(File Photo: Source for Photo: Fomrer Steelers player Mike Wagner talks about the Immaculate Reception (Robin Rombach/Post-Gazette)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Four-time Super Bowl champion defensive back Mike Wagner, who played on the championship teams of the Steelers in the 1970s, has died at the age of 76. Steelers President Art Rooney II announced the passing of Wagner last night. Wagner played all ten of his NFL seasons for the Steelers and played 119 games for them. He was an 11th-round draft pick in 1971 out of Western Illinois and went on to have 36 career interceptions, including an NFL-best of eight in 1973. Wagner is sixth in Steelers history in career interceptions. He earned two straight Pro Bowl nods in 1975 and 1976 and was also named to the All-Pro second team in 1976. He was a key member of the famous “Steel Curtain” defense who intercepted the Vikings’ Fran Tarkenton in Super Bowl IX and intercepted the Cowboys’ Roger Staubach in Super Bowl X. In 2020, he was inducted into the Steelers Hall of Honor. After he retired, he remained in Western Pennsylvania as a businessman.