North Texas Mean Green

Mean Joe Greene

Joe Greene
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His given name is Charles Edward Greene, but the football world knows him as Mean Joe Greene. This will be the 40th anniversary of Greene's senior season at North Texas. That team went 8-2 in the Missouri Valley Conference, losing only to Memphis and Arkansas. Greene, a member of both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame, led North Texas to a 23-5-1 record during his three years (1966-68). He had an illustrious NFL career that saw him named to the Pro Bowl 10 times. Many still consider him one of the most dominant defensive linemen to ever play. He spent his entire career with the Steelers. -- Chris Low

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Greene wasn't always a household name. When the Steelers drafted him fourth overall in 1969, a newspaper headline asked: "Who's Joe Greene?" It didn't take him long to answer. He won four Super Bowl rings and became the cornerstone of the famed "Steel Curtain" defense.

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A member of the College Football HOF, he took over a struggling program in 1973 and turned it around before finishing his career at Iowa.

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