Photograph: Jay Laprete/EPA/Rex/ShutterstockPittsburgh SteelersDan Rooney: much-loved Steelers scion. 38?BSTDan Rooney, the powerful and popular Pittsburgh Steelers chairman whose name is attached to the NFL’s landmark initiative in minority hiring, died Thursday. r team in November, and Bunce overseeing the longer-term goals of the performance department since the start of March. He made the Pro Bowl after the 2002 and 2003 seasons and was a second-team All-Pro in 2003.