Pittsburgh Steelers facts for kids

Pittsburgh Steelers
	Established July 8, 1933; 86 years ago; First season: 1933
Logo	Wordmark
League/conference affiliations
	National Football League (1933–present) Eastern Division (1933–1943, 1945–1949); Western Division (1944); American Conference (1950–1952); Eastern Conference (1953–1969) Century Division (1967–1969); ; American Football Conference (1970–present) AFC Central (1970–2001); AFC North (2002–present); ;
	Current uniform
Team colors	Black, gold;
Mascot	Steely McBeam
Personnel
Owner(s)	Rooney family
President	Art Rooney II
General manager	Kevin Colbert
Head coach	Mike Tomlin
Team history
	Pittsburgh Pirates (1933–1939); Pittsburgh Steelers (1940–1942; 1945–present); Phil-Pitt "Steagles" (1943); Card-Pitt (1944);
Team nicknames
	Steel Curtain (Defensive line, 1969–1981); Black and Gold Brigade;
Championships
	League championships (6); Super Bowl championships (6); 1974 (IX), 1975 (X), 1978 (XIII), 1979 (XIV), 2005 (XL), 2008 (XLIII);
	Conference championships (8) AFC: 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1995, 2005, 2008, 2010;
	Division championships (23) AFC Central: 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001; AFC North: 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2017;
Playoff appearances (31)
	NFL: 1947, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017;
Team owner(s)
	Rooney family (1933–present)
Team president(s)
	Art Rooney (1933–1975); Dan Rooney (1975–2002); Art Rooney II (2002–present);

The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in 1933, the Steelers are the seventh-oldest franchise in the NFL, and they are the oldest franchise in the AFC.

In contrast with their status as perennial also-rans in the pre-merger NFL, where they were the oldest team never to have won a league championship, the Steelers of the post-merger (modern) era are among the most successful NFL franchises. The team is tied with the New England Patriots for the most Super Bowl titles at six, and they have both played in (16 times) and hosted (11 times) more conference championship games than any other team in the NFL. The Steelers have also won eight AFC championships, tied with the Denver Broncos, but behind the Patriots' record 11 AFC championships. The team is tied with the Broncos and Dallas Cowboys for the second-most Super Bowl appearances with eight. They lost their most recent championship appearance, Super Bowl XLV, on February 6, 2011.

The Steelers, whose history may be traced to a regional pro team that was established in the early 1920s, joined the NFL as the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 8, 1933. The team was owned by Art Rooney and took its original name from the baseball team of the same name, as was common practice for NFL teams at the time. To distinguish them from the baseball team, local media took to calling the football team the Rooneymen, an unofficial nickname that persisted for decades after the team had adopted its current nickname. The ownership of the Steelers has remained within the Rooney family since the organization's founding. Art Rooney's son, Dan Rooney, owned the team from 1988 until his death in 2017. Much control of the franchise has been given to Dan Rooney's son, Art Rooney II.

The Steelers enjoy a large, widespread fanbase nicknamed Steeler Nation. They currently play their home games at Heinz Field on Pittsburgh's North Side in the North Shore neighborhood, which also hosts the University of Pittsburgh Panthers. Built in 2001, the stadium replaced Three Rivers Stadium, which had hosted the Steelers for 31 seasons. Prior to Three Rivers, the Steelers had played their games in Pitt Stadium and at Forbes Field.

Images for kids

Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw led the Steelers to four Super Bowl titles during the 1970s.
Steelers' five Super Bowl rings before 2009
Roethlisberger in a Steelers' throwback jersey during the team's 500th win in franchise history
Heinz Field, current home of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
US Airways logo jet featuring the colors of the Pittsburgh Steelers
Steely McBeam signing autographs for fans at Steelers training camp on August 2, 2007
Sailors and Marines aboard the USS Essex react as the Pittsburgh Steelers score against the Arizona Cardinals.
Steelers at training camp in Latrobe
Map of radio affiliates.