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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Art Rooney canonical	17
Art Rooney Sr.	7
Dan Rooney	4
Arthur Joseph Rooney	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Football League team owner ⓘ businessperson ⓘ human ⓘ sports executive ⓘ
activeYearsInNFLOwnership	1933-1988 ⓘ
almaMater	Duquesne University ⓘ surface form: 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	Art Rooney self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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	Art Rooney self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Arthur Joseph Rooney
givenName	Arthur ⓘ
grandchild	Art Rooney II ⓘ
heritage	Irish Catholic ⓘ
honor	Pittsburgh Steelers ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Bart Starr Award ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
positionHeld	owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers ⓘ president of the Pittsburgh Steelers ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
sport	American football ⓘ
sportPlayed	American football ⓘ baseball ⓘ boxing ⓘ
spouse	Kathleen McNulty Rooney ⓘ
teamFormerName	Pittsburgh Steelers ⓘ surface form: Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL)

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pittsburgh Steelers → founder → Art Rooney ⓘ

Pittsburgh Steelers → hallOfFameOwner → Art Rooney ⓘ

Kate Rooney Mara → relative → Art Rooney ⓘ

subject surface form: Kate Mara

this entity surface form: Art Rooney Sr.

Rooney Mara → relative → Art Rooney ⓘ

this entity surface form: Art Rooney Sr.

Rooney family → foundingMember → Art Rooney ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dan Rooney

Rooney family → member → Art Rooney ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dan Rooney

Art Rooney → fullName → Art Rooney self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur Joseph Rooney

Art Rooney → child → Art Rooney self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dan Rooney

Art Rooney II → father → Art Rooney ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dan Rooney

Art Rooney II → grandfather → Art Rooney ⓘ

Art Rooney II → relative → Art Rooney ⓘ

Pittsburgh Steelers–Philadelphia Eagles rivalry → SteelersOriginalOwner → Art Rooney ⓘ

Patricia Rooney Mara → relative → Art Rooney ⓘ

this entity surface form: Art Rooney Sr.

Rooney → relative → Art Rooney ⓘ

subject surface form: Rooney Mara

this entity surface form: Art Rooney Sr.

Jim Rooney → familyRelation → Art Rooney ⓘ

this entity surface form: Art Rooney Sr.

Coulterville, Pennsylvania, United States → hasNotablePerson → Art Rooney ⓘ

Art Rooney Avenue in Pittsburgh → namedAfter → Art Rooney ⓘ

subject surface form: Art Rooney Avenue

Art Rooney Avenue in Pittsburgh → honors → Art Rooney ⓘ

subject surface form: Art Rooney Avenue

Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery, Ross Township, Pennsylvania → hasGraveOf → Art Rooney ⓘ

Rooney → foundedBy → Art Rooney ⓘ

subject surface form: Rooney family

Rooney → hasMember → Art Rooney ⓘ

subject surface form: Rooney family

Arthur → notableFamilyMember → Art Rooney ⓘ

subject surface form: Arthur J. Rooney II

Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Honor → hasInductee → Art Rooney ⓘ

this entity surface form: Art Rooney Sr.

Dan Rooney → father → Art Rooney ⓘ

Kathleen McNulty Rooney → spouse → Art Rooney ⓘ

Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award → namedAfter → Art Rooney ⓘ

this entity surface form: Art Rooney Sr.