Franchise snapshot: Pittsburgh Steelers

Football Digest, March, 2002 by Chuck O'Donnell

* Quarterback Kordell Stewart's hobbies include shooting pool and playing the drums.

* Former safety Darren Perry stubbed the little toe on his right foot while getting into bed on Halloween night 1995 and missed the ensuing game.

* Former receiver Weegie Thompson's real name is Willis

* A 1921 silver dollar was used when the Steelers and the Chicago Bears flipped to see who would have the first pick in the 1970 draft. The Steelers won and selected Terry Bradshaw.

* Bradshaw never threw for 400 yards in a game.

* Third-year running back Amos Zereoue was born in the Ivory Coast.

* At 38, Bill Cowher became the youngest head coach ever to lead his team to a Super Bowl when the Steelers went to Super Bowl 30 in 1995.

* In 1952, the Steelers became the last team to abandon the single wing for the T-formation.

* The Steelers originally were called the Pirates, and even played in the same home field--Forbes Field--as their baseball counterparts. They didn't become the Steelers until 1940.

* Byron "Whizzer" White, who led the league in rushing in 1938, went on to serve 31 years as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court before retiring in 1993.

* Because rosters were depleted, the Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles merged into the Steagles in 1943. The following year, the Steelers merged with the Chicago Cardinals.

* Running back Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala has the longest last name in team history, a whopping 14 letters. The fourth-year player was born and raised in Honolulu and played his college ball at Utah.

* Running back Jerome Bettis is an avid bowler and has a lifetime average of better than 200.

* Calvin Sweeney caught Bradshaw's final touchdown pass, in 1983 against the New York Jets.

* The Steelers were founded in 1933, but they didn't win a playoff game until the 1972, in the divisional playoffs against the Oakland Raiders.

* L.C. Greenwood, the Steelers' all-time sack leader, got the nickname "Hollywood Bags" for his oversized golden shoes.

* The Steelers are 0-3 on Thanksgiving Day.

* In their 31 seasons at Three Rivers Stadium, the Steelers had a 182-73 overall home record.

* "Mean" Joe Greene was born Charles Edward.