History of the Steelers Logo

The Steelers logo is based on the Steelmark logo belonging to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). Created by U.S. Steel Corp. (now known as USX Corp.), the logo contains three hypocycloids (diamond shapes).

In the 1950s, when helmet logos became popular, the Steelers added players' numbers to either side of their gold helmets. Later that decade, the numbers were removed and in 1962, Cleveland's Republic Steel suggested to the Steelers that they use the Steelmark as a helmet logo.

First and Sixth Superbowl win by the Pittsburgh Steelers

First Superbowl win

Super bowl IX-Steelers 16, Vikings 6

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Date: January 12, 1975

Attendance: 80,997

MVP: Franco Harris - RB - Pittsburgh Steelers

AFC champion Pittsburgh, in its initial Super Bowl appearance, and NFC champion Minnesota, making a third bid for its first Super Bowl title, struggled through a first half in which the only score was produced by the Steelers' defense when Dwight White downed Vikings' quarterback Fran Tarkenton in the end zone for a safety 7:49 into the second period.

The Steelers forced another break and took advantage on the second-half kickoff when Minnesota's Bill Brown fumbled and Marv Kellum recovered for Pittsburgh on the Vikings' 30.

Sixth Superbowl win

Super bowl XLIII-Steelers 27, Cardinals 23

Location: Tampa Florida

Date: Febuary 1, 2009

Attendence: 70,774

MVP: Santonio Holmes, Wide receiver

The Team History

      The fifth-oldest franchise in the NFL, the Steelers was formed on July 8, 1993, by Arthur Joseph Rooney. They were originally named the Pittsburgh Pirates, they were a member of the Eastern Division of the 10-team NFL. The other four current NFL teams in existence at the time were the Green Bay Packers, Chicago (Arizona) Cardinals, Chicago Bears and New York Giants. In 1964, Rooney was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of for his contributions to the growth of the NFL and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Rooney was married on June 11, 1931, to Kathleen Mcnutly, and the couple had 5 sons-Daniel, Art Jr., Tim, John And Pat.