The Ones Who Hit the Hardest

by Chad Millman

  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

 
Cotton Bowl

  Courson, Steve

  Cover Two defense

  Coyne, James “Jimmy,”

  Coyne, Pat

  background

  and Chiodo’s tavern

  and football-watching parties

  mother’s funeral

  and Sadlowski

  and USWA elections

  cultural roots of the NFL

  Cunningham, Bennie

  Curtis, Mike

  Dallas, Texas

  Dallas Cowboys

  “America’s Team” nickname

  and Dorsett

  Flex defense

  and Henderson

  and Landry

  and league merger

  and management structure

  and NFL championship game

  and offensive strategies

  and scouting data

  and Super Bowl VI,

  and Super Bowl X,

  and Super Bowl XIII,

  and television exposure

  and Texas Stadium

  and Thomas

  Dallas Texans

  Dartmouth College

  Davis, Al

  Davis, Anthony

  Defensive Rookie of the Year award

  defensive strategies

  and Carson

  Cover Two defense

  Flex defense

  “The Hook,”

  and Landry

  and Noll

  and Radakovich

  and “The Steel Curtain,”

  Stunt 4-3 defense

  zone defense

  DeLorean, John

  Denardo, Dirt

  Denmarkski, Ronnie

  Denton, Texas

  Denver, Colorado

  Detroit Lions

  Dianabol

  District 31 (USWA)

  Ditka, Mike

  Diven, Joey

  Donahue, Phil

  Doomsday Defense

  Dorsett, Anthony, Jr.

  Dorsett, Anthony (Tony)

  background

  brother’s death

  college awards

  contract

  and Cowboys offense

  drafted by Cowboys

  high school and college football

  injuries

  nickname

  scouted

  showboating

  and Super Bowl XII,

  and Super Bowl XIII,

  and University of Pittsburgh

  Dorsett, Ernie

  Dorsett, Juanita

  Dorsett, Keith

  Dorsett, Melvin

  Dorsett, Myrtle

  Dorsett, Sheree

  Dorsett, Tyrone

  Dorsett, Wesley

  draft strategies

  and the AFL

  and Bradshaw

  and Dorsett

  and Greene

  and Hanratty

  and merger talks

  and Noll

  and Simpson

  and Swann

  and Thomas

  drinking

  drug use

  Dungy, Tony

  Dupree, Billy Joe

  Duquesne University

  East Texas State University

  Eaton, Vic

  Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church

  economic boom

  Edgar Thompson Works

  Edwards, Glen

  Eller, Carl

  Elway, Jack

  Elway, John

  entertainment industry

  equipment tactics

  European immigrants

  Evett, Sam

  Ewbank, Weeb

  expansion franchises

  False Glory (Courson)

  fan support

  Federal Steel

  field conditions

  Fighting Quips

  film study

  Finks, Jim

  Fisher, Eddie

  Five Gateway Center

  Flex defense

  Fonda, Jane

  Forbes Field

  Ford Motor Company

  foreign steel

  Foreman, Chuck

  Fort Duquesne Bridge

  Fort Pitt

  Fort Pitt Hotel

  4-3 defensive schemes

  Franchini, Tony

  Franco’s Italian Army

  Franklin Athletic Club

  Franklin Field

  free agency

  French and Indian War

  Frick, Henry Clay

  Frickert, Maudie

  Fuqua, John “Frenchy,”

  Furness, Steve

  Galbraith, John Kenneth

  Garfield Eagles

  Garrett, Carl

  Garrison, Walt

  Gateway Center

  Geneen, Harold

  General Motors

  Geoghegan, Thomas

  Georgetown Law School

  Gerela, Roy

  and fan support

  and Raiders playoff game

  and Super Bowl X

  and Super Bowl XIII

  Gerela’s Gorillas

  Germany

  Gifford, Frank

  Gilliam, Joe

  and Bradshaw

  drafted to Steelers

  and nickname

  and player strikes

  and quarterback conflicts

  and race issues

  released from contract

  as starting quarterback

  and Super Bowl IX

  and team camaraderie

  Gillman, Sid

  Gipp, George

  Gleason, Jackie

  Gordon, Joe

  on Bradshaw

  and the media

  and the 1970 draft

  and receiver competition

  Gorilla Men

  Gotham Football Club

  Gradishar, Randy

  Graham, Otto

  Great Depression

  “Greatest Game Ever Played,”

  Green Bay Packers

  Greene, Joe

  and AFC Championship games

  background

  and Bradshaw

  and Butkus

  and conflicts on the field

  and division championship game

  drafted to Steelers

  and fan support

  and Holmes

  and injuries

  on Lambert

  and 1976 regular season

  and Noll

  and player meetings

  and player salaries

  and quarterback conflicts

  and Radakovich

  and Russell

  scouting of

  and slander suit

  and the Steelers/Raiders rivalry

  and the Stunt 4-3 defense

  and Super Bowl IX

  and Super Bowl XIII

  and Swann’s injury

  and team camaraderie

  and team dynamics

  Time cover

  and training camp

  Greenwood, L. C.

  and Bradshaw’s leadership

  and Butkus

  and Holmes

  and injuries

  and Radakovich

  and the Steelers/Raiders rivalry

  and Stunt 4-3 defense

  Time cover

  and training camp

  and uniform rules

  Griffin, Archie

  Grossman, Randy

  drafted to Steelers

  and Noll

  and Steelers offense

  and Super Bowl X

  and Super Bowl XIII

  and team dynamics

  Guffey, James

  Gulf Oil

  Gunsel, Austin

  Halas, George

  and expansion franchises

  and founding of the AFL

  and founding of the NFL

  and Schramm

  Hall Summit, Louisiana

  Halvor, Hagen

  Ham, Jack

  and Bradshaw’s leadership

  on defensive performance

  drafted b
y Steelers

  and fan support

  and player strikes

  playing style

  and playoff games

  and Radakovich

  and slander suit

  and Stunt 4-3 defense

  and Super Bowl IX

  and Super Bowl X

  and team camaraderie

  “Ham and Cabbage” runs

  Hanratty, Terry

  and AFC Championship games

  and Holmes

  nickname

  and Noll

  and player salaries

  and player strikes

  and quarterback conflicts

  and race issues

  and Steelers draft

  and Super Bowl IX

  and Super Bowl X

  and team camaraderie

  traded

  Harris, Cliff

  Harris, Franco

  and Bleier

  and divisional championship games

  and Dorsett

  and Gilliam

  and injuries

  and the Italian Army

  and 1976 regular season

  and Noll

  and playoff games

  and Steelers offensive strategy

  and Steelers scouting

  and Super Bowl IX

  and Super Bowl XIII

  and Swann’s injury

  and team camaraderie

  Harvard University

  Hayden, Tom

  Hayes, Bob

  hedge buying

  Heffelfinger, William “Pudge,”

  Hegman, Mike

  Heisman Trophy

  Henderson, Thomas “Hollywood”

  and drug use

  and the media

  and Super Bowl X

  and Super Bowl XIII

  Hill, Calvin

  Hill, Tony

  Hilton, Barron

  Hilton, Conrad

  Hoak, Charles

  Hoak, Dick

  background

  on Greene

  and Harris

  on Noll

  on Steelers draft strategies

  and Stunt 4-3 defense

  Hoak, Donald

  Hodges, George

  Holmes, Ernie

  and Bradshaw’s leadership

  drafted by Steelers

  and drinking contests

  and Nunn

  personal troubles

  and player strikes

  and the Steelers/Raiders rivalry

  Stunt 4-3 defense

  and Super Bowl IX

  and team camaraderie

  and Time magazine

  Homestead, Pennsylvania

  Homestead Library and Athletic Club

  Homestead Steel Works

  “The Hook,”

  Hopewell High School

  horseracing

  horse-trading

  Houston, Texas

  Houston Oilers

  Howley, Chuck

  Howsman, Robert

  Huarte, John

  Huff, Sam

  Hunt, H. L.

  Hunt, Lamar

  Iacovetti, Dave

  IBM

  The Ice Bowl

  The Immaculate Reception

  immigrant neighborhoods

  Industrial Workers of the World

  Inland Steel

  Iowa State University

  Irish Americans

  Iron City Forge of the Sons of Vulcan

  “Iron City” nickname

  Irving, Texas

  Italian Army