During the late 1970s, a period when professional football players were joining the ranks of U.S. pop-culture icons, wide receiver Lynn Swann was at the peak of his highly successful nine-year career in the National Football League. Swann played on...

Lynn Curtis Swann (b. March 7, 1952, Alcoa, Tennessee) is a former professional football player, sports broadcaster and a Republican politician. As a youth, Swann went to Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, California, later attended the...

Pittsburgh, Pa. LYNN SWANN is in motion, pushing a gray-haired lady in a wheelchair to her poker game. When she gets there, she asks the young man his name. He says, "I'm Lynn Swann." She says, "No, you're not, you're sh**tin' me."...

On the football field, Lynn Swann was unstoppable, having forged a Hall of Fame career as a Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver. Now, the former NFL star is tackling politics in an effort to become Pennsylvania's first Black governor. Swann, who won the...

Lynn Swann is thinking about running for Congress. The former Pittsburgh Steelers star, a Republican who lost Pennsylvania's gubernatorial race last fall, said Thursday he has been approached to run for the Pittsburgh-area seat held by Democratic Rep. Jason Altmire."I'm still collecting information," Swann, of...

Former Pittsburgh Steeler and sportscaster Lynn Swann continues to lag far behind incumbent Democratic Governor Ed Rendell. Rendell now leads the Republican challenger 56% to 38%. That's not much different from our October 16 poll, when Rendell led 57% to 40%.Swann's campaign started promisingly enough,...