Author Steve Massey wrote a book titled "The Starless Steelers", which tells the tale of the 1947 Pittsburgh Steelers team. That season should be forever endeared to Pittsburgh football fans as it was the first post season appearance of the franchise and the only one for the first almost forty years of their existence in the NFL.

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