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The Pittsburgh Steelers are founded.
On July 8th 1933 the Pittsburgh Steelers was founded by Arthur J. Rooney. The are the seventh oldest franchise in the NFL. -
From Pirates to Steelers.
For the first seven years the team now known as the Steelers had taken the nam Pirates. But once 1940 rolled around they decided to change their name to the Steelers and it has stuck ever since. -
Steelers Hired an African American assistant coach.
The Rooney family had long been civil rights advocates. And in 1957 the Steelers became the first team to hire an African American assistant coach. -
Steelers first division championship
In 1970 nearly 40 years after the creation of the Steelers they finally won their first division championship. -
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The Iron curtain Steelers
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Steelers first Superbowl win.
It had been only 5 years since the Steelers really started coming onto the scene and on January 12th 1975 the Steelers took their first Super Bowl win over the Vikings the Score was Steelers 16 – Vikings 6. During the seventies the Steelers had won 4 Super Bowls and had won 2 consecutive Super Bowls not once but twice. -
Steelers back to back superbowl wins.
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The Ravens
Before the ravens there were the Baltimore colts and the Steelers hadn’t had a huge rivalry with them as they do with the Ravens. Once the Ravens came to Baltimore a legendary rivalry started to take place. -
The Steelers 6th SuperbowlVictory
There Steelers had won Four Superbowls in the 70’s one in the 80’s and now it was finally time for Superbowl win number 6. They had won the Superbowl for the 6th time in 2007 to become the only team to win 6 Superbowls. -
The Ben Roethlisberger Scandal.
In 2008 Star Steelers quarterback was charged of rape and sexual assault on multiple women. He was later suspended from play for a few games. Since then a couple of the girls have some forward and said that they lied and were only in it for the money. -
2 Steelers Running backs arrested
With the upcoming season approaching and last season not going so well. Many Steelers fans were discouraged to find out that the top two Steelers Running Backs were arrested for Marijuana Possession.
