Rooney also stood behind University of Notre Dame graduate and fellow Catholic Rocky Bleier.
An Olympic-qualifying boxer who had ownership in several sports venues and pro teams in the Pittsburgh area, Rooney became the founder and owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1933.
Art RooneyĪrt Rooney was born in 1901 in Coulterville, Pennsylvania, to descendants of Catholic immigrants from Ireland. Mara, a grandson of the original, is currently the president, CEO and co-owner of the Giants. He also was a bookmaker and a regular at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. And as his eulogists kept pointing out, he was the last of the old-school, sports team owners, a throwback to football's leather-helmet era."
He was a Catholic who attended Mass daily and fathered 11 children. When Mara died, The New York Times Magazine noted: "He had an earthy, pug-nosed Irish face and an authentic New York accent, of the kind you hear now only in movies from the '30s and '40s. Timothy Maraīorn in 1887, Irish American Catholic Tim Mara became the founding owner of the New York Giants in the 1920s and was one of the founders of the NFL. He's best known for his nine years as coach of the Green Bay Packers, which he led from ineptitude to domination in the 1960s, including winning the first two Super Bowls. The winner of the Super Bowl gets the Lombardi Trophy, named for one of football's most beloved figures - and a devout son of the church.īorn into a Catholic family of Italian descent in Brooklyn, New York, in 1913, Vince Lombardi, a lifelong daily Massgoer, attended a high school seminary with thoughts of the priesthood.īut after faith and family, Lombardi's love was football. (CNS photo/Eric Miller via Reuters) Vince Lombardi A Green Bay Packers' fan wears a mitre sporting the image of legendary NFL coach Vince Lombardi in this 1998 file photo.
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