(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1933 1943 1944 1974 1975 1978 1979 2005 2008 New Nickname Steelers In early 1940, Rooney decided that he had had enough of the copycat Pirates moniker. He worked with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to run a contest to find a new name for the team. Former coach Joe Bach led the panel which selected the …