1933 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season 1933 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season The 1933 Pittsburgh Pirates was the debut season of the team that would eventually become the Pittsburgh Steelers. The team was founded after Pennsylvania relaxed its blue laws that, prior to 1933, prohibited sporting events from taking place on Sundays, when most NFL games took place. The new squad was composed largely of local semi-pro players, many of whom played for sports promoter Art Rooney. Rooney became the Pirates owner, paying the NFL a $2,500 fee to join the league. Except for a brief period in , Rooney would remain the franchise's principal owner until
Logos and uniforms of the Pittsburgh Steelers Dallas when the team was playing the Cowboys on October 30, 1966 if the team was wearing the uniforms for Halloween. The uniforms were retired after two seasons. The team has mentioned publicly as recently as 2007 that they will never wear them in a game again. However, in 2008, the team began to sell customized versions of the jerseys on their official Web site. Fittingly, several Steelers players appear in the 2012 Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises" in a scene which was filmed in Heinz Field. After just two years with the "Batman" uniforms, the current uniform designs