2006-11-27 12:22:33 · 9 answers · asked by ? 6 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
The label guy only went to middle school and messed up.
Coach
2006-11-27 12:29:41 · answer #1 · answered by Thanks for the Yahoo Jacket 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Steelers logo is based on the Steelmark logo belonging to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). Created by U.S. Steel Corp. (now known as USX Corp.), the logo contains three hypocycloids (diamond shapes).
In the 1950s, when helmet logos became popular, the Steelers added players' numbers to either side of their gold helmets. Later that decade, the numbers were removed and in 1962, Cleveland's Republic Steel suggested to the Steelers that they use the Steelmark as a helmet logo.
When the Steelmark logo was created, U.S. Steel attached the following meaning to it: Steel lightens your work, brightens your leisure and widens your world. The logo was used as part of a major marketing campaign to educate consumers about how important steel is in our daily lives. The Steelmark logo was used in print, radio and television ads as well as on labels for all steel products, from steel tanks to tricycles to filing cabinets.
In the 1960s, U.S. Steel turned over the Steelmark program to the AISI, where it came to represent the steel industry as a whole. During the 1970s, the logo's meaning was extended to include the three materials used to produce steel: yellow for coal, orange for ore and blue for steel scrap. In the late 1980s, when the AISI founded the Steel Recycling Institute (SRI), the logo took on a new life reminiscent of its 1950s meaning.
The Steelers had to petition the AISI in order to change the word "Steel" inside the Steelmark to "Steelers" before the logo was complete.
The Steelers are the only NFL team that sports their logo on only one side of the helmet. At first, this was a temporary measure because the Steelers weren't sure they would like the look of the logo on an all-gold helmet. They wanted to test them before going all-out.
Equipment manager Jack Hart was instructed to put the logo only on one side of the helmet - the right side. The 1962 Steelers finished 9-5 and became the winningest team in franchise history to date. The team finished second in the Eastern Conference and qualified for the Playoff Bowl. They wanted to do something special for their first postseason game, so they changed the color of their helmets from gold to black, which helped to highlight the new logo.
Because of the interest generated by having the logo on only one side of their helmets and because of their team's new success, the Steelers decided to leave it that way permanently.
Today's helmet reflects the way the logo was originally applied and it has never been changed.
2006-11-27 20:39:06 · answer #2 · answered by S S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True story...when the franchise began, they were strapped for cash, so they had the logo only placed on the right side of the helmets to save money! Once the team took off, it remained the way it is out of tradition.
Another factoid......for one season, the Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined rosters for a season to save money....they were actually called the "Steegles"!
2006-11-27 20:30:23 · answer #3 · answered by Kenny G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to their own website, they wanted to see how it looked (1962) with their helmets so they only put it on one side. After going 9-5 that year (their best record to that point) and the novelty of only having it on one side being popular, they kept it that way.
2006-11-27 20:32:40 · answer #4 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because in the old days they just had the tv camera on the side of the field that the logo is on.
2006-11-27 20:32:24 · answer #5 · answered by miamivc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they rely so much of the referees. The refs forgot to get it put on the other side.
2006-11-27 20:25:52 · answer #6 · answered by Rebecca C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're to dumb to remember which way the helmet goes on.
2006-11-27 21:12:15 · answer #7 · answered by imafootballlovinfan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because just like this year, they are only half here.
2006-11-27 21:58:21 · answer #8 · answered by mister ss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
becuase they just do LETS GO STEELERS
2006-11-27 20:27:07 · answer #9 · answered by libshateme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋