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While living in Montreal, the Rooneys had a son, Arthur (who would become Art Rooney's grandfather). James and Mary later moved to Ebbw Vale , Wales , where the iron industry was flourishing, taking their son Arthur, then 21, with them.
Art Rooney was the founder and owner of the team, from its establishment as a semi-independent team in the Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit in 1921 until his death in 1988.
He is the oldest of nine children of Steelers’ Chairman, Dan Rooney, and Patricia Rooney, and he is the grandson of Steelers’ founder “The Chief,” Art Rooney, Sr. Mr. Rooney was named team President in May of 2003.
Oct 16, 2022 · Besides Rooney’s brother, Jim, who divulged details to Mr. Ruck in 1982, Rooney’s second oldest son, Art Jr., talked openly in his book not only about the slot machine operation but also about his father’s oversight of the Show Boat with his close friend, Milton Jaffe.
Art Rooney came into football back in 1933. He has given more to sports and asked for less than any man in the game. He is the all-time, all-around sportsman, participant, promoter, fan, and benefactor.
Aug 26, 1988 · Art Rooney Sr., the founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers and a figure on the American sports scene for more than half a century, died yesterday at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, eight days after...
Art Rooney was a minor league baseball player and a skilled boxer, an Amateur Athletic Union welterweight and middleweight champion. He qualified for the 1920 U.S. Olympic boxing team, although he did not participate in the games.
