The Pittsburgh Steelers have been around for over 80 years. That doesn’t mean that the entire length of their history has been illustrious. And more so than most organizations, they had a clear, demonstrative turning point in their history, which came in 1969 with the rise in prominence of three particular figures: Dan Rooney, Chuck Noll, and Joe Greene.
While Rooney was already involved with the team, it was he who was essentially in charge of hiring a new coach who wasn’t going to trade all their draft picks away for aging veterans.