Greg Hawthorne, Steelers first-round pick and Super Bowl champ, dead at 69
NFL Greg Hawthorne, Steelers first-round pick and Super Bowl champ, dead at 69 By Collin Ward Published July 10, 2026, 7:17 p.m. Add The New York Post on Google Greg Hawthorne, a first-round pick of the Steelers and a Super Bowl champion, has died, his family posted on social media on Thursday. “On behalf of the Hawthorne family, it is with deep sadness that our brother Gregory Dale Hawthorne passed away last night,” a Facebook post read.
- ▪NFL Greg Hawthorne, Steelers first-round pick and Super Bowl champ, dead at 69 By Collin Ward Published July 10, 2026, 7:17 p.m.
- ▪Add The New York Post on Google Greg Hawthorne, a first-round pick of the Steelers and a Super Bowl champion, has died, his family posted on social media on Thursday.
- ▪“On behalf of the Hawthorne family, it is with deep sadness that our brother Gregory Dale Hawthorne passed away last night,” a Facebook post read.
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| Publication time | Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:17:25 -0400 |
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NFL Greg Hawthorne, Steelers first-round pick and Super Bowl champ, dead at 69 By Collin Ward Published July 10, 2026, 7:17 p.m. ET (function() { var overlay = document.getElementById("nyp-player-lcp-overlay"); if (!overlay) { return; } function hideOverlay() { overlay.remove(); } function afterDCL() { requestAnimationFrame(hideOverlay); } if (document.readyState === "loading") { document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", afterDCL, { once: true }); } else { afterDCL(); } })(); See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Greg Hawthorne, a first-round pick of the Steelers and a Super Bowl champion, has died, his family posted on social media on Thursday. He was 69.
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