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Page 151 Holmes had three Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , p. 130.
Page 152 “I don’t watch” Ibid.
Page 154 Hanratty, meanwhile, was Interview, Terry Hanratty, June 4, 2009.
Page 154 The next week Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 166.
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Page 156 “You go in there” James B. Lane and Mike Olszanski, Steel Shavings: Steelworkers Fight Back (Gary, Indiana: Indiana University Northwest, 2000), p. 80.
Page 159 “I went on” Ibid., p. 75.
Page 159 Pittsburgh-based USWA “USW Rebel Sadlowski Has Rebel Backer Here,” Pittsburgh Press, Nov. 28, 1976.
Page 160 “Really, I’m Irish” “The Boxer and the Blonde,” Sports Illustrated, Jun. 17, 1985.
Page 161 “All the union bosses” “Oilcan Eddie Takes on the Old Guard,” The New York Times, Dec. 19, 1976.
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Page 163 Every year, Nunn Interview, Bill Nunn, May 28, 2009.
Page 164 He went to Ibid.
Page 164 He helped the Rooney Jr., Ruanaidh, p. 135.
Page 164 His times were Interview, Bill Nunn, May 28, 2009.
Page 165 He kept it Chastain, Steel Dynasty, p. 83.
Page 165 But he was Rooney Jr., Ruanaidh, p. 151.
Page 165 It wasn’t his Interview, Art Rooney Jr., April 16, 2009.
Page 166 When he exploded Interview, Andy Russell, March 12, 2009.
Page 166 “He was just” Chastain, Steel Dynasty, p. 83.
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Page 167 For more than a century David H. Wollman and Donald R. Inman, Portraits in Steel (Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 1999).
Page 169 “the best possible” Ibid p. 59.
Page 171 “Little Siberia” “Aliquippa: The Company Town and the Contested Power in the Construction of Law,” Buffalo Law Review, Winter 1995.
Page 171 Wesley and Myrtle Tony Dorsett & Harvey Frommer, Running Tough (New York: Doubleday, 1989), p. 3.
Page 172 “The name Dorsett” Ibid., p. 8.
Page 173 “Hey, man” Ibid., p. 9.
Page 173 Midget Football League Ibid.
Page 173 “You can’t even” Ibid.
Page 173 “I remember” Ibid., p. 10.
Page 174 “flashes of color” Ibid., p. 88.
Page 174 “Do something better” Ibid., p. 6.
Page 174 “Once I was sent” Ibid.
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Page 175 “No freedom, no” Interview, Gerry Mullins, June 2, 2009.
Page 175 Some people thought Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , p. 99.
Page 176 With both legs: Ibid Chastain, Steel Dynasty, p. 93; Interview, Rocky Bleier, May 22, 2009.
Page 176 Hanratty, his buddy Chastain, Steel Dynasty, p. 94.
Page 176 Bleier went through Interview, Rocky Bleier, May 22, 2009.
Page 176 The next day Ibid.
Page 177 After visiting his Ibid.
Page 177 Occasionally, he used Interview, Rocky Bleier, February 11, 2010.
Page 177 They had become “Pumped up Pioneers: The ’63 Chargers,” ESPN .com, February 1, 2009, http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/news/story?id=3866837.
Page 178 By 1973, Bleier Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , p. 99.
Page 178 But in the Interview, Rocky Bleier, July 16, 2009.
Page 178 Dan negotiated with Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 159.
Page 179 Then he left Interview, Gerry Mullins, January 18, 2010.
Page 179 Against the advice Rooney, Maisch, Halaas, My 75 Years . . . , p. 154.
Page 179 He had a Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , p. 190.
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Page 180 And then a Tony Dorsett & Harvey Frommer, Running Tough, p. 9.
Page 180 “When Melvin died” Ibid.
Page 181 “That kid will” Ibid., p.13.
Page 181 “That Dorsett’s just” Ibid., p.16.
Page 183 “If this is” Ibid., p.21.
Page 183 “We’ve got an” Ibid.
Page 184 “Even with my” Ibid., p. 23.
Page 184 “If you quit” Ibid., p. 24.
Page 185 “I had outrushed” Ibid., p. 33.
Page 185 “The media made” Ibid., p.36.
Page 186 “As far as” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6rlq_Sp6Mg.
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Page 187 After he was “A Living Legend Called Mean Smilin’ Jack,” Sports Illustrated, July 12, 1976.
Page 187 “First set of” Tom Danyluk, The Super 70s (Mad Uke Publishing, 2005), p. 15.
Page 188 Lambert had blond Russell, A Steeler Odyssey, p. 212.
Page 188 “Kiss my ass” Terry Bradshaw, Buddy Martin, Looking Deep (New York: Berkley, 1991), p. 79.
Page 188 They played poker Interviews, Joe Greene, Franco Harris, Gerry Mullins.
Page 189 After games, Three Interview, Rocky Bleier, May 22, 2009.
Page 189 One year Bradshaw Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , p. 81.
Page 190 If a guy Interviews, Joe Greene, Franco Harris, Gerry Mullins, Rocky Bleier.
Page 190 A lack of Interview, Joe Greene, June 1, 2009.
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Page 191 Noll, who let Rooney, Maisch, Halaas, My 75 Years . . . , p. 155.
Page 192 But Gilliam consistently Ibid., p. 156.
Page 192 Several times on Ibid.
Page 192 At one point Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 172.
Page 192 He was “Pittsburgh’s” “Pittsburgh’s Black Quarterback,” Sports Illustrated, September 23, 1974.
Page 193 While Noll didn’t Ibid.
Page 193 Afterward, even Noll Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 173.
Page 194 That week, Greene Blount Jr., About Three Bricks . . . , p. 265.
Page 194 But in the Interview, Dick Hoak, March 13, 2009.
Page 195 The theory for Ibid., Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 184.
Page 195 So he had Ibid.
Page 195 Greene lined up Ibid.
Page 195 Either Greene and Ibid.
Page 195 It also made Ibid.
Page 196 “If you can” Fox, Mean Joe Greene . . . , p. 194.
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Page 197 Joe Chiodo’s tavern Author’s recollection.
Page 197 “mystery meat sandwich” Ibid.
Page 198 “When my father” Art Rooney Jr., Ruanaidh (Pittsburgh, Art Rooney Jr., 2008), p. 177.
Page 198 Owney McManus’s Ibid., p. 177.
Page 198 “Fuck the Steelers” Ibid., p. 177.
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Page 201 “It was a” NFL Films, The Super Bowl Champions: Pittsburgh Steelers Collection.
Page 201 It showed, even Ibid.
Page 201 That week in Ibid.
Page 202 Then Stabler winked Russell, A Steeler Odyssey, p. 174.
Page 202 “You hear people” NFL Films, The Super Bowl Champions: Pittsburgh Steelers Collection.
Page 203 So with Bourbon Interviews, Andy Russell, March 12, 2009; Jack Ham, May 15, 2009.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Page 236 For a few days Author’s recollection.
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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.
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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.
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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 drive 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.
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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 a
ll sitting” Interview, Peter Mamula, April 17, 2009.
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Page 260 “We realized we” Tony Dorsett and Harvey Frommer, Running Tough, p. 47.
Page 260 “The Cowboys needed” Ibid., p. 71.
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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.
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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.
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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.