Art Rooney

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National Football League team owner businessperson human sports executive

Art Rooney was an American sports executive best known as the longtime owner and patriarch of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers franchise.

Aliases (3)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Football League team owner → businessperson → human → sports executive →
activeYearsInNFLOwnership	1933-1988 →
almaMater	Duquesne University (attended, did not necessarily graduate) →
associatedWith	Rooney family →
awardReceived	NFL Executive of the Year (various honors) →
burialPlace	Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery, Ross Township, Pennsylvania →
causeOfDeath	stroke →
child	Dan Rooney →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateFoundedTeam	1933-07-08 →
dateInductedIntoProFootballHallOfFame	1964 →
dateOfBirth	1901-01-27 →
dateOfDeath	1988-08-25 →
employer	Pittsburgh Steelers →
ethnicGroup	Irish American →
familyName	Rooney →
founded	Pittsburgh Steelers →
fullName	Arthur Joseph Rooney →
givenName	Arthur →
grandchild	Art Rooney II →
heritage	Irish Catholic →
honor	Pittsburgh Steelers retired his name in team Ring of Honor →
league	National Football League →
memberOfSportsHallOfFame	Pro Football Hall of Fame →
namesake	Art Rooney Avenue in Pittsburgh → Art Rooney Award →
nickname	The Chief →
notableFor	longtime owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers → patriarch of the Rooney family →
numberOfChildren	5 →
occupation	American football executive → businessman → sports executive →
ownedRacetrack	Rooney family horse racing interests →
placeOfBirth	Coulterville, Pennsylvania, United States →
placeOfDeath	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States →
positionHeld	owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers → president of the Pittsburgh Steelers →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States →
sport	American football →
sportPlayed	American football → baseball → boxing →
spouse	Kathleen McNulty Rooney →
teamFormerName	Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Art Rooney II → Kate Mara ("Art Rooney Sr.") → Rooney Mara ("Art Rooney Sr.") →	relative
Rooney family → Rooney family ("Dan Rooney") →	foundingMember
Rooney family → Rooney family ("Dan Rooney") →	member
Art Rooney ("Dan Rooney") →	child
Art Rooney II ("Dan Rooney") →	father
Pittsburgh Steelers →	founder
Art Rooney ("Arthur Joseph Rooney") →	fullName
Art Rooney II →	grandfather
Pittsburgh Steelers →	hallOfFameOwner