Logo of the National Football League’s Pittsburgh Steelers, used briefly in the early 1960s. Unlike today, when the Steelers are a model NFL franchise, having won six Super Bowls, the Steelers of the 1960s were usually a sad-sack losing team that wound up at or near the bottom of the Eastern Division standings. Their roster was loaded with players at the end of their careers, like Bobby Layne, Gene “Big Daddy” Lipscomb, John Henry Johnson and Tom Tracy. Although they normally wound up with losing records, the Steelers had a reputation for playing tough defense and even being a borderline dirty team. They also hold the distinction of having released 2 future Hall of Fame quarterbacks, John Unitas and Len Dawson.
