Super Bowl Team Profile: Pittsburgh Steelers
Here are some quick facts about the Pittsburgh Steelers:
For more information on the Pittsburgh Steelers, visit their official team history page.
- The Pittsburgh Steelers are the 5th oldest team in the NFL, having been founded in 1933. Their original team name was the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- In 1962, the Pittsburgh Steelers began using the Steelmark, their current logo, as their helmet logo, to represent the vital industry that served the Pittsburgh area.
- The helmet logo was only placed on one side of the Steelers' helmets, and after a patch of success, it was ordered to stay that way. The Steelers are currently the only team in the NFL that wears their helmet logo on only one side (the right side).
- The Steelers have been to 6 Super Bowls, having won 5 of them. Super Bowl XLIII will be their 7th.
- Four of the Steelers' Super Bowl trophies were garnered between 1975 and 1980, leading them to be coined the "Team of the Decade" of the 1970s.