For much of their early tenure as a professional football franchise, the Pittsburgh Steelers were not a very good team. In fact, they were quite bad. Even after Chuck Noll took over in 1969, the Steelers went 1-13. But things turned around with a few good drafts, adding key pieces like Mean Joe Greene, Franco Harris, and Gerry “Moon” Mullins, among others. During an interview with Rob King of Steelers.com, Mullins talked about Pittsburgh’s history of futility and why it was the highlight of his career to see Art Rooney Sr. hoist the Lombardi Trophy.
“I know that they had 40 years of mediocrity, and I used to think about Art Rooney Sr.