Conference until one of their opponents figures out how to beat them in a seven-game series. decades with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Rooney showed a courage many others lacked, and his legacy is the league’s most progressive piece of legislationDan Rooney receives the AFC Championship trophy after the Steelers defeated the Ravens 23-14 in January 2009. Danny Blanchflower, who captained Tottenham to their 1961 double, was the analyst. Given that inescapable fact, perhaps the first rule of sportsmanship is to afford defeat the same respect as victory.