One former player and coach that is etched into Pittsburgh Steelers’ lore is Tony Dungy. His direct impact on the organization itself wasn’t as big as some others, but he made his first NFL roster with the Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 1977. He only ended up playing in Pittsburgh for a couple of seasons before finishing out the last two years of his playing career with the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Giants.
In a recent interview with Sports Spectrum, Dungy recalled something that was said to him by Steelers owner Art Rooney Sr.