Editing Terry Bradshaw (section)

==After football==
[[File:Pro Football Hall of Fame (27034551619).jpg|thumb|Bradshaw's uniform exhibited at the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]]]
Bradshaw was inducted into the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |last1=L.A. TIMES ARCHIVES |title=Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductions : Bradshaw Won't Let a Controversy Spoil 'Greatest Day of Life' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-08-06-sp-391-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 4, 2022 |date=August 6, 1989}}</ref>

In July 1997, Bradshaw served as the presenter when [[Mike Webster]], his center on the Steelers' Super Bowl XIII and XIV title teams, was inducted into the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]].

In 2006, despite the Steelers being one of the teams playing in the game, Bradshaw did not attend a pregame celebration for past Super Bowl MVPs during [[Super Bowl XL]] in [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]. According to reports, Bradshaw (along with three-time MVP and close friend [[Joe Montana]]) requested a US$100,000 guarantee for his appearance in the Super Bowl MVP Parade, and associated appearances. The NFL could not guarantee that they would make that much, so refused. A representative for Bradshaw has since denied this report. After an appearance on ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'' (February 6, 2006), Bradshaw stated that the reason why he did not attend the MVP parade was that he was spending time with family, that he hates the crowds and the Super Bowl media circus, and also that the only way he would attend a Super Bowl is when Fox is broadcasting the game ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] broadcast Super Bowl XL, which is that network's last such game to date), though Bradshaw attended several press conferences in Detroit days earlier. Bradshaw also stated that money was not an issue.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 6, 2006 |title=Montana, Bradshaw deny missing ceremony over $$ |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs05/news/story?id=2321024 |website=www.espn.com |access-date=April 16, 2025}}</ref>

In April 2006, Bradshaw donated his four Super Bowl rings, College Football Hall of Fame ring, Pro Football Hall of Fame ring, Hall of Fame bust, four miniature replica Super Bowl trophies, a helmet, and jersey from one of his Super Bowl victories to his alma mater, Louisiana Tech.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bradshaw keeps memories, gives rings to alma mater|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2404158|work=ESPN.com|date=April 10, 2006|access-date=June 15, 2022}}</ref>

On November 5, 2007, during a nationally televised ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' game, Bradshaw joined former teammates including Franco Harris and [[Joe Greene]] to accept their position on the Steelers' 75th Anniversary All-Time Team.

===Broadcasting career===
[[File:Jared Goff.png|thumb|Bradshaw interviews [[Jared Goff]] after the [[2018 NFC Championship Game]].]]
Bradshaw retired from football on July 24, 1984,<ref name="Retirement">{{cite news|url=http://cover32.com/2016/07/05/day-terry-bradshaw-retired-steelers/|title=The day Terry Bradshaw retired from the Steelers|date=July 5, 2016|publisher=Cover32|access-date=August 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827132451/http://cover32.com/2016/07/05/day-terry-bradshaw-retired-steelers/|archive-date=August 27, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> and quickly signed a television contract with [[NFL on CBS|CBS]] to become an NFL game analyst in [[1984 NFL season|1984]], where he and play-by-play announcer [[Verne Lundquist]] had the top-[[Nielsen ratings|rated]] programs. Prior to his full-time work for them, he served as a guest commentator for [[CBS Sports]]' NFC postseason broadcasts from [[1980 NFL season|1980]]–[[1982 NFL season|82]].

Bradshaw was promoted into television studio analyst for ''[[The NFL Today]]'' in [[1990 NFL season|1990]] (which he hosted with [[Greg Gumbel]] through the [[1993 NFL season|1993 season]]). In 1994, with the Fox network establishing its sports division with their purchase of NFL TV rights, Bradshaw joined ''Fox NFL Sunday'', where he normally acts as a [[foil (literature)|comic foil]] to his co-hosts. On ''Fox NFL Sunday'', he hosts two semiregular features, ''Ten Yards with TB'', where he fires random questions at an NFL professional, and ''The Terry Awards'', an annual comedic award show about the NFL season. As a cross-promotional stunt, he also hosted two consecutive ''Digi-Bowl'' specials in 2001 and 2002 on [[Fox Kids]], providing commentary from the ''NFL on Fox'' studio in-between episodes of ''[[Digimon: Digital Monsters]]''; the 2002 special was the final one as the Fox Kids block ended the same year. He appeared on the first broadcast of ''[[NASCAR on FOX]]'', where he took a ride with [[Dale Earnhardt]] at [[Daytona International Speedway]] the night before Earnhardt was [[Death of Dale Earnhardt|killed in a last-lap crash]] in the [[2001 Daytona 500|Daytona 500]]. Bradshaw also waved the [[Racing flags#Green flag|green flag]] at the start of the ill-fated race.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/earnhardt-nation-excerpt--dale-earnhardt-s-last-daytona-days-044203107.html | title=EARNHARDT NATION excerpt: Dale Earnhardt's last Daytona days | date=February 16, 2016 }}</ref><ref>https://youtube.com/eQEI62mHScA?si=h_kXqz1jSm2ki0ws{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Bradshaw has the reputation of being the "ol' redneck", but in former co-host and NFL coach [[Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)|Jimmy Johnson]]'s words, the act is a "schtick".<ref name="Five Questions With Jimmy Johnson">{{Cite web|url=http://dailytailgate.com/issues/47-DT-Jimmy-Johnson-QA-In-Case-You-Misse|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022003654/http://dailytailgate.com/issues/47-DT-Jimmy-Johnson-QA-In-Case-You-Misse|url-status=dead|title=Five Questions With Jimmy Johnson|archivedate=October 22, 2009}}</ref> According to Johnson, Bradshaw deflects such criticism by stating that "he's so dumb that he has to have somebody else fly his private plane."<ref name="Five Questions With Jimmy Johnson"/>

Bradshaw has also garnered the reputation for criticizing players and teams.<ref name="Treadway">{{cite news | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/23/ann-mara-terry-bradshaw-giants-locker-room_n_1223765.html | work=Huffington Post | first=Daniel | last=Treadway | title=Wife Of Late Giants Owner Yells At Terry Bradshaw | date=January 23, 2012 | access-date=May 29, 2012 | archive-date=April 20, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420012020/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/23/ann-mara-terry-bradshaw-giants-locker-room_n_1223765.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Following [[Super Bowl XLVI]] he was confronted by Ann Mara, wife of the late [[Wellington Mara]], and "heckled" for not picking the Giants to win on ''Fox NFL Sunday''.<ref name="Treadway"/>

For his work in broadcasting, Bradshaw has won three [[Sports Emmy Awards]] as a [[Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio and Sports Event Analyst|studio analyst]].

===Business career===
[[File:Bradshaw- USO 2020 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Bradshaw at a [[United Service Organizations|USO]] event in 2020.]]
During the early part of his career with the Steelers, Bradshaw was a [[Automobile salesperson|used-car salesman]] during the off season to supplement his income, as this was still during the days when most NFL players did not make enough money to focus solely on football.<ref>''NFL on Fox'', [[Philadelphia Eagles]] vs. [[Pittsburgh Steelers]], August 19, 2011</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=DeCamp |first=Scott |date=July 16, 2010 |title=NFL Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw forever the entertainer |url=https://www.mlive.com/sports/kalamazoo/2010/07/scott_decamp_column_nfl_hall_o.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813232230/https://www.mlive.com/sports/kalamazoo/2010/07/scott_decamp_column_nfl_hall_o.html |archive-date=August 13, 2020 |access-date=June 5, 2024 |website=mlive.com |language=en}}</ref>

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Bradshaw sold peanut butter with his name and image on the label.<ref>{{cite news |title=Terry Bradshaw peanut butter |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-shreveport-journal-terry-bradshaw-pe/44866745/?locale=en-CA |access-date=June 6, 2024 |work=[[The Shreveport Journal]] |date=May 30, 1980 |pages=39 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |type=clipping}}</ref> Commercials were run on television in the Shreveport market.

Bradshaw has also written or co-written five books and recorded six albums of [[country/western]] and [[gospel music]]. His cover of "[[I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry]]" hit the top 20 on ''Billboard's'' country chart (and number 91 on the Hot 100) in 1976; two other tunes ("The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me" and "Until You") also made the country charts.<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=58|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref>

In 2001, Bradshaw entered the world of [[NASCAR]] by joining with HighLine Performance Group racing team to form [[FitzBradshaw Racing]]. He also is the spokesman for [[Jani-King|Jani-King international, Inc.]] Bradshaw ended his ownership in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pockrass |first=Bob |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2013-01-31/super-bowl-2013-nfl-dan-marino-randy-moss-brett-favre-troy-aikman-joe-gibbs |title=NFL and NASCAR: Former NFL stars who dabbled in stock-car racing |work=[[Sporting News]] |date=January 31, 2014 |access-date=March 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522121301/http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2013-01-31/super-bowl-2013-nfl-dan-marino-randy-moss-brett-favre-troy-aikman-joe-gibbs |archive-date=May 22, 2013 }}</ref>

Among U.S. consumers, Bradshaw remains one of pro football's most popular retired players. As of September 2007, Bradshaw was the top-ranked former pro football player in the [[Davie-Brown Index]], which surveys consumers to determine a celebrity's appeal and trust levels.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.themarketingarm.com/media/index.php?ID=117|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017162801/http://themarketingarm.com/media/index.php?ID=117|url-status=dead|title=Marketing and Promotions News and Articles<!-- Bot generated title -->|archivedate=October 17, 2007}}</ref>

In early 2020, Bradshaw launched Terry Bradshaw Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, a collaboration with Silver Screen Bottling Company. The bourbon boasts 51.9 percent ABV (103.8 proof) which is Bradshaw's passing percentage. The bourbon is produced by Green River Distilling Company in Owensboro, Kentucky.<ref>{{Cite web |last=bluemillion |date=January 31, 2020 |title=Terry Bradshaw Scores with the Debut of Terry Bradshaw Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey |url=https://bradshawbourbon.com/terry-bradshaw-scores-with-the-debut-of-terry-bradshaw-kentucky-straight-bourbon-whiskey/ |access-date=November 9, 2022 |website=Bradshaw Bourbon |language=en-US}}</ref>