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Myron Cope | Pittsburgh Steelers - Steelers.com
The majority of the individuals who have been enshrined in the Steelers Hall of Honor will forever be remembered for their plays on the field or coaching prowess.
But for Myron Cope, he will be remembered for something else.
Oh, and also a little something called the Terrible Towel.
Cope became a household name when he was hired as the radio color commentator for Steelers games in 1970, and oh was he colorful. He brought a unique approach to the booth up until his final season in 2004, an approach that endeared him to listeners and made him a Pittsburgh legend.
Cope, who passed away in 2008 at age 79, was the first pro football broadcaster to be elected to the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2005 and was presented the Pete Rozelle Radio and Television Award at the 2005 Pro Football Hall of Fame ceremonies in Canton, Ohio. In 1983 he became the first member of the broadcast media to be appointed by the Pro Football Hall of Fame to its Board of Selectors.
He also was the creator of the famous Terrible Towel, somethin
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Myron Cope, originally Myron Kopelman, was born on January 23, 1929, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Ellis and Elizabeth Kopelman. He attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he graduated with a BAin Arts and Sciences in 1951. He married Mildred Lindberg on December 28, 1964, with whom he had three children: Martha (who died shortly after birth), Daniel, and Elizabeth. Daniel was born with severe autism and was sent to live in a special home where he could receive the care he needed. Mildred died on September 20, 1994, after a long battle with cancer.
Cope began his sports-writing career in 1951, right before his graduation from college. He was hired at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as a "stringer," or part-time correspondent, on the college scene. Looking for a more substantial position in a newsroom, Cope left for Erie, Pennsylvania and joined the Erie Times. While he was there he tried his hand at magazine writing for the first time and had a short story published in Sir Magazine. Less than a year after he joined the ErieTimes, Cope received a telegram from the Pi “Myron Cope was far more than a broadcaster; he was a founding father of Steelers Nation. Nobody could whip up excitement among the fans like him. Nobody else could’ve made the Terrible Towel into the icon it’s become. Dan Joseph and Elizabeth Cope’s biography captures the Myron I knew and then some. I was his friend for forty years, and I learned new things about him from just reading a couple of chapters. This is great stuff!”—Bill Hillgrove, Steelers play-by-play announcer, 1994–2024 “If you are of a certain age, and happen to be from Pittsburgh, and the name Myron Cope is mentioned, all of sudden there is a flood of unforgettable memories that pop into your mind. With his high-pitched voice with an alien-like vocabulary that can only be described as ‘Pittburghese,’ Cope caught the imagination of his listeners. Through his voice we the players—the focus of his attention—became household names to a fan base that never missed a game. No matter where his fans were, they would have a radio in
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