History of the Pittsburgh Steelers 1940, Rooney decided that he had had enough of the copycat Pirates moniker. He worked with the "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" to run a contest to find a new name for the team. Former coach Joe Bach led the panel which selected the name Steelers from amongst the The new name paid homage to the city's largest industry of It is unclear who deserves credit for suggesting the name (which was already being used by at least one local high school team), but it appears there were a total of twenty-one winners, and each received a pair of season tickets to the
Sandwell Steelers advanced to the finals against the Portsmouth Dreadnoughts and lost 18-14 securing second place in the Division. A number of the Steelers Women have represented the GB Lions since their inception. In conjunction with the Birmingham Bulls and the Birmingham Lions, the Steelers field a junior team in national competition. They field their own youth team in the regional under-17s league, and currently play in the Midlands division. They were entered into competition in 2016, but failed to complete their season. The Steelers play their home games at the Tipton Sports Academy, a multi-purpose sports stadium with a 2,000 capacity,