With the Pittsburgh Steelers being the most recent winners of the Super Bowl here is a look at their road to victory through the years including a little bit of the Pittsburgh Steelers founding and history. Firstly, they are the fifth oldest franchise in the NFL being founded in 1933 by Art Rooney – the ownership of the team has remained with the Rooney family since foundation with the current Pittsburgh Steelers owner being Dan Rooney, a son of Art´s.
They pride themselves in having 18 members and coaches inducted into the Pro Football Hall Of Fame, this makes Pittsburgh Steelers the third most recognized within the NFL. There championships consists of 6 Super Bowl wins, 7 Conference Championships and 19 Divisional Championships between the AFC Central and North. In this time they have also had 25 Playoff appearances dating from the first in 1947 through to last season.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have moved home several times through the years, the story started at Forbes Road which was their field from 1933 until 1963, with a small gap which they spent the season of 1958 at Pitt Stadium which later become home from 1963 ´til 1969, moving from there to the Three Rivers Stadium until 2000 when they then moved on to their current home at Heinz Field.
We mentioned the Hall of Fame members from the Pittsburgh Steelers, so to mention them in simply in alphabetical order of their surname they are; Bert Bell, Mel Bount, Terry Bradshaw, Len Dawson, Bill Dudley, Joe Green, Jack Ham, Franco Harris, Robert Hubbard, John Henry Johnson, Walt Kiesling, Jack Lambert, Bobby Layne, Johnny McNally, Marion Motley, Chuck Noll, Art Rooney, Dan Rooney, John Stallworth, Ernie Stautner, Lynn Swann, Mike Webster and Rod Woodson.
As you can see the Pittsburgh Steelers have made some remarkable achievements in their time and deserve all the victorious glory they received after their most recent Super Bowl win, and look set to continue their success into the next season after adding a further 3 investors into the team including John Stallworth.
We will have to wait and see what the next season brings for the Pittsburgh Steelers but until then you can visit QuarterbackFan – a dedicated NFL store online for all Pittsburgh Steelers memorabilia, apparel and gifts for yourself, a family member or even a friend. With the love of the NFL growing rapidly the store caters for all 32 teams within the NFL so you are sure to find what you are looking for.