where does the pittsburgh steelers logo come from
Steelmark Co-owner of the Steelmark logo, Cleveland-based Republic Steel approached the owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers about placing the logo on their helmets for the 1962 NFL season, figuring that it would be a perfect product placement for the steel manufacturers.[6] The equipment manager for the team was told to put the logo on the right side of the team's all-gold helmets. The Steelers went 9â€“5 that season, their best record to that date. For their first post-season game, in the 1962 Playoff Bowl, the team changed the helmet color from gold to black to make it stand out more and it has remained largely unchanged since, with the team the only one in the National Football League to have a logo on only one side of the helmet.[2][7] In 1963, the Steelers petitioned the American Iron and Steel Institute to be allowed to change the word "Steel" in the logo to the full team name, which was approved by the AISI.[2]