by Chad Millman
Page 22 Fellow assistants called Ibid., p. 241; Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , p. 121.
Page 22 Heated arguments could Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , p. 121.
Chapter 4
Page 23 “no murder or manslaughter” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mob_football.
Page 23 “Mob Football” Ibid.
Page 23 “hustling over large balls” Ibid.
Page 24 The Monaca Scholastics “Cradle of Pro Football,” Senator John Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh, Sports Museum Exhibit.
Chapter 5
Page 27 “We’ll change history” Rooney, Maisch, Halaas, My 75 Years . . . , p. 128.
Page 28 He told the Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Parker.
Page 28 “He pointed out” Rooney, Maisch, Halaas, My 75 Years . . . , p. 125.
Chapter 6
Page 30 The origin of U.S. trade unions Archie Green, Wobblies, Pile Butts, and Other Heroes, (Champaign, IL.: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1993), pp. 230-31.
Page 30 “Iron City Forge of the Sons” Ibid.
Page 30 “Three giant caldrons” Upton Sinclair, The Jungle (Pasadena, CA.: Upton Sinclair, 1920), p. 246.
Chapter 7
Page 34 “Well, that’s it” Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League (Showtime: The New Frontier), Episode 1.
Page 36 “Bell tells” Bell Tells Congressional Hearing New Pro Football League is Being Formed,” The New York Times, Jul. 29, 1959.
Page 36 “There’s a new league” Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League (Showtime: The New Frontier), Episode 1.
Chapter 8
Page 38 “I knew what” Chastain, Steel Dynasty, p. 17.
Page 39 “At the time” Ibid.
Page 39 For three springs Larry Fox, Mean Joe Greene and The Steelers Front Four (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1975), p. 19.
Page 39 Noll sat with Ibid., pp. 19-20.
Page 40 He had led “New Legend at Notre Dame,” Sports Illustrated, Nov. 7, 1966.
Page 40 “I feel like” Rooney Jr., Ruanaidh, p. 247.
Page 40 Remembered Rooney Jr. Ibid.
Page 41 Their scouting reports Blount Jr., About Three Bricks, pp. 276-77.
Page 41 “But that was” Ibid., p. 277.
Page 41 He called Art Ibid., p. 45.
Page 42 Rather than work Rooney Jr., Ruanaidh, p. 145.
Page 42 He had begged Ibid., p. 238.
Page 43 “Well . . . when I” Ibid., pp. 239-40.
Page 43 The night before Ibid., p. 242.
Page 43 “We need too” Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 20.
Page 44 He ordered coffee Rooney Jr., Ruanaidh, p. 245.
Page 44 Art Jr. looked Ibid., p. 246.
Page 45 After he got Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 24.; Interview, Joe Greene, June 1, 2009.
Page 45 “Joe Who?” Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 20.
Page 45 Teammates suffered in Interview, Joe Greene, June 1, 2009.
Page 45 When he was embarrassed Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 30.
Page 45 When he was ten Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , p. 283.
Page 46 “I had a” Ibid.
Page 46 Years later, after Ibid.
Page 46 “When I started playing in high school . . . ,” Interview, Joe Greene, June 1, 2009.
Page 47 So he ran Ibid., p. 284; Interview, Joe Greene, June 1, 2009.
Chapter 9
Page 48 Like Hunt Jane Wolfe, The Murchisons, The Rise and Fall of a Texas Dynasty (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1989).
Page 48 Red Smith wrote Red Smith, To Absent Friends (New York: Atheneum, 1982), p. 374.
Page 49 “This is the last” Michael MacCambridge, America’s Game (New York: Random House, 2004), p. 128.
Chapter 10
Page 53 “tuxedo unionism” “Abel’s Issue: ‘Tuxedo Unionism’ in the Steelworkers,” The New York Times, Jan. 12, 1965.
Chapter 11
Page 54 “Sonny, look at the schedule” Mark Kriegel, Namath: A Biography, (New York: Viking Penguin, 2004), p. 126.
Page 55 “You know you’re not” Bernie Parrish, They Call It a Game (New York: The Dial Press, 1971), p. 135.
Page 55 “A million dollar set” “Sonny Werblin, an Impresario of New York’s Sports Extravaganza, Is Dead at 81,” The New York Times, Nov. 23, 1993.
Page 56 “There was one set” America’s Game Super Bowl III (NFL Films).
Chapter 12
Page 57 He had learned Interview, Dick Hoak, March 13, 2009.
Page 57 The Hoaks were Ibid.
Page 58 Those uniforms? Well Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , p. 55.
Page 58 When it rained Interview, Dick Hoak, March 13, 2009.
Page 58 They’d smoke some cigarettes Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , p. 55.
Page 58 Each player got Ibid.; Interview, Dick Hoak, March 13, 2009, Interview, Andy Russell, March 12, 2009.
Page 59 “I’d rather play” Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 24.
Page 59 But once he Ibid.
Page 60 “And you are at a disadvantage . . .” Interview, Andy Russell, March 12, 2009.
Page 60 He was the Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , p. 287.
Page 60 If a player Interview, Andy Russell, March 12, 2009.
Page 60 “So Ray was” Rooney, Maisch, Halaas, My 75 Years . . . , p. 130.
Page 60 Years later, Russell Interview, Andy Russell, March 12, 2009.
Page 61 Practice jerseys didn’t Interview, Tony Dungy, Sept. 23, 2009.
Page 62 Noll looked the Interview, Andy Russell, March 12, 2009.
Page 63 He ran after Ibid., Interview, Joe Greene, June 1, 2009.
Page 63 Greene was in Andy Russell, A Steeler Odyssey (Champaign, IL.: Segamore Publishing, 1998), p. 105.
Page 63 Greene didn’t bother Ibid., pp. 104-5.
Page 64 Only once that Interviews, Joe Greene, June 1, 2009; Andy Russell, March 12, 2009; Dick Hoak, March 13, 2009.
Chapter 13
Page 67 “If you have to get” Jane Wolfe, The Murchisons, The Rise and Fall of a Texas Dynasty (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1989), p. 24.
Page 68 “We’re out . . .” Ron Chernow, Titan, The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (New York: Random House, 1998), p. 431.
Page 69 “money was like manure” Bryan Burrough, The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes (New York: Penguin Press, 2009), p. 159.
Page 69 “Vice and Versa” Ibid., p. 282.
Chapter 14
Page 71 On January 9 Chastain, Steeler Dynasty, p. 31.
Page 71 He’d get a Terry Bradshaw, David Fisher, It’s Only a Game (New York: Pocket Books, May 2001), p. 4.
Page 71 Lying on his Ibid.
Page 71 Bradshaw played with Ibid.
Page 72 He learned how Ibid., p. 6.
Page 72 Dresses were made Ibid., p. 7.
Page 73 Europe who wanted him Ibid., p. 23.
Page 73 So instead of Ibid., pp. 24-25.
Page 74 “And everything I” Rooney Jr., Ruanaidh, p. 264.
Page 74 The scouting service Ibid.
Page 75 “He was a” Ibid.
Page 75 Noll was impressed Ibid.
Page 75 He might have “Everyone’s No. 1 Pick,” Sports Illustrated, February 9, 1970.
Page 75 And Art never Chastain, Dynasty, p. 31.
Page 76 Don Shula said Bradshaw, Fisher, It’s Only a Game, p. 29.
Page 76 “Thrilled. I wanted” “Everyone’s No. 1 Pick,” Sports Illustrated, February 9, 1970.
Chapter 15
Page 77 Texas Schramm Jr. David Harris, The League: The Rise and Decline of the NFL (New York: Bantam, 1986), p. 27.
Page 78 “The only person” Ibid.
Page 79 Winter Olympics Michael MacCambridge, America’s Game (New York: Random House, 2004), p. 204.
Page 81 “Mr. Vice-Commissioner” David Harris, The League: The Rise and Decline of the NFL (Ne
w York: Bantam, 1986), p. 30.
Page 82 “If I try” Michael MacCambridge, America’s Game (New York: Random House, 2004), p. 224.
Page 85 “‘It’s a lack of character’” Duane Thomas and Paul Zimmerman, Duane Thomas and the Fall of America’s Team (New York: Warner Books, 1988), p. 50.
Chapter 16
Page 86 “Collective bargaining” “I.W. Abel of Steelworkers Dies at 78” The New York Times, Aug. 11, 1987.
Page 87 A former star running back “Right to Challenge; People and Power in the Steelworkers Union,” The New York Times, Feb. 20, 1972.
Page 87 “You’ve got the younger element” “I.W. Abel of Steelworkers Dies at 78” The New York Times, Aug. 11, 1987.
Page 87 “a buck for Emil” “Steel Union Vote is Set for Today,” The New York Times, Feb. 10, 1969.
Chapter 17
Page 89 Noll arranged the Interview, Rocky Bleier, May 22, 2009.
Page 89 “This guy is” Bradshaw, Fisher, It’s Only a Game, p. 39.
Page 89 The weekend of Russell, A Steeler Odyssey, p. 128.
Page 90 Nights were spent Ibid.; Interview, Gerry Mullins, June 2, 2009.
Page 90 That night, Russell Russell, A Steeler Odyssey, p. 128.
Page 90 Bradshaw made his Ibid., p. 129.
Page 91 “Nobody at Tech” Bradshaw, Harris, It’s Only a Game, p. 39.
Page 91 He underestimated the Ibid., p. 40.
Page 92 “I couldn’t believe” NFL Films, Steelers: The Complete History.
Page 92 After the game Bradshaw, Harris, It’s Only a Game, p. 42.
Page 92 One night he Ibid., p. 43.
Page 93 “The only thing” Ibid.
Page 93 The punt was Ibid.
Page 94 Late in the Russell, A Steeler Odyssey, p. 106; Interview, Joe Greene, June 1, 2009.
Page 94 As the official Ibid.
Page 94 Only this time Ibid.
Page 95 “No one ever said” Ibid.
Chapter 18
Page 96 Murchison had been hoping Jane Wolfe, The Murchisons, The Rise and Fall of a Texas Dynasty (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1989), pp. 305-10.
Page 96 “the finest football stadium” Ibid.
Page 97 “The problem with” Ibid.
Page 97 “Circle Suites” Ibid.
Chapter 19
Page 99 “couldn’t get over” Duane Thomas and Paul Zimmerman, Duane Thomas and the Fall of America’s Team (New York: Warner Books, 1988), p. 18.
Page 100 “The first thing” Ibid., p. 21.
Page 101 “My day would start” Ibid., p. 61.
Page 101 “He said he’d” Ibid., p. 48.
Page 103 “He was perfect” Ibid., p. 101.
Page 104 “Nope. But I’ve” Deane H Freeman and Jaime Aron, I Remember Tom Landry (Sports Publishing, LLC, 2001), p. 17.
Page 105 “After that game” Duane Thomas and Paul Zimmerman, Duane Thomas and the Fall of America’s Team (New York: Warner Books, 1988), p. 74.
Chapter 20
Page 106 Born and raised Stanley H. Brown, Ling: The Rise, Fall, and Return of a Texas Titan (New York: Atheneum, 1972).
Page 106 “two plus two” “The Urge to Merge,” The New York Times, Oct. 27, 1968.
Page 108 “You wear two” “Young Workers Are Raising Voices to Demand Factory and Union Changes,” The New York Times, Jun. 1, 1970.
Chapter 21
Page 109 “Tom never once” Duane Thomas and Paul Zimmerman, Duane Thomas and the Fall of America’s Team (New York: Warner Books, 1988), p. 87.
Page 110 “The day that” Ibid., p. 85.
Page 110 “He came in” Ibid., p. 80.
Page 110 “From the first” Ibid.
Page 110 “I told him” Ibid., p. 82.
Page 112 “We had to” Ibid., p. 87.
Page 112 “A lot of players” Ibid.
Page 113 “dishonest, sick” Ibid., p. 90.
Page 113 “plastic man” Ibid.
Page 114 “shadowed by a” Ibid., p. 92.
Page 114 “I told him” Ibid., p. 93.
Page 115 “I suppose that” Ibid., p. 110.
Page 116 “I still have” Ibid., p. 103.
Page 116 “Duane represented” Ibid., p. 104.
Chapter 22
Page 118 Noll had a Interviews, Dick Hoak, March 13, 2009; Dan Radakovich, May 15, 2009.
Page 118 But after getting Interview, Dan Radakovich, May 15, 2009.
Page 119 Radakovich showed up Ibid.
Page 119 But Noll wanted Interviews, Dick Hoak, March 13, 2009; Dan Radakovich, May 15, 2009.
Page 120 When Joe Gordon Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 84.
Page 120 “Some tried,” he Ibid.
Page 120 At home, as Ibid, p. 85.
Page 120 He had gone Ibid, p. 89.
Page 120 Through those first Interview, Dan Radakovich, May 15, 2009.
Page 120 He didn’t trust Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 82.
Page 121 So Radakovich trained Interview, Dan Radakovich, May 15, 2009.
Page 122 We all came Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , pp. 4-5.
Chapter 23
Page 123 As the 1972 Interviews, Dan Radakovich, May 15, 2009; Art Rooney Jr., April 16, 2009.
Page 124 All Penn State Interview, Dan Radakovich, May 15, 2009.
Page 124 During their senior Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , p. 332.
Page 125 The next day Ibid.
Page 125 It was an Interview, Dan Radakovich, May 15, 2009.
Page 126 His agent stopped Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , pp. 332.
Chapter 24
Page 127 Abel’s biggest concerns John P. Hoerr, And the Wolf Finally Came (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988), pp. 109-13.
Chapter 25
Page 130 He had taken Interview, Dick Hoak, February 19, 2009.
Page 130 those first few Ibid; Interview, Andy Russell, March 12, 2009.
Page 131 “‘Dick, don’t overcoach’” Interview, Dick Hoak.
Page 132 In a trap Interviews, Dan Radakovich, May 15, 2009; Gerry Mullins, June 2, 2009.
Page 132 Harris not only Interview, Joe Greene, June 1, 2009.
Page 133 Their dominance was Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , p. 88.
Page 133 On one play Ibid.
Page 133 A fourth starting Matt Fulks, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly: Pittsburgh Steelers (Chicago: Triumph Books, Sept. 2008), p. 11.
Chapter 26
Page 135 They wore green NFL Films, Steelers: The Complete History.
Page 136 “They just approached” Interview, Franco Harris, May 22, 2009.
Page 136 There was an NFL Films, Steelers: The Complete History.
Page 137 They begged Steelers Ibid.
Page 137 After a couple “The Immaculate Reception,” Sports Illustrated, August 20, 1973.
Page 137 “Dear Frank: We”: Ibid.
Page 138 It was the Ibid.
Page 138 They had an NFL Films, Steelers: The Complete History.
Page 138 “Franco, get over” Ibid.
Page 138 “It was like” “The Immaculate Reception,” Sports Illustrated, August 20, 1973.
Page 139 Before the night Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 124.
Page 139 Once, as an Interview, Harold Siegel, March 20, 2009.
Page 140 “He wanted nothing” Rooney, Maisch, Halaas, My 75 Years . . . , p. 109.
Page 140 “Not only by” Ibid.
Page 140 “Treating NFL teams” Ibid.
Page 141 “Yeah,” Noll said Chastain, Steel Dynasty, p. 60.
Page 141 It was a Bradshaw, Fisher, It’s Only a Game, p. 110.
Page 141 Meanwhile, Stagno dropped NFL Films, Steelers: The Complete History.
Page 142 At that moment: Chastain, Steel Dynasty, p. 60.
Page 142 Just then, Vento NFL Films, Steelers: The Complete History.
Page 142 As the ball Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 128.
Page 142 He’d missed what NFL Films, St
eelers: The Complete History.
Page 142 Forty-five minutes Steelergridiron.com; http://www.steelergridiron.com/history/reception.html.
Page 143 Then Cope said Ibid.
Chapter 27
Page 147 “He’s in trouble” Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 148.
Page 147 The Steelers cut Ibid., p. 99.
Page 148 “Yeah, fat boy” Ibid., p. 97.
Page 148 The Steelers brought Ibid., p. 106.
Page 148 Holmes had decided Ibid.
Page 149 “I don’t know” “Half a Ton of Trouble,” Time, December 8, 1975.
Page 149 Occassionally he’d stop Rooney, Maisch, Halaas, My 75 Years . . . , p. 187.
Page 149 During practices veteran Interview, Mike Wagner, June 6, 2009.
Page 150 But in March Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 149; “Dodging a Silver Bullet,” Sports Illustrated, March 7, 1977; “Half a Ton of Trouble,” Time, December 8, 1975.
Page 150 He was overextended Ibid.
Page 150 Without promising anything Ibid.
Page 150 He arrived after Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 150.
Page 150 At the scene “Half a Ton of Trouble,” Time, December 8, 1975.
Page 150 The state police Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 151.
Page 150 He carried his Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 151; “Dodging a Silver Bullet,” Sports Illustrated, March 7, 1977; “Half a Ton of Trouble,” Time, December 8, 1975.
Page 150 We could have Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 151.
Page 150 “We’ll do everything Ibid., p. 152.
Page 151 At sentencing, a Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 157; “Dodging a Silver Bullet,” Sports Illustrated, March 7, 1977; “Half a Ton of Trouble,” Time, December 8, 1975.
