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deaths, shooting, 387–390
Deep, Jim, 341
Dempsey, Matthew, 26
DeSalle, Nick, 123
Devonar, Mike, 78
DiNardo, Phil, 149
DiNardo, Tonino “Toats,” 79, 82, 85
Ditka, Mike, 4
Aliquippa donations, 290
as alter boy, 159
apathy, 401–402
Aschman and, 115, 116
background, 111–112
baseball and, 114, 130
basketball and, 130
Big Mike beatings, 112–113
on black players, 108
brother Ashton, 113
as burner, 76
as Chicago Bears coach, 286, 288
college offers, 130, 131
cruising with friends, 124
as “Da Coach,” 288
as Dallas player, 287
on defense, 129
energy on the fade, 401
father Big Mike, 112–113, 291
as first-team all-America, 127
as freshman, 114
as fullback, 128
on Ghost Battalion, 115
going soft, 429
heart attack, 289
helplessness, 400
hero worship of, 285
as “Iron Mike,” 125, 289
junior year, 116–117
on loss to McKeesport, 128–129
Margie Dougherty and, 129–130
in Marines, 82
mother Charlotte, 115, 116, 291
name change, 76
as New Orleans coach, 289
as No 1 in NFL draft, 127
overview, 452
Penn State and, 131
as Philadelphia player, 286
playing with fury, 113
popular appeal, 289
prejudice and, 96
in Pro Football Hall of Fame, 127
as senior, 129, 130
as sophomore, 114–115
Super Bowl touchdown, 127
Ditka, Mike Sr. (Big Mike), 112–113, 115, 125, 202, 218, 291, 452
Dorsch, Larry, 409
Dorsett, Anthony “Ali,” 184, 319, 365, 379, 452
Dorsett, Melvin, 215–216
Dorsett, Tony, 4, 251
accomplishments, 214
brother Tyrone, 417
child out of wedlock, 231
CTE and, 429
Dallas Cowboys and, 233
as freshman defensive back, 231
as “Hawk,” 214
Heisman Trophy, 233–234
at Hopewell High, 230–231
at Hopewell Junior High, 216–218
as junior running back, 231
maiden game against Aliquippa, 214–215
Melvin’s death and, 215–216
move back, 418
overview, 452
at Pitt, 231–233
pull back to roots, 416–417
speed, 215
statistics at Pitt, 233
training regime at Pitt, 231
Ty Law and, 322
vision, 216
Willie Frank and, 109
Yannessa and, 231
Dorsett, Wes “The Big Apple,” 215
Dougherty, Margie, 129–130
Downing, James Jr., 57
Dunn, Martin, 61, 62
Durham, Traz, 329, 331
Earle, George, 68
Eritano, Pete, 269, 270, 271, 272, 452
Evasovich, John
at 2015 state championship game, 441
avoidance of the mill, 125–126
daughters, 261–262
on Ditka, 114, 290
father, 125–126
mother’s ashes, 3–4
overview, 452
on preseason camp, 106
as Quarterback Club president, 280
on reasons for success, 407
watching 1952 title game, 111
Willie and Dorsett comparison, 109
Evasovich, Jonha, 261, 262
fear, Woodlawn as governed by, 34
Feeney, John, 247
Fields, Elijah, 408
First Class Citizens Council, 167
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 32–33
food for players, 372–373
football. See also Quips football
as new, 18–19
professional, in Pittsburgh, 19
Forbes Field, 98, 201
Francona, Tito, 4
Frank, James, 22, 24
1949 title parade, 101–102
basketball title, 100–101
as football team manager, 106
at Forbes Field, 98
as future college president, 97
as infielder, 99
overview, 452
in parade, 101–102
segregation and, 96
viewing Robinson, 95, 98
work destiny, 97
working, 100
Frank, Willie, 225
1952 team, 108–111
1952 title game, 111
background, 106
car accident, 109–110
Dorsett and, 109
overview, 452
in preseason camp, 106–107
rushing, 110
as scoring leader, 108
Frank, Willie Sr., 24
Franklin Avenue, 10, 12, 13, 31, 81, 86. See also Aliquippa
50’s weekends on, 124
Betters on, 426
as idealized Main Street, 146
Kennedy speech, 157
riot confrontation, 222, 223
shops on, 95, 124
Villa’s Lounge, 134
Frazio, Foge, 264
Fuderich, Pete, 105, 191
Fusco, Dick, 111
Gabriel, Roman, 162
gambling
on AAA, 19
in early Aliquippa, 13–14
gangs, 97
Gardner Points tiebreaker system, 174
Garvey, Marcus, 25–26
Gaskins, Tony, 388–389, 414–415, 452
Geneen, Harold, 135–136
“Ghost Battalion,” 107, 115
Gilbert, Aileen, 239–240
on Aliquippa, 294
children, 292
on drugs, 296
overview, 452
return to Aliquippa, 291–292
son Sean, 293–295
Gilbert, Diana, 304, 359, 424, 425
as Aileen’s oldest, 292
at Beaver County Jail, 381–382
overview, 452
sending Darrelle away, 358
sexual molestation, 292
Gilbert, Mark, 292, 293, 368
Gilbert, Sean, 5, 292, 293–295
1985 season, 293
1988 title game defeat, 304, 307
accomplishments, 303–304
drafting of, 295
giving back, 402
overview, 452
at Pitt, 294
pro teams and games, 303–304
Girdler, Tom, 17, 35, 68, 164
characteristics of, 15–16
job interview, 9
KKK and, 25
leaving J&L, 39
move to Pittsburgh, 26
overview, 453
at Republic, 66, 69
as testing ground, 33
as unofficial caliph, 14
Girdler, Tom Jr., 39, 42, 43
Gnup, Frank, 44
Golden, Clint, 30–31
as associate director, 61
First Lady and, 56
Mary Isasky meeting, 51
as mediator, 50–51
overview, 453
Grandstaff, Gary, 266, 268, 270
Great Depression, 38
Green, Hugh, 254
Gregor, Ranee, 247
Griffith Heights, 25, 298, 334
gunfire, random, 384
Gunn, Jesse, 77
Hall, Davion, 91, 275
Halls of Anger, 206–207
Harding High, 27. See also Aliquippa High
Hardy, Stephen, 387–388
Harvan, Al, 229
Harvey, Barron, 148, 169
Harvey, Henry, 169
Hauser, Ed, 175
Hawkins, Connie, 197
Heffelfinger, William “Pudge,” 19
Henderson, Marques, 283
Henry, Dravon, 183, 184, 433
2012 season, 429
father Roland, 422–423
high school yards, 422
as “Next One,” 182
overview, 453
Tiquai’s death and, 423
at West Virginia, 431
Henry, Roland, 422
Henry, Steve, 344, 345
“Henry Mancini Day,” 149
Herring, Howard, 152
Hill, Rick, 363–364, 366, 385
Hines, Darnell, 393
Hoerr, John, 237, 238
Hopewell, 173, 176, 181–182
1994 airplane crash and, 323–324
Aliquippa merger and, 339
as bedroom community, 134
encircling Aliquippa, 182
moving to, 132, 133, 141
population (1970), 225
Hopewell High
Aliquippa first playing of, 173
goalpost tribute, 118
Tony Dorsett at, 230–231
Horton, George, 424
Horton, Monica, 393
Howell, Dixie, 98
Hribar, Frank, 44
Hrubovchak, George, 111
Humphries, Eddie, 424
Isasky, George
background, 49
continued confinement, 55–56
J&L and, 49–50
kidnapping of, 136
overview, 453
Pinchot speech and, 53, 54
release of, 56
Isasky, Mary, 45, 50, 51
J&L
acquisition, 236–237
Bessemer converters, 13
black workers, 22–24
blame for demise, 267
company size, 59
Crow Island, 18
demise, 276
enlightened leadership, 237
founding of, 8
initiatives, 265
loyalty and, 34–35
momentum shift, 48–49
“open shop,” 35, 40
by-product coke ovens purchase, 86
public humiliation, 56
recognition of SWOC, 69
size of, 9
as social catch basin, 399
stratification and, 24
as subsidiary of LTV, 266
as “vast mechanism,” 58–59
women employees, 239–240
worker debt and, 14
workers as middle-class, 123
workers in WW I, 12–13
“J&L pepper,” 13
Jefferson, John, 176
Jeric, Richard, 192
Jeter, Sheldon, 442
Jim Crow laws, 21, 63
Johnson, Deon, 387
Johnson, Keyshawn, 176
Jones, B. F., 8, 9, 13, 453
Jones, Eze, 335
Jones, Larry “Bulldog,” 234–236, 453
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company. See J&L
Kane, Michael “M. J.,” 33–34, 40, 41
Kaurich, John, 85
Kelly, Jim, 367
Kemp, Ray, 28
Kennedy, John F.
Aliquippa speech, 160
Aliquippa visit, 157–159, 160
assasination, 204
Bay of Pigs, 159
Kent State University, 204–205, 206
killings, 388–390
“Kitty Genovese,” 354
Kopacz, Alex, 317, 318
Kosanovich, Melvin, 138
Ku Klux Klan, 24–25, 26
Kush, Frank, 126, 177
Labor-Management Relations Act, 121
Lalama, Frank, 155
Landry, Tom, 287
Laraway, Jack, 192
Latone, Joe, 48, 49
Laughlin, George, 68
Laughlin, James, 8
Law, Diane, 297, 312, 321
Law, Ray, 311, 313, 325
Law, Ty, 5
ACT test, 316
as first-round pick, 326
giving back, 402
grandfather Ray, 311, 313, 325
gun drawn on, 312–313
losses at Aliquippa High, 315
at Michigan, 315, 322, 325
mill demise and, 297–298
mother Diane, 297, 312, 321
as national name, 360
as “The Next One,” 311
NFL, 315
overview, 453
as a Parade all-American, 316
possessions disappearing, 321
summers with Tony Dorsett, 322
Lay, Charlie, 240, 241–242, 453
Lay, Josh, 380–381, 407, 453
Lay, Vic, 284
Ledbetter, “Brother Matt,” 200
LeDonne, Brandon, 343
LeDonne, Jon
after Aliquippa, 346–347
at Carnegie Mellon, 374–375
crying at game, 346
Mo-Mo and, 348
overview, 453
playing on roof, 342–344
playing twice for titles, 349
senior season, 348–349
as twin, 344
LeDonne, Justin, 342, 344
Lee, Benjamin, 332
Lee, Rayetta Jo, 350, 353, 393
Legge, Carl, 211
Letteri, Achille, 70, 71, 80, 101
Letteri, Bobby, 399
Letteri, Gilda, 74, 77, 399
Letteri, Joe, 79, 80, 101, 134–135, 181
as Aliquippa exile, 189
first house, 135, 188
game attendance, 190
kids, 188
move to bigger house, 189
overview, 453
son Joey (Joe, Jr.), 190
thirteen weeks vacation, 188
Lewis, H. D., 69
Lewis, H. Edgar, 121
Liggett, Bob, 155, 166, 172, 453
Ling, James, 266
Linmar Terrace, 298, 305, 334, 353
Lippe, Nate
Aschman and, 75
baseball championship and, 82–85
as baseball coach, 79
as football coach, 43, 45
overview, 453
retirement, 101
soldiers to train station, 81
“Little Prexies,” 27
Little Quips, 429–430
“Little Siberia,” 31, 40
Local 1211, 138, 269
Logstown, 11, 57, 132, 146, 198, 245, 317
Long Beach Poly, 5
Lowe, Mike, 374
LTV, 266, 267, 269, 270, 272, 296, 298
Lucci, Mike, 367
lunacy commission,” 50
Lundy, Mike, 335
Lytle Wilson, 120
Macroglou, Bill, 269
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sp; Malesky, Jerry, 271
management concessions, 135
Mancini, Henry, 5, 26, 71–73, 149–150, 200, 251, 453
Mancini, Quinto, 150
Manko, Joseph, 78
Mann, Richard, 152–153, 164
at Arizona State, 176–177
background, 170–171
Dr. Zernich and, 171–172
emergence, 177
Frank Kush and, 177
injury rig, 172
pass interception, 174, 175
return home, 224
shoulder surgery and, 176
Stokes and, 224
teaching math, 224–225
Mansueti, James, 218
manufacturing changes, 399
Maravich, Pete, 4, 128
Maravich, Press, 104, 128
Marino, Dan, 367
Marocco, Dominic, 100
Marocco, Frank, 100, 104, 105, 115
1964 season title, 175
1991 state title game, 316–318
Aschman heart attack and, 165–166
board’s problem with, 337
defense coach, 165
as defensive line coach, 164–165
Director of Secondary Services, 333
graduation from North Carolina State, 162
head coaching job, 193
junior varsity coach, 163, 164
as king of Aliquippa football, 332
at North Carolina State, 126
overview, 454
players’ support of, 336
return from school, 127
Short and, 337
stripped of coaching position, 332, 333
wife death, 164
Yannessa and, 192
Mauk, Harry G., 16, 33, 42, 43
company police, 48, 50, 51, 55, 138
Pinchot speech and, 54
Mayconich, “Timber,” 101
McBride, Grower, “Bobo,” 302, 303
McBride, John D., 392, 393, 395
McBride, Sherm, 91, 220, 250, 302
on Askew, 425
as offensive coordinator, 375
as track coach, 375–378
McClure, Anthony, 358
McCoy, Jimmy, 197
McDaniel, Paul, 427–428
McDonald Heights, 198
McDonald Hollow, 17
McNie, Red, 259, 260, 338
Medich, Doc, 4, 173–174, 251, 454
Medich, George, 221
Metropoulos, Dan, 245, 246, 250
Milanovich, Sam, 101, 117–118, 145, 151, 192, 454
Montana, Joe, 367
Montini, Jerry, 243, 280
Moon, James “Larry,” 388–390, 414, 454
Moreell, Ben, 122, 454
Mott, Lou, 111
Motten, Vera, 208
Mount Vernon, 216, 416
Murray, Philip, 122
Muselin, Pete, 36, 37
Naim, James
David and, 352
department corruption and, 351
funeral, 356
murder of, 350, 353–354
overview, 454
Sonya Carter and, 357–358
Namath, Joe, 139, 251, 367
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), 39, 47
National Labor Relations Board, 61, 63–64