History of the Pittsburgh Steelers football for Notre Dame, baseball for the Boston Red Sox; and invited to join the 1920 Olympic boxing team. His love of sports would lead to his becoming an organizer and promoter. This included the Hope-Harvey Football Club, a semi-professional American football team which he founded as a teenager. "In a way, I guess that was the start of the Steelers. It grew from that", Rooney said. The name "Hope-Harvey" was derived from the Hope Fire House, located in the heart of the Pittsburgh's North Side, which served as the team's locker room, and Dr. Harvey, a local physician, who
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,