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unusual facts about Art Rooney, Jr.



1969 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Art Rooney would win a coin toss with George Halas to determine who would select Louisiana Tech quarterback Terry Bradshaw (the consensus number 1 selection among league teams) with the number one pick in the 1970 draft.

Jane Orie

In a special election Orie was the GOP nominee against Democrat James Rooney, a grandson of late Pittsburgh Steelers owner, Art Rooney.

Joey Porter

Porter had talked to Steelers owner Art Rooney and GM Kevin Colbert about signing a one day contract so that he could "have the honor" of retiring as a Pittsburgh Steeler.

Nick Shuk

He began his career in 1948 as a contract rider for Art Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team.

Pennsylvania Keystoners

The Pennsylvania Keystoners was the idea for an American football team thought up by then-Pittsburgh Pirates owner, Art Rooney, in 1939 to have a single National Football League franchise based in both Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.

Pittsburgh Steelers Legends team

The eight-person selection committee that named the Legends team included Dan Rooney, Steelers Vice President Art Rooney, Jr., team scout Bill Nunn, former long-time coach Dick Hoak, long-time Steelers broadcaster Myron Cope, former sports editor of the Pittsburgh Press Roy McHugh, and former team officials Joe Gordon and Ed Kiely.


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