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Book about father a ‘labor or love’ for Jim Rooney

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There have been plenty of books written about the Pittsburgh Steelers, and there even was a book written by Dan Rooney himself titled, “Dan Rooney: My 75 Years with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL.” But this book is different, because this one is more about him, specifically his approach to leadership, his management and organizational styles, his beliefs and philosophies.

This book is titled, “A Different Way To Win: Dan Rooney’s Story, from the Super Bowl to the Rooney Rule,” and in the words of Jim Rooney, his son and the book’s author, it’s “part business bio, part memoir, and part history.”

“I understand my father wasn’t

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