Company milestone · 1933-07-08
Art Rooney’s team joined the NFL as the Pittsburgh Pirates. [1]
Pittsburgh Steelers Logo
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Brand profile
About Pittsburgh Steelers
Professional American football team
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the AFC North division.
The team joined the NFL as the Pittsburgh Pirates on 8 July 1933. It was owned by Art Rooney and took its original name from the city’s baseball team; before the 1940 season Rooney renamed it the Steelers.
Black and gold have been the team’s colours since its founding, except in 1943, when it merged with the Philadelphia Eagles. They are the colours of the city’s official flag.
The team logo is based on the Steelmark of the American Iron and Steel Institute, and the Steelers place it on only the right side of the helmet.
Company: National Football League.
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Pittsburgh Steelers logo files at a glance
Pittsburgh Steelers has 2 downloadable files in AI, PNG in this archive. 1 logo record is catalogued; that is not the number of verified redesigns.
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Brand heritage
Logo history & brand milestones
One logo record is catalogued. The milestones below are dated separately from it.
Steelers logos from the 1940 plaque design to the Steelmark adopted in 1962 and changed to read Steelers in 1963, as recorded by the team, the American Iron and Steel Institute and Wikipedia. The AISI credits U.S. Steel with creating the Steelmark; Wikipedia names the design firm. Company and product dates are labelled separately from design changes.
Company milestone · 1940
Before the start of the 1940 season, Rooney renamed the team the Steelers. [4]
Logo milestone · 1940
To mark the new name, Rooney was given a plaque with a football-shaped design honouring the city’s steel industry and the words “Pittsburgh Steelers Football Club” around the edge. It became the first Steelers logo and was used almost only on letterhead. [4]
Logo milestone · 1962
Cleveland-based Republic Steel offered the Steelmark, a circle enclosing three hypocycloids and the word Steel, as a helmet logo. Equipment manager Jack Hart was told to apply it to one side of the gold helmets as a test. [3] [4] [5]
Visual identity milestone · 1963
After first wearing black helmets for the Playoff Bowl at the end of the 1962 season, the team adopted black helmets full-time; the one-sided logo placement was kept. [2] [5]
Logo milestone · 1963
After a petition to the American Iron and Steel Institute, the team received permission to change the word Steel in the logo to Steelers. [2] [3] [5]
Research sources
- Pittsburgh Steelers ↗ · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-25
- Logos and uniforms of the Pittsburgh Steelers ↗ · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-25
- Steelmark ↗ · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-25
- The History of the Steelers Logo ↗ · Pittsburgh Steelers · accessed 2026-09-25
- History of the Steelmark ↗ · American Iron and Steel Institute, 2020-09-21 · accessed 2026-09-25
Compiled 2026-09-25 by AI-assisted source review. Each statement links its sources; an editor has not yet independently confirmed them.
Colour sample
Sampled artwork colours
Grey (primary sample)Primary
- HEX
- #BBBBBB
- RGB
- 187, 187, 187
Text contrast on white1.92:1 · Fail
Text contrast on near-black9.84:1 · AAA
Yellow (accent sample)Accent
- HEX
- #FFEE22
- RGB
- 255, 238, 34
Text contrast on white1.2:1 · Fail
Text contrast on near-black15.74:1 · AAA
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Design context
Logo design & typography notes
The Steelmark was created for a U.S. Steel campaign and later passed to the American Iron and Steel Institute. Its hypocycloids came to represent the materials used to make steel: yellow for coal, orange for iron ore and blue for steel scrap.
The team has made subtle changes from the Steelmark, making the hypocycloids thicker and changing the orange one to red.
A “Man on the Beam” logo gained a public profile in newspaper coverage in the late 1950s; in 1998 the NFL chose it for Steelers throwback merchandise.
From the researched record (AI-assisted source review); see research sources.
Researched typography noteSince 1963 the team has used a stencil typeface for its script logo.
Logo type: emblem
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Reference
Frequently asked
Who designed the Pittsburgh Steelers logo?
Steelmark, the basis of the Steelers logo (1958) is credited to Lippincott & Margulies (agency). The designer of the specific file version shown on this page is not recorded. [3]
Can I use the Pittsburgh Steelers logo?
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When did Pittsburgh Steelers change its logo?
1940: To mark the new name, Rooney was given a plaque with a football-shaped design honouring the city’s steel industry and the words “Pittsburgh Steelers Football Club” around the edge. It became the first Steelers logo and was used almost only on letterhead. 1962: Cleveland-based Republic Steel offered the Steelmark, a circle enclosing three hypocycloids and the word Steel, as a helmet logo. Equipment manager Jack Hart was told to apply it to one side of the gold helmets as a test. 1963: After a petition to the American Iron and Steel Institute, the team received permission to change the word Steel in the logo to Steelers. [2] [3] [4] [5]
What file formats are available for the Pittsburgh Steelers logo in this archive?
Available file formats: AI, PNG. Dimensions, source and usage conditions are listed for each file below.
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- Source date
- 2026-08-02
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