Steely McBeam

Steely McBeam is the mascot of the Pittsburgh Steelers, a football team in the National Football League. He was created in August 2007, as part of the 75th anniversary celebrations of the team. His name was selected from a pool of 70,000 suggestions submitted by fans of the team. Diane Roles of Middlesex, Pennsylvania, submitted the winning name. According to Roles the name's was "meant to represent steel for Pittsburgh's industrial heritage, "Mc... more

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