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Steelers get Super Bowl rings

(L to R) Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin, an unidentified Marine, Steelers wide receivers Santonio Holmes and Heins Wars and President Barack Obama fill care packages for soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan at a community service event where Obama acknowledged the 2009 Super Bowl champions Pittsburgh Steelers, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on May 21, 2009. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
(L to R) Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin, an unidentified Marine, Steelers wide receivers Santonio Holmes and Heins Wars and President Barack Obama fill care packages for soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan at a community service event where Obama acknowledged the 2009 Super Bowl champions Pittsburgh Steelers, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on May 21, 2009. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch) | License Photo

PITTSBURGH, June 10 (UPI) -- Members of the 2009 Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers received their rings for the team's sixth NFL title, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said.

The rings were given during a private team ceremony at East Club Lounge at Heinz Field Tuesday while the Pittsburgh Penguins were beating the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in Game 6 of the NHL's Stanley Cup Finals.

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Former all-pro defensive tackle Joe Greene, one of five club employees who have earned six Super Bowl rings, and former linebacker Larry Foote attended the event.

"It is a beautiful ring," Greene said about the 3.7-ounce, 3.61-carat ring, which contains 63 diamonds. "You have six kids, you love them all equally. There is no best."

"Everybody's in awe right now," said backup quarterback Charlie Batch. "When everybody opened his box, it was like 'Wow!' This is the defining moment -- to put an exclamation point on last season. It signifies everything we accomplished last season."

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