ⓘ
Steel Curtain defense of the 1970s → hallOfFamePlayer → Mel Blount ⓘ
Pro Football Hall of Fame 1989 → hasInductee → Mel Blount ⓘ
Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Honor → hasInductee → Mel Blount ⓘ
Pittsburgh Steelers All-Time Team → hasNotableInductee → Mel Blount ⓘ