Okay, so I was digging around for some cool vintage stuff the other day, and I stumbled upon this whole thing about the old Steelers logo. You know, the NFL team? It got me pretty interested, so I decided to look into it.
First off, I found out that the Steelers logo we all know is actually based on something called the “Steelmark.” I started searching for more information about this “Steelmark” and learned that this logo was originally made for some big steel company back in the day to show off how great steel is. It’s got these three diamond-shaped things, which I later learned are called “astroids” or something like that, “hypocycloids.” Anyway, each color means something: yellow for making work easier, orange for fun times, and blue for making your world bigger. I spent some time browsing through various old documents and images to see how these colors were used in the original Steelmark.
- I spent a good chunk of my day trying to find the original Steelmark logo.
- I compared different versions of the logo from various decades.
Next, I got to figuring out how this Steelmark thing became the Steelers logo. Apparently, the Steelers are the only team in the NFL that only puts their logo on one side of the helmet, the right side. I tried to verify this information by checking out some recent and old game footage. It was interesting to see if I could spot any inconsistencies.
- I watched several Steelers games, focusing on the helmets.
- I read some old articles about the team’s history to confirm this detail.
Turns out, there’s this story about the old equipment manager, Jack Hart. He was told by the team owner, Art Rooney, to put the logo on just one side as a kind of test to see how it looked on their gold helmets. I thought that was a pretty cool bit of history, so I went ahead and tried to find some pictures or interviews that mentioned this. I spent a few hours tracking down some old interviews and photographs of Jack Hart and Art Rooney.
- I searched for any interviews or quotes from Jack Hart or Art Rooney about the logo placement.
- I looked for old photographs of the team from that era to see the helmets in action.
After that, I got curious about this other logo, the “Man on the Beam” one. I read that it became kinda famous in the late 1950s, so I went on a hunt to see if I could find some examples of it. I managed to find a few old photos and advertisements featuring this logo. I also checked out some sports history books to see if they mentioned anything about it.
- I found a couple of vintage ads showcasing the “Man on the Beam” logo.
- I looked into some history books to see how popular this logo really was back in the day.
So yeah, that was my deep dive into the old Steelers logo and all the stuff around it. It was a fun little project, and I learned a bunch of cool stuff along the way. Hope you guys found this interesting too!
