# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/art-rooney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:14:48.596Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/art-rooney"
name: "Art Rooney"
slug: "art-rooney"
description: "Arthur Joseph Rooney Sr., often referred to as \"the Chief\", was an American professional football executive. He was the founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, an American football franchise in the National Football League (NFL), from 1933 until his death. Rooney is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was an Olympic qualifying boxer, and was part or whole owner in several track sport venues and Pittsburgh area pro teams. He was the first president of the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1933 to 1974, and the first chairman of the team from 1933 until his death in 1988."
tagline: "American football player, executive, and owner (1901–1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saint_Vincent_College_Preparatory_School_Art_Rooney.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1901-01-27"
deathDate: "1988-08-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.713693333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2285697/"
    handle:    "nm2285697"
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Rooney"
    title: "Art Rooney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "أرت روني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Rooney"
    title: "Art Rooney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Rooney"
    title: "Art Rooney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rooney"
    title: "Arthur Rooney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Rooney"
    title: "Art Rooney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2745557"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1249861"
    title: "Art Rooney"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump