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Labine, Clem, 50, 228
La Guardia, Fiorella, 23
Larsen, Don, 118-119, 144, 160, 197, 200, 218, 221-227
Landis, Kenesaw Mountain, 60, 75
Lang, Jack, 94
Lardner, John, 73
Lardner, Ring, 80, 233, 234
Lemon, Bob, 102, 152, 182, 192
Lewis, Richard, 112
Life, 111, 113
“Life of Mickey Mantle, The,” 165-166
Lincoln, Abraham, 5
Lindbergh, Charles, 84
Lipsyte, Robert, 80
Little League, xviii
Lopat, Eddie, 29, 114
Louis, Joe, xviii, 76, 79, 89
Lumpe, Jerry, 62, 202
MacArthur, Douglas, 16
Maglie, Sal, 193, 215-216, 222-223, 226, 227
Malamud, Bernard, xv, 40, 179
Mantle, Elven “Mutt,” 3-4, 6-10, 16, 19, 27-31, 34-36, 46, 204
Mantle, Lovell, 3, 34
Mantle, Merlyn, 27, 34, 35-36, 44, 46, 105, 116, 117, 156, 157, 165-166, 234, 235, 237
Mantle, Mickey
baseball in childhood of, 6-8
biographies of, x
childhood of, 3-8
comparisons to Ruth, 39, 48, 56, 63-64, 78, 88, 90, 100, 104-106, 109, 128-129, 152, 163, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 181-182, 183-184, 190-191, 193, 198, 219, 240
Copa incident involvement, 236-238
draft status of, 15-17
drinking habits of, x, 97-100, 173-174
first World Series, 28-30
Mantle, Mickey (continued)
image of, ix, xiv-xv, 14, 19-20, 24, 40-41, 49, 111-113, 115-117, 127, 165-167, 233-234, 241
injuries of, 29-31, 33-34, 41-44, 46-47, 78-79, 92, 137-139, 151-152, 177-178, 240
media criticism of, 43, 47-48, 51
Mutt’s death and, 34-36
naming of, 3
1951 season of, 11-19, 25-30
1952 season of, 36-37
1953 season of, 38-43
1954 season of, 47-48
1955 season of, 48-52
1956 All-Star Game performance, 143-144
1956 World Series performance, 216, 221, 222-224, 227, 231
osteomyelitis of, 8-9
as a spokesman, 41, 114-115
as a symbol of the 1950s, xii, xviii-xx, 111, 132-133
Triple Crown pursuit of, 41, 57, 109, 125, 131, 152, 153, 167, 183, 184, 185, 189, 190, 191, 194-195, 196, 198-199, 202-205
as a “white hope,” 72-73
womanizing of, 116-117, 156-158, 235
Yankees signing of, 2, 9
Marciano, Rocky, 73, 89, 94, 96, 128
Maris, Roger, 240
Margolick, David, 76
Martin, Billy, 55, 72, 92, 99, 100, 102-103, 115, 125, 137, 138, 168, 172, 174, 176, 177, 194, 200, 207-208, 216, 228, 229
Copa incident and, 236-239
Mickey Mantle’s friendship with, 44-46, 139, 166, 167, 173, 178, 243-244
traded to A’s, 239
Matthewson, Christy, 143, 225
Mauch, Gus, 30, 78, 137, 151
Mays, Willie, xv, xix, 28-29, 30, 47, 73, 114, 120, 132, 144, 186
Maxwell, Charlie, 125, 153
McCarthy, Joe, 50
McDougald, Gil, 29, 37, 61, 99, 100, 173
McGrory, Mary, 242
Meany, Tom, 142, 149-150
Mickey Mantle Enterprises, Inc., 113, 234
Millstein, Gilbert, 24
Milwaukee Braves, 182, 188, 202, 212
Mitchell, Dale, 226
Mitchell, Jerry, 102, 104, 231
Mullin, Willard, 79
Murray, Arch, 24
Murray, Jim, 66, 124, 242
Musial, Stan, xv, xix, xx, 17, 132, 144
Namath, Joe, 241-242
Natural, The (Malamud), xv, 40, 179
Newcombe, Don, 122, 202, 217-218, 229
Newsweek, xiii, 73, 113, 131
New York Idea, xiv, See also Catton, Bruce
New York Giants, 22, 28, 30, 39, 47, 67, 68, 120, 129, 208, 228
New York Yankees,
and broadcasting, 124
championships of, 123
Mickey Mantle signed by, 9
and image of fans, 125, 210
See also Yankee Stadium
Nixon, Willard, 48, 106, 160, 169
Ogilvy, David, 115
Oklahoma, 3-4
Oklahoma (musical), 4
Pafko, Andy, xii
Pascual, Camilo, 62, 63, 64, 163, 182
Patterson, Arthur “Red,” 15, 26-28, 38-40, 62
Pepe, Phil, xiii
Pipp, Wally, 99, 101
Podres, Johnny, 50, 54
Post, Wally, xix
Povich, Shirley, 37, 38, 47, 56, 90, 113, 132
Power, Vic, 71-72, 73
Powers, Jimmy, 211
Presley, Elvis, 164, 166-167
Previte, Pete, 98-99, 241
Quiet American, The (Greene), xviii
Ramos, Pedro, 108
Red Scare, xvii, 230-231
Reese, Pee Wee, 54, 114, 212, 223
Reiser, Pete, 79
Rice, Grantland, 67, 80,
Richards, Paul, 150, 163, 187
Richardson, Bobby, 99, 101
Richman, Art, 222
Rickey, Branch, 18-19
Rizzuto, Phil, 77, 114
Robinson, Frank,
Robinson, Jackie, xi-xii, 37, 54-55, 70, 72-73, 81, 156, 164, 227-228
Roe, Preacher, 37, 42
Roebuck, Ed, 112
Roosevelt, Franklin D., xvi, 60, 214
Runyon, Damon, 80
Ruppert, Jacob, 75
Ruth, Babe, xiv, xv, xvii, 15, 20, 22, 23, 56, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 84-90, See also Mantle, Mickey, comparisons to Ruth
Savitt, Alan, 25, 156-157
Saturday Evening Post, xiii, 43, 174, 243
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 112
Score, Herb, 144, 171
Scott, Frank, 113-115, 119-120
Scully, Vin, 210, 226
Shecter, Leonard, 172
Sheppard, Bob, 48
Shor, Toots, 94-98, 100, 101, 116, 173, 178, 189, 205, 222
Simspon, Harry, 126
Sinatra, Frank, 94, 105, 236
Skowron, Bill “Moose,” 44, 55, 198, 228, 229, 230
Slaughter, Enos, 188, 196, 215, 221, 228, 229
Smith, Red, xiii, 69, 80-81, 161, 169, 188, 190, 229, 241
Snider, Duke, xix, xx, 39-40, 47, 54, 114, 129, 131, 143
Spalding, Albert, 58
Sport, xii, 243
Sporting News, The, xii, 15, 57, 67, 88, 111, 113, 120, 155, 171
Sports Illustrated, ix, x, xii, 66, 70, 108, 113, 126, 142, 207, 212, 214, 233
Sportswriters,
Gee-whiz journalism, 79-81
And Mantle’s image, xiv, 116-117, 158-159, 236
Stengel, Casey, xi, 13, 15, 18, 19, 26, 29, 34, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46-47, 50-51, 61, 63, 73, 78, 79, 83, 92, 99, 100-101, 102-103, 118, 123, 139, 144, 147, 148-149, 150, 159, 181, 192, 194, 196, 197, 198, 199, 201, 214, 218, 221, 222, 228, 229, 230, 239
Stevenson, Adlai, 215
Stump, Al, 174, 176
Sturdivant, Tom, 137, 221, 229
Sullivan, Ed, 164, 202
Sweet, Ozzie, 242-243
Taft, William Howard, 59
Talese, Gay, xiii, 95, 96, 125
Topping, Dan, 18, 45, 214
Topps Chewing Gum Company, 120-121
Trimble, Joe, 43, 56,
Triple Crown, xv, See also, Mantle, Mickey, Triple Crown pursuit of
Turley, Bob, 228
Turner, Jim, xx, 11, 12
Updike, John, 133, 135
Veeck, Bill, 124
Wagner, Robert, 77, 214
Wakefield, Dan, 112
Ward, Arch, 142
Washington Senators, 38, 59, 60, 61-62, 69, 87, 108, 122-124, 139, 163, 182, 239
Wayne, John, 111
Webb, Del, 18, 235
Weiss, George, 17
-19, 28, 44, 45, 68, 70-71, 72, 102, 103, 113-114, 117, 176, 178, 234-235, 238-239
Welker, Herman, xvii-xviii
Wertz, Vic, 153
White, E.B., 19, 22
Whyte, William H., 111
Williams, Ted, xv, xix, xx, 2, 11, 17, 63, 77, 78, 81, 109-110, 126, 131, 132, 133-136, 138, 139-144, 172, 179-180, 187-188, 193, 204
batting race with Mickey, 152-153, 167-168, 170, 189, 192, 195-201
spitting incident of, 159-162
Wilson, Hack, 97
Wilson, Woodrow, 59
Winchell, Walter, xiii, 11
Wolfe, Thomas, 209
Wolfe, Tom, 235
Wolff, Bob, 39
Woodward, Bob, 261
Woodward, Stanley, 80-81
World Series
of 1951, 28-30
of 1952, xi-xii, 37-38
of 1953, 42-43
of 1955, 49-51, 207, 209
of 1956, 211-231
Yankees dominance in, 19, 123-124
Wynn, Early, 44, 92, 171, 192
Yancey, Dan, 43, 46
Yankee Stadium, xx, 39, 69-70, 74-77, 91, 107-108, 125, 133, 168, 200, 220, 240
Young, Dick, xiii, 230,
Youngman, Harold, 235
Zernial, Gus, xix
Randy Roberts is distinguished professor of history at Purdue University. An award-winning author, he focuses on the intersection of popular and political culture and has written or cowritten biographies of such iconic athletes and celebrities as Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Bear Bryant, Oscar Robertson, John Wayne, and Muhammad Ali, as well as books on the Vietnam War, the Alamo, the 1973–1974 college basketball season, and West Point football during World War II. A Season in the Sun is the second book he has written with Johnny Smith. Roberts lives in Lafayette, Indiana.
Johnny Smith is the Julius C. “Bud” Shaw Professor in Sports, Society, and Technology and assistant professor of history at Georgia Tech. He is coauthor of Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X (with Randy Roberts) and author of The Sons of Westwood: John Wooden, UCLA, and the Dynasty That Changed College Basketball. Smith lives in Atlanta, Georgia.