WR Limas Sweed wears #80 for the Steelers, but you won't see him in the Super Bowl because he's on injured reserve.
There was no number 26 on the 1978 Pittsburgh Steelers. NO player wore number 26 again until Scoop Gillespie in 1984, according to the teams record book.
Johnny Clement was the only Steelers player to wear #00. He wore it from 1946-1948.
Preston Pearson, who later played for the Dallas Cowboys, wore jersey number 26 from 1970-74. According to the Steelers Record Book on Steelers.com, NO player wore number 26 again until Scoop Gillespie in 1984. So, your answer is that there was no #26 on the Steelers 1978 roster, according to the teams record book.
No Steelers player, past or present, has ever openly admitted to being homosexual.
Defensive tackle Ernie Stautner had his #70retired by the Steelers. That has been the only number they have retired.
Click on the 'Pittsburgh Steelers' link underneath this answer to see a list of players for the Steelers and what jersey number they wore. Next to the players name, in parenthesis, is the year or years that the player played for the Steelers. If the value within parenthesis is something like (40-44) or (48), that means the player played for the Steelers in the 1940s.
There was no player on the Steelers that wore the number 8 in 1975.
WR Limas Sweed wears #80 for the Steelers, but you won't see him in the Super Bowl because he's on injured reserve.
Currently, no Steelers player wears #13.
In 2010, no Steelers player wore #39.
In 2011, no Steelers player wore #8.
Currently, no Steelers player wears the #30.
There was no number 26 on the 1978 Pittsburgh Steelers. NO player wore number 26 again until Scoop Gillespie in 1984, according to the teams record book.
Strong safety Troy Polamalu currently wears number 43 for the Steelers.
Mike Webster was the last player to wear the number in 1989. I do not think the Steelers will be giving the number 52 out anytime soon.
Johnny Clement was the only Steelers player to wear #00. He wore it from 1946-1948.