HOF'er Russ Grimm hosts O-line camp in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH — Former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line coach Russ Grimm is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame for his play on the Washington Redskins’ legendary offensive line, which propelled Washington to three Super Bowl titles.

He won another Super Bowl championship with the Steelers as their offensive line coach.

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Grimm could spend his free time on the golf course or at the beach, but that's not what happened this past weekend as the Western Pennsylvania native spent his free time at West Allegheny High School in Imperial keeping a coaching legacy alive.

Grimm lead over 150 high school offensive linemen onto the field for the 5th annual Joe Moore O-Line Camp.

Moore was a legendary offensive line coach at Pitt and Notre Dame. Grimm was one of his best students.

"You think when we were young and a lot of coaches that would comeback were young, you know we had a lot of people help us out," Grimm said. "They would teach us some things about life, football, things like that -- it's just a way of saying, I want to return the favor."

Seeing Grimm give back makes an impression.

Kansas City Chiefs center Eric Kush, who is the only player to be drafted out of Chartiers Valley, made sure the Colts were represented, bringing 10 players to camp on his dime.

"It's good to see them grow, mature, turn into young adults," Kush said. "I want to help them get a little better at football and help them,you know, get started in life in the right direction."

Joe Moore's son, James, is helping to keep his father's legacy of teaching going, and he understands why his dad's former players return year after year to run the camp.

"They want to give back because they feel they became better people and better players by what my dad taught them," Moore said. "They feel they should push that onto the younger kids."

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