To: Richard Kimball; Ditto
No, the Pirates were ALREADY called the Steelers for the ‘40 season. AFTER the season the newly-named Steelers were sold. So the Pirates WERE changed to Steelers - then to “Ironmen”, then Eagles.
2,543 posted on
02/01/2009 8:53:00 PM PST by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: the OlLine Rebel
How weird. I never knew about them being the Ironmen. Until about 1960, the NFL was as stable as the World Football League. I was looking back through the NFL history in my book, and it has the Washington Redskins starting in 1932 as the Boston Redskins, and a bunch of teams that played one or two years, like the St. Louis Gunners, the Orange (NJ) Tornadoes, and the Portsmouth Spartans. When the Steelers started, the teams were almost like barnstorming traveling circuses.
2,555 posted on
02/01/2009 9:08:07 PM PST by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: the OlLine Rebel
No, the Pirates were ALREADY called the Steelers for the ‘40 season. AFTER the season the newly-named Steelers were sold. So the Pirates WERE changed to Steelers - then to “Ironmen”, then Eagles. I don't know where you are getting your history, but it is wrong. Go here for the official team history.
2,593 posted on
02/02/2009 4:28:57 AM PST by
Ditto
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