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Pittsburgh Steelers
Established 1933
Play in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Pittsburgh Steelers logo
Helmet Logo
League/Conference affiliations

National Football League (1933–present)

  • Eastern Division (1933-1943; 1945-1949)
  • Western Division (1944)
  • American Conference (1950-1952)
  • Eastern Conference (1953-1969)
    • Century Division (1967-1969)
  • American Football Conference (1970-present)
Current uniform
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Team colors Black and Gold
Personnel
Owner Dan Rooney
General Manager Kevin Colbert
Head Coach Mike Tomlin
Team history
  • Pittsburgh Pirates (1933-1940)
  • Pittsburgh Steelers (1941-1942)
  • Philadelphia-Pittsburgh "Steagles" (1943)
  • Card-Pitt (1944)
  • Pittsburgh Steelers (1945–present)
Pittsburgh Steelers Historical Teams
1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942
1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Championships
League Championships (5)

Conference Championships (6)
Division Championships (17)
Home fields

The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Northern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC), in the National Football League (NFL). The Steelers are the oldest and most championed franchise in the AFC. The team has appeared in six Super Bowls and is, along with the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys, one of three teams to have won the Super Bowl five times. They have appeared in thirteen Conference Championship Games, and have hosted more conference championship games than any other NFL franchise. They are the only team in NFL playoff history to win a Super Bowl after being seeded sixth in the playoffs, winning three consecutive games on the road followed by a Super Bowl victory in Detroit on February 5, 2006 against the Seattle Seahawks.

Originally named the Pittsburgh Pirates, the team, along with the Philadelphia Eagles and the now-defunct Cincinnati Reds football team, joined the NFL as 1933 expansion teams, after Art Rooney, Sr. paid a $2,500 fee. However the Steelers are the heirs to the first ever pro-football team, Pittsburgh being the city to host the world's first pro game in the 1890's, a franchise that would still be in existence today if not for the strict state blue-laws preventing any activity during the sabbath (NFL Sundays) up until 1933. The team was renamed the Steelers in 1941 after the city's prominent steel industry to reflect the "blue-collar worker" ethic of the many Pittsburgh fans as well as to avoid confusion with the major league baseball team with the same name.

External Link: Unofficial Website

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