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Steelers Archives: Decade by decade
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As we enter the 75th year of the Steelers Nation, post-gazetteNOW is pleased to celebrate and chronicle the growth of not just a football franchise team but also a city's passion for that team.
Below you will find links to the front page stories by sports reporter Bob Dvorchak, decade-by-decade explorations of the teams' glorious and sometimes "raucous" past.
Slideshows created from the PG photo archives with numerous contributions from the Steelers and the Heinz History Center, show us interesting team moments and characters. Historical photos not only show us Steeler football over the last 75 years, but also the City of Pittsburgh as it grows from the soot and smoke of the past to the home of a great dynasty.
In addition, vintage articles from the PG archives takes readers back in time to meet greats like William "Bullet Bill" Dudley, Ernie Stautner, Johnny Blood, Byron "Whizzer" White and of course, "The Chief", Art Rooney Sr.
- For Steelers, it was another Super decade
- Steelers' all-decade team
- Player of the decade: Big Ben
- Slideshow: Top 10 players of the decade
- Top 10 games of the decade
- 62 Scat Flasher Z Level: Play of the decade
- Top 10 plays of the decade
- The Steelers: Greatest franchise in sports history?
- The Lords of the Rings: Welcome to Sixburgh
- Steelers Nation loses its voice: a farewell to Myron
- Steelers tell jokes, share tales at 75th year gala
- Steelers name 75th Anniversary team
- A storybook ending for The Bus
- Super Bowl XL: A riveting run to glory
- 2005 archive: Steelers get that One For The Thumb
- The Franchise arrives: Steelers pick Roethlisberger
- Three Rivers imploded
- Blast from the Past: Goodbye to Three Rivers
- Steelers Drafts in the 2000s: year-by-year
- The '90s: The face of the Steelers changes drastically
- Slideshow: End of an era, beginning of a new one
- From the PG Archives: The Curtain Falls
- From the PG Archives: Steelers select Cowher
- From the PG Archives: On his day in spotlight, Noll cites others for success
- From the PG Archives: O'Donnell throws where no Steelers tread
- 1990s Steelers drafts: year-by-year
- In the '80s, the Steelers greats fade away
- Slideshow: Not so super a decade
- The Steelers' 50th anniversary team
- From the PG Archives: Pride Of Steelers Softens Long Fall
- From the PG Archives: Toe ends Lambert's 11-year reign as Steeler LB
- From the PG Archives: Steelers' Art Rooney in retrospect
- 1980s Steelers' drafts: year-by-year
- In the '70s, new coach, great drafts turned Pittsburgh into City of Champions
- Slideshow: Super decade on its way!
- From the PG Archives: Miracle Play Saves Steelers, 13-7
- From the PG Archives: Frenchy Simply Dazed By It All
- From the PG Archives: Super Steelers Win, 16 - 6
- From the PG Archives: Steelers Still Super
- From the PG Archives: Super fans contrast in style
- From the PG Archives: Super, super, super
- From the PG Archives: Four Down, '80s to Go
- Follow up: Apologetic Bradshaw makes his peace with Pittsburgh
- Steelers of '60s didn't win often, but the team was a-changing characters like Bobby Layne
- Slideshow: Not the same old, same old
- From the PG Archives: "Big Daddy" Found Slumped in Chair
- From the PG Archives: Rooney Unique in Pro Football Hall of Fame
- From the PG Archives: Steelers' Winning Ticket
- 1950s Steelers weren't pretty or very successful, but they were unquestionably tough
- 1950 Slideshow: Tough times, tough men
- From the PG Archives: Steeler Record-Wreckers Crush Giants, 63-7 (Dec. 1, 1952)
- From the PG Archives: Sidelights on Sports (Oct. 18, 1954)
- From the PG Archives: Steelers to Face Toughest Foe Here Sunday (Sept. 6, 1955)
- 1940s put Steelers to tests that nearly break them
- 1940 Slideshow: Pirates, Steelers, buy, sell
- From the PG Archives: Rooney Sells Pro Football Club To Boston Promoter (December 10, 1940)
- From the PG Archives: Grid "Pirates" Pass Out; They're the "Steelers" Now (March 2, 1940)
First Published September 26, 2007 12:00 am
