The Steelers enjoy a large, widespread fanbase nicknamed Steeler Nation. Much control of the franchise has been given to Dan Rooney's son, Art Rooney II. Art Rooney's son, Dan Rooney, owned the team from 1988 until his death in 2017. The ownership of the Steelers has remained within the Rooney family since the organization's founding. 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 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.
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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 is tied with the Broncos and Dallas Cowboys for the second-most Super Bowl appearances with eight. 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 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.
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, especially during their dynasty in the 1970s.
Founded in 1933, the Steelers are the seventh-oldest franchise in the NFL, and the oldest franchise in the AFC. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North Division.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh.
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