Search results
People also ask
Did Hines Ward achieve success in Dancing with the Stars season 12?
Who is Hines Ward?
What ethnicity is Hines Ward Sr?
Will Steelers release WR Hines Ward?
Dancing with the Stars performance. On May 24, 2011, Ward and his partner Kym Johnson won season 12 of the American TV dance competition Dancing with the Stars.
- 85
- Georgia (1994–1997)
- 12,083
May 25, 2011 · In the season 12 finale of Dancing With the Stars, NFL superstar Hines Ward was able to achieve what Tom Bergeron’s voiceover hauntingly called “success in an environment where the odds are...
- Coming to America
- Greatness at Georgia
- Heading to The Steel City
- Going All The Way
- Closing Things Out
- Stardom Off The Field
Unlike many NFL players, Ward wasn’t born in a wholesome small town in Middle America. In fact, he wasn’t even born in the States. Hines Edward Ward Jr. was actually born in Seoul, South Korea on March 8, 1976. His mother, Kim Young He, is Korean, and his father, Hines Ward Sr., is African-American. Ward Jr. did, however, spend most of his childhoo...
Although he was thought to have promise as a baseball player (he was chosen by the Florida Marlins in the 73rd round of the 1994 Major League Baseball draft), Ward decided to stick to football by the time he went off to college. He decided to play for the storied University of Georgia Bulldogs, however, early on it wasn’t clear that he was headed f...
Ward’s stock as a draftee, however, fell when suitors found that he didn’t have an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee due to a childhood bicycling accident. Instead of being drafted in the first round, as some expected, he was still on the board towards the end of the third round, when the Pittsburgh Steelersfinally selected him with...
The Steelers’ fortunes would turn dramatically in 2004. They took quarterback Ben Roethlisberger with the 11th pick in that year’s draft, and he would become their cornerstone for many years to come. After becoming a starter for good in his third game, “Big Ben” played very well, and the Steelers went undefeated in his 13 games as a first-stringer ...
In the 2009 offseason, Pittsburgh rewarded Ward with a four-year, $22 million contract extension and a $3 million signing bonus. He was worth every penny in the ’09 season, as he recorded 1,167 yards and six touchdowns, as well as at least 100 yards in five different games. But star safety Troy Polamalu missed several games due to injury, and the S...
Many, if not most NFL players are relative unknowns to those who don’t watch football. But in 2011, Ward introduced himself to a whole different group of fans when he participated in season 12 of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars.” In the season finale, he won the competition (along with his professional dance partner Kym Johnson), beating out actress ...
Hines Edward Ward, Jr. is the winning celebrity from Season 12 of Dancing with the Stars. Ward was born in Seoul, South Korea, to an African-American father, Hines Ward Sr., and Korean mother, Kim Young Hee (김영희).
May 25, 2011 · Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver is crowned "Dancing with the Stars" Season 12's champion; Kirstie Alley takes second place.
