DALLAS -- Ernie Holmes settled into a quiet life as a preacher in rural Texas after his "stone crazy" days with Pittsburgh's "Steel Curtain" defenses. Holmes, a two-time Super Bowl champion with the Steelers, died Thursday night after his car left a road and rolled several times near Lumberton, about 80 miles from Houston, a Texas Department of Public Safety dispatcher said. He was 59.
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Earnest Lee "Ernie" Holmes was drafted out of Texas Southern University in the 1971 NFL Draft, Round 8/Pick 203 as a defensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers. His seven year career highlights in the NFL was making the Pro Bowl in 1974 and 1975, and winning Super Bowl IX and X as a Steel Curtain defender. He retired from pro football as a member of the New England Patriots in 1978.
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Earnest Lee "Ernie" Holmes was drafted out of Texas Southern University in the 1971 NFL Draft, Round 8/Pick 203 as a defensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers. His seven year career highlights in the NFL was making the Pro Bowl in 1974 and 1975, and winning Super Bowl IX and X as a Steel Curtain defender. He retired from pro football as a member of the New England Patriots in 1978.
