'It was a marriage of a gritty, blue-collar populace and a just as gritty, just as blue-collar football star from Western Pennsylvania that was further cemented by the resolve and resilience Kelly displayed in dealing with extreme circumstances. The hard-to-swallow losses in each of those Super Bowls are among them, of course, but even more to the point were the death of his son Hunter at age 8 from Krabbe’s Disease, and two bitter fights of his own with cancer.'