Former Pittsburgh Steelers lineman Craig Wolfley, who was a commentator for Steelers Radio Network, passed away.
American football player and Pittsburgh Steelers color analyst Craig Alan Wolfley was born May 19, 1958, and died March 10, 2025. He was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL), playing for the Steelers for the majority of his career before joining the Minnesota Vikings for his last season. He was a host on 970 ESPN with fellow Steeler Max Starks.
Wolfley studied from 1976 to 1979 at Syracuse University. He was an offensive lineman and a four-year letter winner. Wolfley was selected for the Syracuse University Football All-Century squad in 1999.
He was selected in the fifth round of the NFL draft and spent 1980–1989 with the Pittsburgh Steelers as an offensive guard and offensive tackle. The Minnesota Vikings were where he played his last years, from 1990 to 1991. The bulk of Wolfley’s 104 starts came at left guard.
After retiring, Wolfley joined the Steelers as a broadcaster. Up until 2021, Wolfley was a sideline reporter. He also presented a radio show every day, primarily alongside his old buddy and Steelers teammate Tunch Ilkin.
Wolfley became the team’s color commentator for radio broadcasts after Ilkin passed away in 2021. Max Starks, a former Steeler, took Ilkin’s place on Wolfley’s daily program.
Apart from football, Wolfley also participated in martial arts, sumo wrestling, boxing, and weightlifting. He came in fifth position in the World’s Strongest Man contest in 1981. Wolfley was defeated by Butterbean in a four-round boxing contest in 2002. He was also a black belt in jiu jitsu.
Wolfley, Mike Webster, and Tunch Ilkin, two other prominent Steelers, attended South Hills Bible Chapel, which was led by Pastor John Hay Munro.
Faith, Megan, Hannah, and Esther were Wolfley’s three children with his wife; Kyle, ‘CJ’, and Max were his three boys. There are two of those kids from a prior marriage. He and Faith used to own the Wolfpack Boxing Club in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, where they instructed martial arts, boxing, and other sports.
He was the brother of former Arizona Cardinals running back and later color analyst Ron Wolfley.
At the age of 66, Wolfley passed away from cancer on March 10, 2025.