The scout Bill Nunn was a key figure in the shaping of the 1970s Steelers’ dynasty, and he won six Super Bowl rings in nearly a half century with the franchise. Before his scouting career, Nunn was a sportswriter and editor of the Pittsburgh Courier, a renowned black newspaper, and through the paper he selected an annual all-American team and hosted a banquet honoring top African-American players nationwide. He became an expert on players from historically black colleges in the South – and those connections came in handy when in the late 1960s he became a full-time scout for Pittsburgh. In 1970, Nunn became the organization’s assistant director of player personnel, and he drafted or signed many overlooked future stars from historically black schools such as John Stallworth (fourth round pick, Alabama A & M) Mel Blount (third round, Southern); and LC Greenwood (10th round, Ark-Pine Bluff). In 1974, the Steelers drafted future Hall of Famers with 4 of their first 5 picks. Nunn was almost 90 years old and still working for the Steelers when, in 2014, he suffered a stroke and died that May.