Page 203 Mike Wagner learned Interview, Mike Wagner, June 2, 2009.
Page 203 At one point Interview, Andy Russell, March 12, 2009.
Page 203 The night before Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , p. 269.
Page 204 Come Saturday night Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 5.
Page 204 Before they left Interview, Terry Hanratty, June 4, 2009.
Page 205 At one point Bradshaw, Martin, Looking Deep, p. 111.
Page 205 Perles had told him Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 14.
Page 205 At one point Interview, Andy Russell, March 12, 2009.
Page 206 At one point Interview, Gerry Mullins, June 2, 2009.
Page 207 The game-winning Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 217.
Page 207 In the locker Interview, Andy Russell, March 12, 2009.
Page 207 With tears in Chastain, Steel Dynasty, p. 119.
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Page 211 Tim Rooney, one Interview, Mike Wagner, June 2, 2009.
Page 211 The prickly middle NFL Films, The Super Bowl Champions: Pittsburgh Steelers Collection.
Page 211 Sports Illustrated wrote "For Openers, Super Bowl VIII1/2," Sports Illustrated, December 23, 1974.
Page 212 It didn't matter Ibid.
Page 212 Or that his Ibid.
Page 212 Lambert was so Ibid.
Page 213 Grossman, a nice Interview, Randy Grossman, June 2, 2009.
Page 213 Bleier's constant talking Interview, Rocky Bleier, May 22, 2009.
Page 213 Bradshaw's acting Interview, Andy Russell, March 12, 2009.
Page 213 The merry prankster Interviews, Russell, March 12, 2009; Bleier, May 22, 2009; Wagner, June 2, 2009.
Page 213 Once, he started Interview, Terry Hanratty, June 4, 2009.
Page 213 He'd fill a Ibid; Interview, Rocky Bleier, May 22, 2009.
Page 213 During practice one Ibid.
Page 214 During the end Russell, A Steeler Odyssey, p. 169.
Page 215 Then Bradshaw threw Ibid.
Page 215 The Steel Curtain "Half a Ton of Trouble," Time, December 8, 1975.
Page 215 Looking for a Interview, Dan Radakovich, May 19, 2009.
Page 216 One day during Ibid.
Page 216 Another innovation Ibid. Interview, Gerry Mullins, June 2, 2009.
Page 217 And with less "A Steel Bit Drills the Oilers," Sports Illustrated, November 17, 1975.
Page 217 Players often heard Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , p. 122.
Page 217 The Steeler huddles Interview, Gerry Mullins, June 2, 2009.
Page 217 For the season "A Steel Bit Drills the Oilers," Sports Illustrated, November 17, 1975.
Chapter 38
Page 218 Edward Ayoub John P. Hoerr, And the Wolf Finally Came, p. 72.
Page 219 "The second afternoon" James B. Lane and Mike Olszanski, Steel Shavings: Steelworkers Fight Back (Gary, Indiana: Indiana University Northwest, 2000), p. 75.
Page 220 "I've listened" Ibid.
Page 220 "It's obvious, Sadlowski" Ibid.
Chapter 39
Page 221 Eight of eleven Rooney, Maisch, Halaas, My 75 Years . . . , p. 182.
Page 221 It was radio "Tales of the Terrible Towel." Sports Illustrated, July 30, 1979.
Page 222 On his nightly Ibid.
Page 222 Come Sunday, even Rooney, Maisch, Halaas, My 75 Years . . . , p. 183.
Page 222 The club had Ibid.
Page 222 Water seeped in NFL Films, 1975 Steelers.
Page 223 "We saw Jaws" "Two for the Super Bowl," Sports Illustrated, January 12, 1976.
Page 223 "You couldn't play" Fulks, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly . . . , p. 134.
Page 223 "The hardest hitting" "Two for the Super Bowl," Sports Illustrated, January 12, 1976.
Page 223 As a receiver "An Old Raiders Old-School Values," The New York Times, December 9, 2009.
Page 224 "Thank you," Greene NFL Films, 1975 Steelers.
Page 224 "We'll be bringing" "Two for the Super Bowl," Sports Illustrated, January 12, 1976.
Chapter 40
Page 225 Swann hadn't been NFL Films, The Super Bowl Champions: Pittsburgh Steelers Collection.
Page 225 Cowboys players had Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Harris.
Page 225 "I read what" NFL Films, The Super Bowl Champions: Pittsburgh Steelers Collection.
Page 225 Doctors had told Ibid.
Page 227 "They mess up" "Two for the Super Bowl," Sports Illustrated, January 26, 1976.
Page 227 "I hope Staubach" Ibid.
Page 227 The cost of Wikipedia, Super Bowl X, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_X.
Page 227 Someone had forgotten Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , p. 298.
Page 228 Henderson stopped the Thomas Henderson, Out of Control (New York: Pocket, 1990), p. 65.
Page 228 On the play Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , p. 298.
Page 228 Standing on the Bradshaw, Martin, Looking Deep, p. 120.
Page 229 Lambert was so Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , p. 298.
Page 230: But in the "Dallas Feels the Steeler Crunch," Sports Illustrated, January 26, 1976.
Page 231 "I don't care" Ibid.
Chapter 41
Page 234 "You have a" Chastain, Steel Dynasty, p. 144; Rooney, Maisch, Halaas, My 75 Years . . . , p. 188.
Page 234 For his hit Rooney, Maisch, Halaas, My 75 Years . . . , p. 191.
Page 235 Passes were so Chastain, Steel Dynasty, p. 151.
Page 235 Lambert called it NFL Films, Steelers: The Complete History.
Chapter 42
Page 236 For a few days Author's recollection.
Chapter 43
Page 239 "Don't let me go" Running Tough.
Page 240 "We realized we" Ibid., p. 47.
Page 240 "My mom and" Ibid.
Page 241 "nigger son of a" Ibid., p.51.
Page 241 "Whenever a fight" Ibid.
Page 241 "being and outspoken" Ibid., p. 52.
Page 241 "All through high" Ibid.
Page 242 "In a game" Ibid., p. 55.
Page 243 "Tony, I hear" Ibid., p. 62.
Page 243 "If you showed" Ibid., p. 65.
Page 244 "One night I was" Ibid., p. 75.
Chapter 44
Page 245 Edward Sadlowski's USWA James B. Lane and Mike Olszanski, Steel Shavings: Steelworkers Fight Back, p. 80.
Page 246 "a rebel candidate" "Oilcan Eddie Takes on the Old Guard," The New York Times, Dec. 19, 1976.
Page 246 "the beginning of" Archie Green, Wobblies, Pile Butts, and Other Heroes, p. 269.
Page 248 "First of all" Penthouse Interview, Ed Sadlowski, Penthouse, January 1977.
Page 248 "The poor motherfucker" Ibid.
Page 249 "You know, I" James B. Lane and Mike Olszanski, Steel Shavings: Steelworkers Fight Back, p. 80.
Page 249 Coyne pushed hard Author's recollection.
Chapter 45
Page 250 Depositions were taken Rooney, Maisch, Halaas, My 75 Years . . . , p. 193.
Page 250 Upon hearing that Steelers website http://news.steelers.com/article/78767.
Page 251 The capricious middle Ibid.
Page 251 "This isn't like" Ibid.
Page 251 In December, the Ibid.
Page 252 Noll knew his Interviews, Dan Radakovich, January 7, 2010; Art Rooney Jr., January 18, 2010.
Page 252 He had been "Pumped up Pioneers: The '63 Chargers," ESPN.com, February 1, 2009, http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/news/story?id=3866837.
Page 252 In the mid "Big Night," ESPN The Magazine, January 21, 2003.
Page 253 While they had Ibid.; Interview, Ted Petersen, January 7, 2010.
Page 253 Growing up on "Blood and Guts," ESPN.com, January 25, 2005, http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1972286
Page 253 Years later, espn.com Ibid.
Page 254 He had heard Steve Courson, False Glory (Stamford, CT.: Longmeadow Press, 1991), p. 17.
Page 254 Within a month Ibid.
Page 254 On d
rive block Interviews, Ted Petersen, June 15, 2009; Dan Radakovich, January 7, 2010.
Page 255 His successor in "A Detailed History," San Diego Union-Tribune, September 21, 2008.
Page 255 Bob Young, an "Big Night," ESPN The Magazine, January 21, 2003.
Page 255 Courson, who bench Courson, False Glory, p. 18.
Page 255 Right up until Obituary, Boston Globe, November 11, 2005.
Page 255 The day he Interview, Tony Dungy, September 23, 2009.
Page 255 Dungy backed up Ibid.
Page 256 Then he threw Ibid.
Chapter 46
Page 257 On Christmas Eve Author's recollection.
Page 257 "Our union has" "Steelworkers Seek U.S. Aid for Industry," The New York Times, Oct. 12, 1977.
Page 258 "We're all sitting" Interview, Peter Mamula, April 17, 2009.
Chapter 47
Page 260 "We realized we" Tony Dorsett and Harvey Frommer, Running Tough, p. 47.
Page 260 "The Cowboys needed" Ibid., p. 71.
Chapter 48
Page 263 Noll gave his Interview, Vito Stellino, October 5, 2009.
Page 263 But one player Steelers website, http://news.steelers.com/article/81099.
Page 264 Which is why Ibid.
Page 264 "This camp is" Ibid.
Page 265 Stallworth had no Bradshaw, Martin, Looking Deep, p. 76.
Page 265 He had been Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , p. 312.
Page 267 "I think Bradshaw's" Steelers website, http://news.steelers.com/article/81099.
Page 267 "I doubt I'll"Ibid.
Page 267 The front four Interview, Jack Ham, May 15, 2009.
Page 268 Noll had a Interview, Tony Dungy, September 23, 2009.
Page 268 "Gentlemen, I want" Interviews, Rocky Bleier, July 16, 2009; Randy Grossman, June 26, 2009.
Chapter 49
Page 270 When Schramm told Henderson, Out of Control, p. 218.
Page 271 "It seemed like" Ibid.
Page 271 He'd blow them Ibid., p. 206.
Page 271 He did coke Ibid., p. 213.
Page 271 His pregame routine Ibid., p. 237.
Page 272 And as the Ibid., pp. 235-36.
Page 272 He would have Ibid., p. 250.
Chapter 50
Page 273 The Steelers had Chastain, Steel Dynasty, p. 176.
Page 273 A Really Super "A Really Super Bowl," Newsweek, January 22, 1979.
Page 273 Finally, he finished Chastain, Steel Dynasty, p. 176.
Page 274 But it punctured Bradshaw, Martin, Looking Deep, p. 124.
Page 274 Noll's response was Chastain, Steel Dynasty, p. 176.
Page 274 During practices leading Interview, Gerry Mullins, June 2, 2009.
Page 275 At a morning Interview, Ted Petersen, June 15, 2009.
Page 275 It was about Interview, Cliff Stoudt, January 8, 2010.
Page 276 Then, on first NFL Films, The Super Bowl Champions: Pittsburgh Steelers Collection.
Page 276 While watching Cowboys Ibid.
Page 276 During practice, when Ibid.
Page 278 Doctors told him Interview, Cliff Stoudt, January 8, 2010.
Page 279 That September, needing NFL Films, The Super Bowl Champions: Pittsburgh Steelers Collection.
Page 280 Before the game Henderson, Out of Control, p. 253.
Page 280 But in the Bradshaw, Fisher, It's Only a Game, p. 78.
Page 281 On the next NFL Films, The Super Bowl Champions: Pittsburgh Steelers Collection.
Page 281 They lined up Interview, Tony Dungy, January 7, 2010.
Page 281 When the Cowboys NFL Films, The Super Bowl Champions: Pittsburgh Steelers Collection.
Page 282 Nearby, Dungy was Interview, Tony Dungy, January 7, 2010.
Page 282 That night, the Interview, Cliff Stoudt, January 8, 2010.
Page 282 It was five Ibid.
Page 283 Players, coaches, owners NFL Films, The Super Bowl Champions: Pittsburgh Steelers Collection.
Page 283 They yelled "Chief " Ibid.
Page 283 Then the room Ibid.
INDEX
Abbott and Costello
ABC
Abel, I. W.
background
and contract negotiations
and Five Gateway Center
and Narick
retirement
and USWA elections
About Three Bricks Shy of a Load (Russell)
The Actors Studio
Adams, Bud
advertising
AFC Central title
AFL-CIO
African-American newspapers
African Americans. See also race issues
Alabama A&M
alcohol use
Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
and company towns
and Dorsett
and steel industry layoffs
and Super Bowl XIII
Aliquippa Gazette
Aliquippa Park
Aliquippa & Southern Railroad
Aliquippa Steel Works
Allegheny Athletic Association (AAA)
Allegheny River
All-Pro Team
Alzado, Lyle
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
American Express
American Football League (AFL). See also specific teams
All-Star Games
competition for players
and Davis
and Hunt
and merger talks
and Namath
publicity
and salary competition
and Schramm
and television marketing
American Professional Football Association
"America's Team,"
amphetamines
Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH)
antitrust laws
artificial grass ("Astroturf ")
Astrodome
Atkinson, George
Atlanta Falcons
The Attic
Austin, Bill
automobile industry
Ayoub, Edward
Babcock and Wilcox steel works
Bachelors III,
Ballown
Baltimore Colts
and free agency
and Noll
origin of
and Super Bowl III,
and Super Bowl V,
Banaszak, John
barnstorming
Baylor University
Beaver Falls High School
Beeghly, Charles M.
behavioral standards of the NFL
Bell, Bert
and the AFL
death
and founding of the NFL
Bell, Ricky
Benedictine High
Berlin, Ralph
Bessemer process
Best, John
Bidwell, Violet
Billik, Dean
blackouts
Black Sunday
blast furnaces
Bleier, Rocky
and injuries
and 1976 regular season
on Noll
and player strikes
and playing style
and slander suit
and Super Bowl X,
and Super Bowl XIII,
and team camaraderie
BLESTO scouting service
blocking. See also defensive strategies
and Dorsett
and the Flex defense
Lombardi on
trap blocks
"Bloody Monday,"
Bloomfield Rams
Blount, Mel
and Bradshaw's leadership
and contract negotiations
on Cowboys
drafted to Steelers
and Dungy
and Noll's personnel strategy
and rule changes
and slander suit
and Super Bowl XIII,
blue-collar fans
The Blue Room
Bluhdorn, Charles
; Bogdanovich, George
Boggs, Hale
Boston, Massachusetts
Bourbon Street
Bradshaw, Terry
and AFC Championship games
background
and Coyne
and the draft
and Gilliam
injuries
MVP awards
Newsweek cover
and 1976 regular season
and Noll
and playoff games
and preseason
and quarterback conflicts
and rule changes
and slander suit
and Super Bowl IX,
and Super Bowl X,
and Super Bowl XIII,
and team camaraderie
and team dynamics
Branch, Cliff
Brandt, Gil
and Dorsett
hired by Cowboys
and personnel decisions
and Super Bowl XII,
and Thomas
Brown, Jim
Brown, Larry
Brown, Paul
Brown University
Bryant, Bear
Bud, Adams
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo Bills
bump-and-run
Butkus, Dick
Butler Cubs
Calvary Episcopal Church
camaraderie
Canadian Football League
Cannon, Billy
capitalism
Cappelletti, John
Cardinals
Carnegie, Andrew
Carnegie Steel
Carson, Bud
Carter, Jimmy
Casterlow, Karen
Cavanaugh, Matt
CBS
Chance Vought Corporation
Chicago Bears
Chicago Cardinals
Chiodo, Joe
Christian reform movements
Chrysler
Cincinnati Bengals
Circle Suites
The Citadel
Civil War
Clack, Jim
Clay, Cassius
Cleveland Browns
Coach of the Year awards
"Coal and Iron Police,"
"Coal Hill,"
coal mining
cocaine
coke
collective bargaining
Collins, Ted
company towns
compensation rules
competition committee
computers
Cope, Myron
corner backs. See also specific players
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