Steelers de Pittsburgh

The Steelers de Pittsburgh ( in Pittsburgh Steelers in English) is a frankness from the in [[National League Football]] ( NFL ), the highest league of American football in North America.

The frankness was founded in 1933 in the town of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania under the name of Pirates of Pittsburgh, name of the team of Baseball of the city. The team then plays her matches in the Pitt Stadium. She takes her current name in 1940.

The Steelers gained five times the Super Bowl in 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979 and 2005. It is the record in progress, prisoner also by the Cowboys of Dallas and the 49ers of San Francisco.

History

Prize list

; Titles of division

Champion of Central division: 1972 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979 - 1983 - 1984 - 1992 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 2001
Champion of Northern division: 2002 - 2004

; Titles of the in [[American Football Conference]]

Champion: 1974 - 1975 - 1978 - 1979 - 1995 - 2005

; Super Bowl

1974, 1975, 1978, 1979 and 2005

Detailed history

Pirates of Pittsburgh

The team is created under the impulse of Arthur Rooney on July 8th, 1933. Ronney pays then: 2500 $ with the NFL to have the right to have a news frankness in the town of Pittsburgh. The team is created under the name of the Pirates, in homage to the local team of Baseball.

The first match played by Steelers dated September 20th, 1933 with the defeat 23 to 2 against the Giants of New York. It is necessary to wait seven days more to see the first victory and the first in [[touchdown]] of the team. It is registered by Martin Kottler following an interception on a master key of the Cardinals of Chicago and a race of 96 in [[yard]] S . During the first seven seasons of the team, Ronney will look at impotent its team losing major the part of the matches with only 22 victories and five different trainers.

In 1938, the team will make sign the largest contract of the time with Byron White for a sum of: 15800$. White will play finally only one season with Steelers before signing for the Lions of Strait for three seasons. Following its career White will become judge of the Supreme court the United States. Into 1940, the team changes name and takes the current name of the in Steelers . The name comes from the word English in steel meaning Acier in French, npm pointing out the historical past of the city of the beginning of the 19th century. Pittsburgh makes important industrial great strides then, thanks to the proximity of mines of coal and with its site privileged like commercial crossroads. The production of steel is flourishing there during many years and the nickname of “City of steel brings to him”.

This name change intervenes in a particular context: Alexis Thompson approach the owner of the Eagles of Philadelphia, Beautiful Bert, to buy its frankness and to move it in the town of Boston. Beautiful a market with Rooney goes up then in which this last sells its frankness for: 160,000$ and buy then 50% of the shares of Beautiful to become joint owner of Eagles for: 80000$. The market also implies the transfer of eleven players of Steelers to Eagles in return of eight players. The idea of Ronney and Beautiful is then to have a frankness evolving/moving at the same time with Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The agreement is concluded but finally the frankness from Pittsburgh, with its new name of in Iron Men , is not authorized by the leaders from the NFL to join Boston and the idea of two cities for the same frankness knows the same fate. In same time, Rooney wants to be some to have left Pittsburgh and finally, an agreement is found so that the frankness from Rooney and of Beautiful continues to play Pittsburgh and that of Thompson plays Philadelphia. The team then takes the name of in Steelers and since no part was played by one of the two franknesses during this fuzzy time, the NFL considers whereas there was not really of exchange of franknesses.

Steelers de Pittsburgh

The first season with more victory than of defeat intervenes in 1942 with 7 victories for 4 defeats, thanks to, inter alia, Bill Dudley and its 696 in run yards . During spring 1948, the trainer of Steelers, Sutherland dies of a brain tumor and John Michelosen will take his place until the end of the season 1951. With a card of 20 victories, 26 defeats and 2 ties, Michelosen will not only once manage to qualify Steelers for the play-offs and is replaced by Joe Bach. Bach gives up the station after two seasons and Walt Kiesling, former trainer of the team called again, in vain tries to transform Steelers.

Trainers

Forrest Douds (1933)
Luby DiMelio (1934)
Joe Bach (1935-1936)
John McNally (1937-1939)
Walt Kiesling (1939-1940)
Aldo Donelli (1941)
Beautiful Bert (1941)
Walt Kiesling (1941-1944)
Jim Leonard (1945)
Jock Sutherland (1946-1947)
John Michelosen (1948-1951)
Joe Bach (1952-1953)
Walt Kiesling (1954-1956)
Raymond " Buddy" Parker (1957-1964)
Mike Nixon (1965)
Bill Austin (1966-1968)
Chuck Noll (1969-1991)
Bill Cowher (1992-2006)
Mike Tomlin (2007-)

Large players of the past

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