by Dan Rooney
Leahy, Marshall
Lee, Bob
Lee, Robert E.
Leiweke, Tod
Leonard, Buck
Leonard, Jim
Lerner, Al
Lesniak, Al
LESTO (Lions, Eagles, Steelers Talent Organization)
Levy, Marv
Lewis, Frank
Lewis, Meriwether
Lewis, Ray
Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery
Life magazine
Lilly, Bob
Lipscomb, Eugene “Big Daddy,” 84
literature
Livingston, Pat
Lloyd, Greg
Lombardi, Vince
Long, Howie
Look magazine
Los Angeles Bulldogs
Los Angeles Chargers. See San Diego Chargers
Los Angeles Rams
Lott, Ronnie
Louis, Joe
Louisville, University of, Kentucky
Lurie, Jeffrey
Lyman, Link
Lynn, Mike
MacCambridge, Michael
MacInnis, James Martin
MacLachland, Don
Madden, John
Maddox, Tommy
Making Whooppee
Malone, Mark
Manning, Eli
Manning, Peyton
Mansfield, Ray “Ranger,” 86
Mara, John
Mara, Tim
Mara, Wellington
death of
NFL-AFL merger and
Marchibroda, Ted
Marino, Dan
Marshall, George Preston
Martha, Paul
Martin, Harvey
Masich, Andrew E.
Masloff, Sophie
Maxwell Football Club
Mayer, Louis B.
Mazeroski, Bil
McAnulty, Father
McBride, Mickey
McCabe, Richie
McCann, Danny
McCaskey, Mike
McClairen, Jack
McClaren, Goose
McClung, Willie
McCrary, Michael
McCullough, David
McCutcheon, Lawrence
McElhenny, “King” Hugh
McGee, Ben
McGerry, Don
McGinley, Barney
McGinley, Jack
McGinley, Marie (aunt)
McMakin, John
McNair, Bob
McNally, Art
McNally, Bill
McNally, John. See Blood, Johnny
McNulty, Alice (aunt)
McNulty, Kathleen. See Rooney, Kathleen McNulty (mother)
McQuade, Franklin T.
Mehri, Cyrus
Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Meredith, Don
Miami Dolphins
Michalske, Mike
Michelosen, John
Mid-Atlantic Baseball League
Minnesota Vikings
Modell, Art
Modell, David
Monday Night Football
Montana, Joe
Moore, Lenny
Moore, Richard Anthony
Morabito, Tony
Morrall, Earl
Morris, Patrick J.
Mosberg, Sammy
Muldowney, Paddy (uncle)
Mullins, Gerry “Moon,” 138
Murchison, Clint, Jr.
Murphy, Maurice “Mossy,” 87
Murphy, Tom
Nagurski, Bronko
Namath, Joe
National Basketball Association (NBA)
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
National Football Conference (NFC)
National Football League (NFL)
AAFC and
AFL merger with
AFL rivalry with
African Americans in
antitrust laws and
Competition Committee of
congressional issues of
Council Executive Committee (CEC) of
entertainment and
evolution of
fans of
founding of
as franchise business
gambling and
“hand-holders” program and
image of
labor issues and
legacy of
officiating and
stadium development and
television and
World War II and
National Football League Players Association (NFLPA)
NBA. See National Basketball Association
NBC
NCAA. See National Collegiate Athletic Association
Neale, Earle “Greasy,” 32-33
Negro Baseball League
Nesbitt, Evelyn
Nevers, Ernie
New England Patriots
Newhouse, Robert
New Orleans Saints
Newsome, Ozzie
New York Giants
New York Jets
New York Sack Exchange
New York Times
New York Yanks
NFC. See National Football Conference
NFL. See National Football League
NFL Network
NFLPA. See National Football League Players Association
NFL Youth Football Fund
Nickel, Elbie
Nittany Lions
Nixon, Mike
Noll, Charles Henry “Chuck,” ix
awards given to
background of
Davis-Atkinson lawsuit against
flying and
Immaculate Reception and
interview with
as Pittsburgh Steelers coach
retirement of
Noll, Chris
Noll, Marianne
Nordenberg, Mark
North Catholic High School, Pittsburgh, Pa.
North Side, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Notre Dame, University of
Nunn, Bill, Jr.
Nunn, Bill, Sr.
Oakland Raiders
O’Donnell, Neil
officiating
Olsen, Merlin
O’Reilly, Tony
Oswald, Lee Harvey
Owens, Steve
Page, Alan
Palmer, Carson
Parcells, Bill
Parins, Robert
Parker, Raymond “Buddy,” 33-34
Parker, Willie,
Paterno, Joe
Paterno, Sue
PCRC. See Player Club Relations Committee
Pearson, Barry
Pearson, Drew
Pearson, Preston
Pederson, Steve
Perles, George
Perry, Darren
Perry, Joe
Philadelphia Eagles
Phipps, Gerald
Pinchbeck, Val
Piolo, Scott
Pitt, William
Pittsburgh, Pa.
250th anniversary of
anti-Semitism and
bicentennial of
as City of Steel
dialect and
football and
Great Depression and
high school football in
immigration and
industrialization and
North Side of
pollution and
Rooney, Dan, childhood of and
urban renewal and
World War II and
Pittsburgh, University of
Pittsburgh Athletic Association
Pittsburgh Black Coalition
Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh Pirates (football). See Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Pirates (baseball)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Press
Pittsburgh Steelers
50th anniversary of
75th anniversary of
1972 season and
1973 season and
1974 season and
1975 season and
19
76 season and
1995 season and
Pittsburgh Steelers, continued
Austin, Bill and
Bach, Joe and
board of directors of
cheerleaders and
Cowher, Bill and
dynasty of
Immaculate Reception and
impact of
Kiesling, Walter and
legend of
logo of
as “loveable losers,” 5
mascots and
Michelosen, John and
mission of
new era of
Noll, Charles Henry “Chuck” and
Noll, Chuck and
Parker, Raymond “Buddy” and
renaming of
Steel Curtain and
Steelers Nation
Super Steelers and
Sutherland, John Bain “Jock” and
uniforms of
World War II years and
Pittsburgh Wool Co.
Player Club Relations Committee (PCRC)
player safety
poetry
Polamalu, Troy
pollution
Prince, Bob
Princeton University
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Rooney, Daniel Milton (Dan) in
Project C.H.U.C.K.
Quinn, Jim
Radakovich, Dan
radio broadcasting
Randle El, Antwaan
Reagan, Ronald
Reed, Jeff,
Reeves, Dan
Regan, Baldy
Regan, Martin
Regan, Mary
Regan, Patricia. See Rooney, Patricia Regan (wife)
Regan, Rita
Regan, Thomas
Reid, Andy
Reilly, Paul
Richardson, Jerry
Rieland, Joseph “Bud,” 48
Rivera, Gabriel
Rivers, Philip
Robert Morris College
Roberts, David Lee
Roberts, Rick
Roethlisberger, Ben
Rogel, Fran
Rooney, Arthur (great-grandfather)
Rooney, Arthur J. “Art” (father)
background of
baseball and
boxing and
Bradshaw, Terry and
Card-Pitts and
death of
gambling and
horse racing and
Immaculate Reception and
Kiesling, Walter and
marriage of
NFL, founding of and
NFL-AFL merger and
NFLPA and
nicknames of
Pittsburgh Steelers, purchase of by
Pittsburgh Steelers, selling of and
Rooney, Dan, childhood of and
as smoothtalker
as sports promoter
Steagles and
Unitas, Johnny and
as ward leader
World War II years and
Rooney, Arthur J. (son)
Rooney, Arthur J., Jr. (brother)
Rooney, Catherine Regan (great-grandmother)
Rooney, Daniel (grandfather)
Rooney, Daniel Milton (Dan)
American Ireland Fund and
appearance of
birth of
as boys’ football coach
character of
childhood of
in college
faith and
family and
flying and
health of
in high school
leadership of
marriage and
nicknames of
in Pro Football Hall of Fame
stadium building and
Rooney, Daniel (son)
Rooney, Daniel (uncle)
Rooney, Joan (daughter)
Rooney, John J. (brother)
Rooney, Kathleen (daughter)
Rooney, Kathleen McNulty (mother)
Rooney, Margaret Murray (grandmother)
Rooney, Patricia (daughter)
Rooney, Patricia Regan (wife)
Rooney, Patrick J. (brother)
Rooney, Rita (daughter)
Rooney, Timothy J. (brother)
Rooney, Tom (uncle)
Rooney 98s
Rooney-McGinley Boxing Club
Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Rosenbloom, Carroll
Rowser, John
Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Rozelle, Pete
Atkinson lawsuit and
NFL-AFL merger and
as NFL commissioner
retirement of
Ruby, Jack
Russell, Andy
Salinger, Pierre
Sanders, Carl
San Diego Chargers
Sands, Bobby
San Francisco Forty-Niners
Saul, Bill
Savage, Phil
Scarbath, Jack
Schottenheimer, Marty
Schramm, Tex
Scott, Frank
scouting
Searcy, Leon
Seattle Seahawks
Seavy, Rene
Seiple, Larry
Senator John Heinz History Center/ Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum
September 11
Shanklin, Ron
Shaw, George
Shaw, John
Shell, Donnie
Sherwin, Jim
Shula, Don
Silas, Father. See Rooney, Daniel (uncle)
Simpson, O.J.
Sisters of Mercy
Skelton, Red
Smith, Clarence “Pinetop,” 91
Smith, Jackie
Smith, Lovie
Smith, Rankin
Smith, Ron
Smith, Taylor
Snyder, Dan
Southern California, University of (USC)
Spadia, Lou and Maggie
Spanos, Alex
Spanos, Dean
Specter, Arlen
Sports Broadcasting Bill
Sports Illustrated
Stabler, Ken
stadium development
Stallworth, John
Stargell, Willie
Starr, Bart
Staubach, Roger
Stautner, Ernie
Steagles
Steed, Joel
Steel-Bowl Conference
Steel Curtain
Steelerettes
Steelers Nation
Stenger, Brian
Stewart, Kordell
St. Francis College
St. Justin Catholic School, Pittsburgh, Pa.
St. Louis Rams
St. Mary’s Catholic Girls School, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Storck, Carl
Stoudt, Cliff
St. Peter Catholic School, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Strayhorn, Billy
Stuart, J.E.B.
St. Vincent College
Sullivan, Bill
Sullivan, Chuck
Super Bowl I
Super Bowl II
Super Bowl III
Super Bowl IX
Super Bowl X
Super Bowl XI
Super Bowl XII
Super Bowl XIII
Super Bowl XIV
Super Bowl XL
Super Bowl XVII
Super Bowl XXX
Supreme Court, U. S.
Sutherland, John Bain “Jock,” 34-37
Swann, Lynn
Swearingen, Fred
Tagliabue, Paul
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tarkenton, Fran
Tatum, Jack
Taylor, Ike,
Taylor, Lionel
Teamsters
television
Tennessee Titans
Teresa, Mother
Terrible Towels
Texas Southern University
Thomas, Clarence
Thomas, Duane
Thomas, Joe
Thompson, Lex
Thorpe, Jim
Three Rivers Stadium
Thrower, Willie
Tisch, Bob
Tittle, Y. A.
Tomlin, Kiya
Tomlin, Mike
Tose, Leonard
Towler, “Deacon” Dan
Tracy, Tom
Trafton, Brute
Unitas, Anna
Unitas, Dorothy
Unitas, Johnny
United Way of America
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Upshaw, Gene
Upton, Frances
USC. See Southern California, University of
U.S. Fourth Court of Appeals
U.S. Olympic Committee
Van Dyke, Bruce
van Eeghen, Mark
Vincent, Billy
Wagner, Honus
Wagner, Mike
Walden, Bobby
Walsh, Bill
Ward, Hines
Warfield, Paul
War Memorial Stadium, Buffalo, N.Y.
Warner, “Pop,” 34
Warren, Jimmy
Washington, George
Washington Redskins
Weaver, Wayne
Webster, George
Webster, Mike
Wheeling, West Virginia, Stogies
White, Byron “Whizzer,” 27
White, Dwight
White, Joe
White, Joey and Clarence
White, Stanford
Widenhofer, Woody
Wilcox, Dave
Wilf, Zygi
Williams, Mary Lou
Williams, Smokey Joe
Wilson, August
Wilson, Ralph
Winter, Dave
Winter, Max
Wister, Al
Wolman, Jerry
Woodson, Rod
World Football League
World League of American Football
World War I
World War II
Yale University
Yeager, Chuck
Yeats, William Butler
Young, Al
Young, Buddy
Young, George
youth recreation programs
1 Sports historians agree that the first professional football game was played at Recreation Park on Pittsburgh’s North Side on November 12, 1892, when the Allegheny Athletic Association squared off against their archrivals, the Pittsburgh Athletic Club. It is believed that both teams paid their players—Allegheny Athletic Association paid all-American guard William “Pudge” Heffelfinger $500 cash—ushering in a new era of professional sports in America.
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