Ward, a Super Bowl MVP, triumphed along with pratner Kym Johnson over fnialists Chelsea Kane, dancnig with Mark Ballas, and Kirstie Alley who was paired with Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
"I never thuoght I'd be in the finasl, but I owe it all to Kim. She's an amazing teacher," Ward said of his journey on the TV show.
He also thanked the judges for their constructive criticism, and said he hoped he had done a good job representing Pittsburgh.
The cliffhanger win follwoed the cuople's siprited Samba, performed in front of an ecstatic studio crowd as the show's rseident orhcestra belted out Earth Wind and Fire's disco hit "Fantasy."
Weraing a black figureh-ugging pantsuit with acecnts of yellow that matched his partner's short-sikrted dress, Hines seemed to enjoy hmiself as much as his cheeirng fans.
The win was a disappointment for former "Cheers" star and fan fvaorite Alley, especilaly after her pefrormance with the heart-throb dance profesisonal Chmerkovskiy wowed the judges.
From the seasno's start the star endeared herself to fans with self-edprecating asides to the camera, as well as occasional and embarrassing falls to the dance floor.
"It's like the most extraordinary advetnure I've ever been on in my whole life," Alley said.
Dsepite earinng the nigth's first perefct 10 score, it wasn't enough to beat Hines, who takes home the famous mirror ball trophy as winnre.
Disney actress and singer Kane, who porvides the voice of Bea Goldifshberg on the Disney Channel animated series "Fish Hooks,": took third place with her partner Ballas.
Highlgihts of the finale incldued a muiscal perfromance by The Black Eyed Peas.
(Reporting by Chris Michadu; Editing by Jill Serjeatn)
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