Jim Sweeney Cause of Death:  Previous Pittsburgh Steelers hostile lineman and Pittsburgh local Jim Sweeney has kicked the bucket at 60 years old, the New York Planes declared in Sunday before the two groups play at Acrisure Arena.

Sweeney played three seasons for the Steelers from 1996-99 toward the finish of his vocation. He began his NFL residency as a third-round draft select from Pitt in 1984 and played 11 seasons in the green and white. Sweeney likewise played one season with the Seattle Seahawks.

Jim Sweeney Cause of Death:  During his playing profession, Sweeney played tackle, focus and gatekeeper and was noted for his adaptability. At a certain point, he began 158 straight games for the Planes.

“Jim was an ordinary Pittsburgh fellow. He was extreme,” Planes radio examiner and previous colleague Marty Lyons told NewYorkJets.com. “He was hard to rehearse against each day. You could depend on him each and every Sunday. However, he had an alternate character when he got over the lines. Obstinate, intense football player, a caring companion off the field.”

Jim Sweeney Cause of Death:  Brought into the world in Pittsburgh in 1962, Sweeney went to Seton-La Salle in the South Slopes prior to continuing on toward Pitt, where he played up and down the hostile line and furthermore at tight end as a two-year starter. He procured second-group All-American distinctions as senior in 1983.

Sweeney was an individual from the 1984 NFL All-Tenderfoot group. He played a sum of 228 games in his 16-year vocation, 46 with the Steelers. He enjoyed three seasons with the Steelers, for the most part as a reinforcement towards the finish of his profession.

Jim Sweeney Cause of Death:  “Jim was only an incredible person, man,” previous Steelers linebacker Levon Kirkland said during graduated class end of the week. “I love that he was large, and I mean solid. He had hands and I was like ‘goodness’! I was constantly captivated by Jim. I recollect him at Pitt what not. Furthermore, to have him in the group, we would gab. He was one of my number one individuals.”

Jim Sweeney Cause of Death:  After his retirement, Sweeney got into instructing, functioning as hostile line mentor under Greg Gattuso at Duquesne from 2000-02. He trained at Peters Municipality and South Fayette at the secondary school level and worked with the Pittsburgh Power in 2013 preceding he re-joined Gattuso at Albany in 2014, where he instructed filled in as hostile line mentor and in 2020 added partner lead trainer to his obligations in 2021, preceding his agreement was not recharged.