“Time has come to clean out my locker, I’m quitting football”shared the 39-year-old playmaker Pittsburgh Steelers in a video message. Roethlisberger was with his team ten days ago in the playoffs the north american football-Pro league against them Kansas City Chiefs eliminated.
Roethlisberger had already said at the end of the main round that his NFL-Career probably ends after this season and he after two Super Bowltitles with the Steelers will end.
As a professional only in the jersey of the Steelers
The 1.96 meter tall Roethlisberger, who celebrates his 40th birthday on March 2, has only played for the Steelers throughout his professional career since 2004. Twice he won the Super Bowl with the team, in 2011 the team lost the final against the Green Bay Packers.
the U.S-Sports channel “ESPN“appreciated”Big Ben“, as he is called, most recently with a detailed portrait – and once again described the scene that most football fans have in mind: that pass in Super Bowl XLIII on February 1, 2009, when he saw his teammate Santonio Holmes found in the far corner of the end zone and through the touchdown enabled the second title with the Steelers.
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Status: 01/27/2022, 5:14 p.m