Dan Rooney
Dan Rooney
Daniel Milton "Dan" Rooneyis the former United States Ambassador to Ireland, who served from July 3, 2009 until his resignation in 2012. He is chairman of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team in the National Football League, which was founded by his father, Art. Rooney was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000 for his contributions to the game. He is credited with spearheading a requirement that NFL teams with head coach and general manager vacancies interview at...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 July 1932
CityPittsburgh, PA
It's going to happen. Believe me, it's going to happen.
It starts before the draft. We interview them, and we talk to them about it. We want players who are a good fit for our locker room. And having smart players, that's an important phase of it.
They really did have a lot of confidence, which was great.
The NFL has grown leaps and bounds beyond just being an entity. It's become an identity, and Paul almost jealously protects that to the point of occasionally imposing his will.
Uh, well I guess it's you and me.
We've always been very close to the community, and we do what's necessary for Pittsburgh. I like to see that, and I think the Fords are the same way. I like Detroit.
We're so thrilled to bring (a championship) back to Pittsburgh.
We're so proud to bring it back to Pittsburgh.
We're going to the Super Bowl to win it, not to just be there. This is one of the great moments in the whole history of the league and I've been around a long time.
We're going to operate the way we always do, and that is try and take care of our own. The team that took us to the Super Bowl and won are the guys that we're looking for. We think it's to their advantage and to our advantage to do it that way.
What made him was his strength. This was a time players didn't have strength. I remember we were playing the Giants at Forbes Field one time and it was a very close game, and they were moving the ball. He sacked the quarterback three times in a row.
I'll never forget this because our doctor told (Rooney) he didn't think Rod would be able to make the trip and that they were thinking about checking him into the hospital,
I really feel that when you're changing coaches, it's almost like you're an expansion team, starting over again.
Being from Pittsburgh had a little to do with hiring him, because we had coaches in the past who didn't believe in Pittsburgh the way Bill and Chuck Noll do. They thought Pittsburgh was a special place.