Art Rooney, owner Pittsburgh Steelers, in 1987. (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/NFL Photos)

The 1924 Pittsburgh Lyceum Football Team. In the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph is Art Rooney. Rooney organized, operated western Pennsylvania semi-pro grid teams before 1933 when he purchased the Pittsburgh NFL franchise naming them the Pirates, which later beacme the Pittsburgh Steelers. Rooney was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, class of 1964. (Photo by Pro Football Hall Of Fame)

Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw with owner/founder Art Rooney circa the mid-1970s. (Photo by Morris Berman/NFL Photos)

The Pittsburgh Steelers family, including Dan Rooney, Art Rooney, head coach Chuck Noll (each of whom in in the Pro Football Hall of Fame), and Art Rooney, Jr., pose with the Steelers four Lombardi trophies in 1980. (Photo by NFL Photos)

Art Rooney, owner Pittsburgh Steelers, in 1975 (Photo by Ross Lewis/NFL Photos)

NFL commissioner Pete Rolzelle, Art Rooney Sr., Chairman of the board for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Steelers head coach Chuck Noll, and NBC announcer Charlie Jones together in the Steelers locker room as Rooney receives the Vince Lombardi trophy after his team's 16-6 win over the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IX on January 12, 1975 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Loiusiana. (Photo by NFL Photos)

NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, left, presents The Vince Lombardi Super Bowl IX trophy to Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney in Tulane Stadium dressing room in New Orleans, La., on Jan. 12, 1975. Rooney also holds the game ball after the Steelers defeated Minnesota Vikings, 16-6. (AP Photo)

The Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney, center in dark suit, joins his team in prayer in the dressing room after they won the Super Bowl IX game at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, La., on Jan. 12, 1975. The Steelers beat the Minnesota Vikings, 16-6. (AP Photo)

Pittsburgh Steelers board chairman Art Rooney talks with Steelers running back Franco Harris in the Steelers lockerroom before the start of Super Bowl XIV Sunday Jan. 20, 1980. (AP Photo)

Pittsburgh Steelers' board chairman Art Rooney, left, talks with Steelers' coach Chuck Noll after presentation of the Super Bowl XIV trophy in the Steelers' locker room at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 20, 1980. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)