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SteelerNation1
07-26-2010, 03:02 PM
Hey guys. The last couple of years I have been asking my family a weekly Steelers trivia question for all of the away games. Usually I just comb through the media guide and find some cool facts, but this year I want to take it up a notch. The only rule I have is make the answer be a number, that way my niece or anyone else who doesn't have a clue can make a guess. An example from last season was what year did the Steelers move into Three Rivers Stadium and what year did they move into Heinz Field? Answers; 1970 and 2001. Got it? Now, fire away with the questions.

papillon
07-26-2010, 03:41 PM
How are these?

In what year did the Steelers have three head coaches (The only time in their history they had more than one coach in the same year)?

or you could ask the question this way...

How many head coaches did the Steeler have in 1941?


How many Super Bowls did Andy Russel play in?

How many Super Bowls did John Banaszak play in?

How much did the Steelers pay Byron "The Whizzer" White in 1938 (an outlandish sum of money at the time)?

What are the numerical addresses for Three Rivers Stadium and Heinz Field?

That's all for now...

Pappy

hawaiiansteel
07-26-2010, 03:45 PM
okay, here goes:


how many total head coaches has the Pittsburgh Steelers franchise had since being founded in 1933?



List of Pittsburgh Steelers head coaches

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


The Pittsburgh Steelers franchise has had 16 head coaches throughout its history.

Founded as the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1933, the name was changed to the Steelers prior to the 1941 season to celebrate the city's heritage of producing steel. Joe Bach served two separate terms as head coach and Walt Kiesling served three separate terms. During the 1943 and 1944 seasons, due to the amount of players who fought in World War II, the Steelers combined their team with Philadelphia and Chicago, respectively. During these seasons, Steelers' coach Walt Kiesling shared coaching duties with Greasy Neale and Phil Handler, who have not been included within this list.

Struggling for much of the franchise's early years, the team's first season with more wins than losses was coached by Jock Sutherland in 1942. In 1947, under Sutherland, the Steelers played their first playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Twelve of the 16 head coaches spent their entire professional coaching careers with the franchise, including John McNally, Bert Bell, and Chuck Noll, who have also been voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. One of only four men to coach the same team for 23 years, Chuck Noll retired in 1991. Noll is also the only coach in National Football League history to win four Super Bowls. Bill Cowher, Noll's replacement, coached the Steelers to their fifth Super Bowl victory, in 2005. The Steelers sixth Super Bowl win came in Super Bowl XLIII, while head coached by Mike Tomlin, the team's current head coach.

Jock Sutherland coached the Steelers from 1946–1947



GC W L T Win% GC W L Win%
Pittsburgh Pirates
1 Forrest Doudsβ€* 1933 11 3 6 2 .333 β€” β€” β€” β€” [7]
2 Luby DiMelioβ€* 1934 12 2 10 β€” .167 β€” β€” β€” β€” [8]
3 Joe Bachβ€* 1935–1936 24 10 14 β€” .416 β€” β€” β€” β€” [9][I]
4 John McNally* 1937–1939 33 7 25 1 .318 β€” β€” β€” β€” [10]
5 Walt Kiesling* 1939–1940 22 3 16 3 .136 β€” β€” β€” β€” [11][II]
Pittsburgh Steelers
6 Bert Bell* 1941 2 0 2 β€” .000 β€” β€” β€” β€” [12]
7 Aldo Donelli 1941 5 0 5 β€” .000 β€” β€” β€” β€” [13]
β€” Walt Kiesling* 1941–1944 35 13 20 2 .394 β€” β€” β€” β€” [III]
8 Jim Leonardβ€* 1945 10 2 8 0 .200 β€” β€” β€” β€” [14]
9 Jock Sutherlandβ€* 1946–1947 23 13 9 1 .591 1 0 1 .000 [15]
10 John Michelosenβ€* 1948–1951 48 20 26 2 .435 β€” β€” β€” β€” [16]
β€” Joe Bachβ€* 1952–1953 24 11 13 β€” .485 β€” β€” β€” β€”
β€” Walt Kiesling* 1954–1956 36 14 22 β€” .388 β€” β€” β€” β€”
11 Buddy Parker 1957–1964 104 51 47 6 .520 β€” β€” β€” β€” [17]
12 Mike Nixon 1965 14 2 12 β€” .143 β€” β€” β€” β€” [18]
13 Bill Austin 1966–1968 42 11 28 3 .282 β€” β€” β€” β€” [19]
14 Chuck Noll* 1969–1991 342 193 148 1 .566 24 16 8 .667 UPI AFC Coach of the Year (1972)
Maxwell Football Club NFL Coach of the Year (1989)[20] [21]
15 Bill Cowherβ€* 1992–2006 240 149 90 1 .623 21 12 9 .571 AP NFL Coach of the Year (1992)
Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year (1992)
Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year (2004)[20] [22]
16 Mike Tomlinβ€* 2007–present 48 31 17 β€” .646 4 3 1 .750 Motorola NFL Coach of the Year (2008)[23] [24]

RuthlessBurgher
07-26-2010, 04:06 PM
How many Steeler jerseys does SN1 have in his closet? (the answer is sure to get you in trouble with the wife)

What are the dimensions of a standard Terrible Towel? 16" X 23"

What is the only uniform number officially retired by the Steelers? 70

How many points have the Steelers scored in 7 Super Bowl appearances combined? 168

How many posts does SN1 have on the PlanetSteelers message board? T.B.D.

How many home stadiums in Pittsburgh have housed the Steelers? 4 (Forbes, Pitt, Three Rivers, Heinz). You could make it a trick question by eliminating the "in Pittsburgh" part, making the answer 6, since they played home games at Shibe Park in Philly and Comiskey Park in Chicago during the Steagles and Card-Pitt days during WWII.

How many Steeler tattoos do these guys have? None of us want to know.

http://www.whodeyfans.com/uploaded_images/steelfan-775262.jpg http://motherjones.com/files/legacy/mojoblog/steelers-tattoos.jpg

SteelerNation1
07-26-2010, 09:42 PM
Nice questions so far. RB, I actually used the total points in the super bowl question and the ernie stautner jersey question. Great minds think alike. HS, I'm definitely going to use the coaches question this season. nice. pappy, i like that whizzer white question. isn't the answer $100,000? thanks guys and keep em coming

stlrz d
07-26-2010, 10:23 PM
How many more years will we be tortured with Renegade? :P

papillon
07-27-2010, 01:31 AM
Nice questions so far. RB, I actually used the total points in the super bowl question and the ernie stautner jersey question. Great minds think alike. HS, I'm definitely going to use the coaches question this season. nice. pappy, i like that whizzer white question. isn't the answer $100,000? thanks guys and keep em coming

Believe it or not, the ungodly amount of money Whizzer White was paid that year was $15,000.

Pappy

SteelerNation1
07-27-2010, 07:22 AM
How many more years will we be tortured with Renegade? :P
:moon

rpmpit
07-27-2010, 07:22 AM
How much will armpit weigh at the 2010 Planet Steelers Tailgate??? TBD :oops: :lol:

SteelerNation1
07-27-2010, 07:23 AM
Believe it or not, the ungodly amount of money Whizzer White was paid that year was $15,000.

Pappy
:shock: WHoa!