American businessman, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (born 1901)

Art Rooney

, often referred to as "the Chief", was an American professional football executive. He was the founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, an American football franchise in the National Football League (NFL), from 1933 until his death. Rooney is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was an Olympic qualifying boxer, and was part or whole owner in several track sport venues and Pittsburgh area pro teams. He was the first president of the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1933 to 1974, and the first chairman of the team from 1933 until his death in 1988.

Born

1901

January 27

Died

1988

Era

1900s

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1901 Born
1988 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

98 Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor.
417 Pope Innocent I declares Pelagius and his follower Caelestius excommunicated unless they return to orthodoxy.
532 Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
945 The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

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The world in 1901

When Art arrived

april 25 New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
august 10 The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
august 14 The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
august 21 Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Bridget Fonda 1964– American actress Hester Thrale 1741– Welsh author (died 1821) Hiroyoshi Nishizawa 1920–1944 Japanese lieutenant and pilot (died 1944) Ingrid Thulin 1926–2004 Swedish actress (died 2004) Lewis Carroll 1832–1898 English novelist, poet, and mathematician (born 1832) Matt Stover 1968– American football player Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin 1826–1889 Russian journalist and author (died 1889) Rauf Denktaş 1924–2012 Turkish-Cypriot lawyer and politician, 1st President of Northern Cyprus (born 1924) Richard Taylor 1826–1879 Confederate general (born 1826)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1901

Walt Disney 1901–1966 American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (born 1901) Adolph Rupp 1901–1977 American basketball player and coach (born 1901) André Malraux 1901–1976 French theorist and author (born 1901) Andreas Embirikos 1901–1975 Greek poet and photographer (born 1901) Charles Brenton Huggins 1901–1997 Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901) Claude Autant-Lara 1901–2000 French director, screenwriter, and politician (died 2000) Ed Begley 1901–1970 American actor (born 1901) Eiji Tsuburaya 1901–1970 Japanese director and producer (born 1901) Enrico Fermi 1901–1954 Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)

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