Rooney and Steeler may not go hand in hand
July 10, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Sports
NFL Football at its best. NFL Football at its craziest.
Any knowledgeable fan will know that the Rooney family has owned the Steelers for a very long time.
Art Rooney Sr. bought the team years ago in a very unique manner.
His affiliation with the NFL began in 1933 after he traveled to Saratoga Race Course in New York and won at least $2,500 in a parlay of longshot winners. He soon used that $2500 to pay the required National Football League franchise entrance fee for a club based in the city of Pittsburgh, which he had named the Pirates (also the name …read more




