Editing Lynn Swann (section)

{{Short description|American football player and politician (born 1952)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Lynn Swann
| image       = Lynn Swann official photo.jpg
| caption     = Swann in 2005
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1952|3|7}}
| birth_place = [[Alcoa, Tennessee]], U.S.
| death_date  =
| death_place = 
| number      = 88
| position    = [[Wide receiver]]
| height_ft   = 5
| height_in   = 11
| weight_lbs  = 180
| high_school = [[Junípero Serra High School (San Mateo, California)|Junípero Serra]]<br>([[San Mateo, California]])
| college     = [[USC Trojans football|USC]] (1970–1973)
| draftyear   = 1974
| draftround  = 1
| draftpick   = 21
| pastteams   =
* [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] ([[1974 NFL season|1974]]–[[1982 NFL season|1982]])
| pastadmin   =
* [[Pittsburgh Power]] ({{AFL Year|2011}}–{{AFL Year|2014}})<br>Co-owner
* [[USC Trojans|USC]] (2016–2019)<br>Athletic director
| highlights  =
* 4× [[List of Super Bowl champions|Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl IX|IX]], [[Super Bowl X|X]], [[Super Bowl XIII|XIII]], [[Super Bowl XIV|XIV]])
* [[Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award|Super Bowl MVP]] ([[Super Bowl X|X]])
* [[Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award|NFL Man of the Year]] (1981)
* 3× First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1975 All-Pro Team|1975]], [[1977 All-Pro Team|1977]], [[1978 All-Pro Team|1978]])
* 3× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1976 Pro Bowl|1975]], [[1978 Pro Bowl|1977]], [[1979 Pro Bowl|1978]])
* [[List of National Football League season receiving touchdown leaders|NFL receiving touchdowns co-leader]] (1975)
* [[National Football League 1970s All-Decade Team|NFL 1970s All-Decade Team]]
* [[PFWA NFL All-Rookie Team]] ([[PFWA NFL All-Rookie Team#1974|1974]])
* [[Pittsburgh Steelers All-Time Team]]
* [[Pittsburgh Steelers#Hall of Honor|Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Honor]]
* [[Pittsburgh Pro Football Hall of Fame]]
* [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National champion]] ([[1972 USC Trojans football team|1972]])
* Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1973 College Football All-America Team|1973]])
* [[Pop Warner Trophy]] (1973)
* First-team [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams|All-Pac-8]] ([[1973 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team|1973]])
| statlabel1  = [[Reception (gridiron football)|Receptions]]
| statvalue1  = 336
| statlabel2  = [[Reception (gridiron football)|Receiving yards]]
| statvalue2  = 5,462
| statlabel3  = [[Touchdown|Receiving touchdowns]]
| statvalue3  = 51
| pfr         = S/SwanLy00
| HOF         = lynn-swann
| CollegeHOF  = 1958 
}}

'''Lynn Curtis Swann''' (born March 7, 1952) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player, broadcaster, politician, and athletic director, best known for his association with the [[University of Southern California]] and the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]. He served on the [[President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition]] from 2002 to 2005. In [[Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 2006|2006]], he was the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee for [[Governor of Pennsylvania]].

Swann was born in Alcoa, Tennessee. He attended USC and played football as a wide receiver of the [[USC Trojans football|USC Trojans]], where he was a consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]]. He is regarded as one of the most popular and one of the greatest wide receivers of his generation. He was selected by the Steelers in the first round of the [[1974 NFL draft]]. With the Steelers, Swann won four Super Bowls, was selected to three Pro Bowls, and was named [[Super Bowl MVP|MVP]] of [[Super Bowl X]]. Swann was inducted into the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 2001 and the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1993.