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The Rooney Family are six-time Super Bowl winners as the owners of the Steelers. Dan Rooney (left) is shown here with President George W. Bush (right) after winning his family's fifth Lombardi Trophy in 2006. Dan Rooney was named an honorary CBE in 2008 (left), while Rep. Tom Rooney received two Army Commendation Medals during his stint in the ...
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Ben Roethlisberger (2004–2021) started 247 games for the Steelers, the most in franchise history by any player.
Daniel Milton Rooney (July 20, 1932 – April 13, 2017) was an American professional football executive and diplomat best known for his association with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL), [3] and son of the Steelers' founder, Art Rooney. He held various roles within the organization, most notably as president, owner ...
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The ownership of the Steelers has remained within the Rooney family since the organization's founding. [10] Art Rooney's son, Dan Rooney, owned the team from 1988 until his death in 2017. Much control of the franchise has been given to Dan Rooney's son, Art Rooney II. The Steelers enjoy a large, widespread fanbase nicknamed Steeler Nation. [11]
Arthur Joseph Rooney Sr. (January 27, 1901 – August 25, 1988), often referred to as "the Chief", was an American professional football executive. He was the founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, an American football franchise in the National Football League (NFL), from 1933 until his death.
In 1933, as the oldest of nine children Art Rooney, who had been raised on the North Side of Pittsburgh, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers. [21] Originally nicknamed the Pirates, [22] the team later changed their name to the Steelers, to represent the city's heritage of producing steel. The Steelers' first season with a winning record came in 1942.
Arthur Joseph Rooney II was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the eldest of nine children of Patricia (Reagan) and longtime Steelers chairman Dan Rooney, [2] and the grandson of Steelers founder "the Chief", Art Rooney, Sr. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1978 with a B.A. in Political Science. [3]