When it came to football in the 1930s, the college sport was king.
But in 1933, former boxer and minor league baseball player Art
Rooney, who had quarterbacked the squad at Duquesne University,
purchased a team for Pittsburgh for $2,500. Thus began the legacy
we know as "Steeler Nation." At the time, no one could have
imagined that the Pirates, as they were originally named, would
become a treasured possession for Pittsburghers. For the first 40
years, the franchise was a national joke. With only one playoff
performance-a 21-0 defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia Eagles
for the eastern division title in 1947-highlights were minimal for
a team that regularly found itself at the bottom of the standings.
Then in 1969, Art Rooney's son Dan hired Chuck Noll from the
Baltimore Colts to coach his team. Noll replaced undisciplined
players with future hall of famers. By 1974 the team won its first
world championship and went on to capture four Super Bowl titles in
six years. Noll's legacy for excellence continued with four more
Super Bowl appearances and two championships in 2005 and 2008,
garnering the franchise a league record of six Super Bowl wins.
Classic Steelers includes these six championship tilts and takes
citizens of the Steeler Nation on a play-by-play tour of the most
memorable games in the team's history. Author David Finoli recounts
in vivid detail the thrilling gridiron performances that have made
the Steelers so special to their legions of fans.
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