After 30 NFL seasons, Hillgrove retires

Bob Labriola

It was 1994, the telephone rang, and as he had done throughout his professional life both literally and metaphorically, Bill Hillgrove answered the call.

"At the time, Tony Quatrini was the sales manager at WTAE radio. He called me and said, 'Mr. (Dan) Rooney keeps asking for your (audition) tape,'" said Hillgrove about that conversation. "I said to Tony that I never submitted one. He said, 'W