1933 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season "at Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts" Scoring drives: "at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York" Scoring drives: "at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" Scoring drives: "at Baker Bowl, Philadelphia" Scoring drives: "at Polo Grounds, New York City" Scoring drives: 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
Pittsburgh Steelers Terrible Towel has been described by the Associated Press as "arguably the best-known fan symbol of any major pro sports team". Conceived of by broadcaster Myron Cope in , the towel's rights have since been given to the Allegheny Valley School in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, which cares for over 900 people with intellectual disability and physical disabilities, including Cope's autistic son. Since 1996, proceeds from the Terrible Towel have helped raise more than $2.5 million for the school. The Steelers have no official fight song, but many fan versions of "Here we go Steelers" and the "Steelers Polka" (the latter a