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Defensive end L.C. Greenwood is one of four former Pittsburgh Steelers players nominated for consideration by the seniors blue-ribbon committee for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026.
The Seniors Committee considers players whose final season was played before 2000. There were a total of 162 players nominated, which will be whittled down by the seniors screening committee over the next few weeks to a total of 50 semifinalists. The blue-ribbon committee will then narrow that list to three finalists, which will be voted on by the entire Hall of Fame voting panel.
In addition to Greenwood, outside linebacker Greg Lloyd, wide receivers coach Lionel Taylor and running back Byron “Whizzer” White were also nominated.
Greenwood and White were both nominated for the 2025 class, with Greenwood advancing to the finalist round of voting. Kicker Norm Johnson, quarterback Jack Kemp, defensive lineman Eugene “Big Daddy” Lipscomb, linebacker Andy Russell and defensive back Mike Wagner were also nominated last year, with Kemp and Russell advancing along with Greenwood to the semifinalist phase.
Greenwood is probably the most-decorated member of the 1970s Steelers who has not yet been enshrined in Canton, Ohio. A 10th-round draft pick out of Arkansas Pine-Bluff in 1969, Greenwood became a starter in his third season and then spent another 10 as the team’s stalwart at left defensive end.
He was a four-time Super Bowl champion, a six-time Pro Bowler and a two-time All-Pro. Greenwood was a member of the NFL 1970s All-Decade Team, and is already a member of the Steelers Hall of Honor.
Though sacks were not official NFL statistics until 1983, research by Pro Football Reference credits Greenwood with 78 in his career, the fourth-most in franchise history.
Greenwood retired in 1981 and died from kidney failure in 2013 at the age of 67.
Lloyd was nominated for the first time as a senior selection. A sixth-round pick out of Ft. Valley State in 1988, Lloyd became one of the most feared pass rushers of his generation, racking up 54.5 career sacks over 11 seasons, 10 of which were the with Steelers.
Lloyd was a five-time Pro Bowler, a three-time first-team All-Pro and twice finished int he top three in voting for the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award. A ferocious competitor on and off the field, Lloyd famously sported a t-shirt with the slogan “I Wasn’t Hired For My Disposition.”
Taylor, who died in August, was a two-time Super Bowl champion as the Steelers’ wide receivers coach from 1970-76, helping to develop Pro Football Hall of Famers Lynn Swann and John Stallworth. He was nominated for his 10-year playing career, mostly spent with the Denver Broncos in the AFL.
White was the Steelers’ first-round pick in the 1938 NFL Draft and led the NFL in rushing attempts and yards in his rookie season, rushing 152 times for 567 yards. He earned an All-Pro nod that season, but White chose to leave the NFL to pursue graduate studies at Oxford. He eventually...
