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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 ...
The Rooney family is an Irish-American family known for its connections to the sports, acting, and political fields. After emigrating from Ireland in the 1840s, it established its American roots in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the 1880s.
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 grew up in Mount Lebanon and attended Gilmour Academy, a private catholic boarding school in Gates Mills, Ohio. While ...
Arthur Joseph Rooney Jr. (born October 18, 1935 [1]) is an American professional football executive who is the vice president for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). The son of the team's founder, Art Rooney , he has been employed by the team since the 1961 season.
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Front office. Owner/president – Art Rooney II Vice president – Art Rooney Jr. Vice president of player personnel – Dan Rooney Jr. General manager – Omar Khan Assistant general manager – Andy Weidl
Dan Rooney remained in the Pittsburgh area, and eventually opened a saloon in the Youghiogheny Valley coal town of Coulter, Pennsylvania (or Coultersville). This is where Dan Rooney met and wed Margaret "Maggie" Murray, who was the daughter of a coal miner, and where the couple's first son, Arthur Joseph Rooney, was born.
The rule is named after Dan Rooney, the former owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and former chairman of the league's diversity committee. [7]It was created as a reaction to the 2002 firings of head coaches Tony Dungy of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dennis Green of the Minnesota Vikings, at a time when Dungy had a winning record and Green had just had his first losing season in ten years.