Count Steeler
08-02-2012, 06:20 PM
The Pittsburgh Steelers tradition began on July 8, 1933. When Art Rooney, Sr. purchased his dream NFL franchise for the grand sum of $2,500, he surely could have never predicted the exponential heights that his team—and, for that matter, the NFL—would come to know!
The team and city have grown together over the course of 80 seasons...
29,220 days...
701,280 hours...
42,076,800 minutes...
2,524,608,000 seconds...
...and nearly 12,000 episodes of Days of Our Lives!
Originally nicknamed the "Pirates," the Steelers of eight decades ago were a team with an unmistakable infancy about them, perennially struggling and earning Rooney the unfortunate nickname of lovable loser. Sadly, the doldrums of defeat hung over the franchise like a never-ending gray sky for four decades. Peaks were at a premium and valleys were the norm.
Read more @ http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1281811-pittsburgh-steelers-80th-anniversary-80-years-80-memories-vol-1-of-16
The team and city have grown together over the course of 80 seasons...
29,220 days...
701,280 hours...
42,076,800 minutes...
2,524,608,000 seconds...
...and nearly 12,000 episodes of Days of Our Lives!
Originally nicknamed the "Pirates," the Steelers of eight decades ago were a team with an unmistakable infancy about them, perennially struggling and earning Rooney the unfortunate nickname of lovable loser. Sadly, the doldrums of defeat hung over the franchise like a never-ending gray sky for four decades. Peaks were at a premium and valleys were the norm.
Read more @ http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1281811-pittsburgh-steelers-80th-anniversary-80-years-80-memories-vol-1-of-16