Sports in Pittsburgh National Football League. The Stars were suspected of being financed by Barney Dreyfuss and William Chase Temple, the owners of baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates. The team featured baseball players in the line-up including Christy Mathewson, a future Hall of Fame pitcher with the New York Giants and Fred Crolius, and outfielder with Pirates. The team won the league's only championship in 1902. In 1933, as the oldest of nine children Art Rooney, who had been raised on the North Side of Pittsburgh, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers. Originally nicknamed the Pirates, the team later changed their name to the Steelers, to represent
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,