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- Rooney Jr., who was inducted into the Steelers Hall of Honor in 2018, was the team’s personnel director from 1965-86. The brother of late owner Dan Rooney, he helped scout, draft and sign 10 future Hall of Fame players and helped construct teams that won four Super Bowl championships in the 1970s. He has been the team’s vice president since 1987.
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Arthur Joseph Rooney Jr. (born October 18, 1935) is an American football executive who is the vice president for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). The son of the team's founder, Art Rooney, he has been employed by the team since the 1961 season.
Art Rooney Jr. was inducted into the Steelers Hall of Honor as a member of the Class of 2018. During Buddy Parker's eight-year reign as the Steelers coach from 1957-64, the team posted five winning seasons while showing a complete disdain for the NFL Draft.
Jul 27, 2023 · Art Rooney Jr has been named a semifinalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2024 as a coach/contributor. Rooney began his career as the Steelers ’ Personnel Director, a...
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Apr 21, 2024 · More than 50 years later, Art Rooney Jr. still remembers a significant Pittsburgh Steelers moment amid an unlikely backdrop. Palm trees, not steel mills, dotted the landscape when he hopped...
Sep 1, 2018 · Art Rooney Jr. was inducted into the Steelers Hall of Honor as a member of the Class of 2018. During Buddy Parker's eight-year reign as the Steelers coach from 1957-64, the team posted five winning seasons while showing a complete disdain for the NFL Draft.
Jul 7, 2022 · Rooney Jr. was announced Friday as a semifinalist for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s 2023 class. The son of Steelers founder Art Rooney, Rooney Jr. headed the...
Jul 12, 2023 · Among the 60 semifinalists announced Wednesday, the Steelers franchise has two members: Art Rooney Jr., whose fingerprints were all over the organization’s historic 1974 NFL Draft, and former head...
