Joe Santoni of Charleroi Pennsylvania named the Steelers in 1938 when he entered a contest held by a Pittsburgh newspaper "to name the Football team." He entered two names, the Steelers and the Smokies both referring to the steel making in the region. When his name was selected Joe won a season pass for the next year and he remained a loyal Steeler fan until his death in October 2003 at the age of 82.
The Steelers were first named the Pittsburgh Pirates and in 1940 they were renamed the Steelers.
Art Rooney founded the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 8, 1933. In 1940 the team was re-named the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are an American football team.
Pittsburgh is a major steel-producing city, so the name is a nod to local industry. The team was originally named the Pirates but changed to the Steelers in 1940.
Art Rooney Sr. paid a $2,500 entrance fee to the NFL for a team in Pittsburgh. He named the team the Pittsburgh Pirates. Their name was changed to the Steelers in 1940-42 and then again from 1945 to the present.
The current Pittsburgh Steelers team president is Art Rooney II.
No, they were not. However the Pittsburgh Steelers football team was known as the Pirates from 1933-1939.
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No.
Because that is the team that signed them.
The Steelers.