by S. L. Price
National Steel Labor Relations Board, 31
Negro Youth Improvement Council, 156
Neish, Rudy, 85
Nelson, Craig T., 281, 282
New Castle, 77–78
New Deal, 4, 39, 46, 65, 119, 121
“Next One,” 182, 311, 376, 391, 406
19th Amendment, 46
Nixon, Richard, 203–204
Odivak, Nick, 78
Odom, Darius, 387–388
O’Loughlin, Charles, 37, 41, 50
O’Neill, Thomas “Tip,” 205
“open shop,” 40
“Operation Enough Is Enough,” 365
Ostermueller, Fritz, 98
Owens, “Ro-Ro,” 390
Pallante, Ralph, 351
Palmer Raids, 32
Parcells, Bill, 315, 316
Paterno, Joe, 131, 282–283
Patrick, Ocie, 248, 249
Patrick, Terry, 248, 249
Patrick, Timmie, 248, 249, 305–306, 342–343
cleared of suspicion of corruption, 357–358
Naim slaying and, 357
overview, 454
as running backs coach, 361, 394
Peake, Fred, 208, 216, 225
Penn State
Ditka and, 131
football integration, 27
Perriello, Joe, 38, 39, 57, 60
Petrie, Mark, 244
Pharr, Tezmalita, 310–311, 361
Phillips, Harry, 61, 62
Pietrusaki, Adam, 41
Pinchot, Cornelia Bryce, 38
in Aliquippa, 52–55
Aliquippa response to, 54–55
in Ambridge, 48
background, 46, 47
Golden and, 56
J&L accusation, 51, 54
Mary Isasky writing to, 45
Mauk and, 54
nomination as independent candidate, 48
overview, 454
return to Aliquippa, 61
work as First Lady, 47
Pinchot, Gifford, 45, 46, 47
Pipkin, Robert
1962 strike, 151–156
agitation, 152, 155–156
in basketball, 150, 156–157
in football, 150
last football game, 151
Negro Youth Improvement Council and, 156
overview, 455
Pittsburgh NAACP and, 156
Zmijanac and, 144, 145–146
Piroli, Art, 245, 332
Piroli, Gino, 102, 123, 132, 133, 161, 201, 455
Pitt
Ditka and, 131–132
Dorsett and, 231–233
football integration, 27
Gilbert and, 294
Revis and, 379
“The Pit,” 4, 181, 183–184, 275–276, 374, 383, 432
Pitts, Ernie, 110, 225–226, 455
Pittsburgh
baseball in, 18
early professional football in, 19
Pittsburgh Pipers, 195, 197
Pittsburgh Pirates, 82, 98
Plan 11, 23, 27, 52, 74, 132, 146, 230, 245
Plan 12, 21, 198–199, 245, 384–386, 402, 421
Plans, 10–11, 23, 97
Pop Warner football decline, 429
Powell, Major “Loggie,” 43, 44, 455
Pratt, Chaquille, 385–386
preseason camp, 106–107, 114–115, 128, 131, 166
Prohibition, 18, 36, 57
Pryor, Terrelle, 397
Pugh, Kaezon, 423
2014 season, 433
2015 season, 435–436
2015 state championship game, 442–444
dad in jail, 433
father David Askew, 432–433
football as way out, 432
as “Next One,” 432
offensive load, 435
overview, 455
plans, 437
recruiting letters and, 434
state championship game, 436–437
West Point and, 434
Quarterback Club, 159, 242, 280
Quippian Club, 282
Quips baseball, 1944 title, 82–85, 101
Quips basketball
1949 title, 100–101
compared to football, 349
state title game, 349
Quips football
1916 squad integration, 27
1934 season, 43–44
1941 season, 76
1942 season, 77
1952 season, 110–111
1962 strike, 151–156
1964 season, 172–176
1972 racial divide, 234–236
1977 season, 246–247
1978 season, 250–253
1984 season, 283–285
1985 season, 293
1988 season, 304, 307
1991 state title game, 316–318
1996 senior scholarships, 334
1997 season, 340
2000 season, 347–349
2003 season, 368–369
2011 season, 90, 181–184, 429
2012 season, 429
2013 season, 429
2015 season, 435–436
common defiance, 374
food for players, 372–373
as heart of Aliquippa, 317
line between problems and, 360
media coverage, 306
player funerals, 387–388
player help, 373–374
player losses to the street, 372
recruiting letters and, 434
return to Friday nights, 235–236
Quips track, 375–378
Raccoon Creek State Park, 106, 114–115, 128, 131, 166, 177
racial tension
1970-1972, 218–226
1977, 243–244
black cheerleaders and, 209–210
class cancellation and, 210
Halls of Anger and, 206–207
National Guard and, 210–211
riots, 218–226
school closure, 209
school riots, 208, 209, 217, 222
supermarket ransacked, 209
Zmijanac and, 145–146
Radatovich, Paul, 136, 350, 351, 354, 361
Razzano, Angelo, 35, 63
firing of, 61–62
settlement, 65
strike and, 67
Reagan, Ronald
air-traffic controllers and, 266
Big Labor’s demise and, 265
Eritano phone call, 270–271
“redlining,” 199
Reeves, Dan, 287
Rembert, Bob, 116, 118
Republic Steel, 39, 66, 69, 272
Resetar, Zima and Milan, 37
Revis, Darrelle, 5, 294–295
2003 Quips season, 368–369
on Aliquippa, 403
in basketball, 369–370
examples for, 367–368
football decision, 360
giving back, 402
high school recruitment of, 358
Lay touchdown, 380–381
middle school years, 358–359
motivation, 370–371
as New York Jet, 391, 431–432
overview, 455
at Pitt, 378
seduction of glory and, 370
at shooting, 379–380
state championship final, 369
Zmijanac push for football, 359–360
Revis, Darryl, 292
Rickey, Branch, 98
Riggins, Marquay, 388
riots, Aliquippa, 218–226
calming down
of, 223
firebombing, 223
Franklin Avenue confrontation, 222, 223
guns, 220, 221
Linmar Terrace apartments, 219
night of start of, 218
riots, Aliquippa, (continued)
school, 208, 209, 217, 222
vigilante whites, 220
Roaring ‘20s, 32
Robinson, Jackie, 95, 98
Roosevelt, Franklin (FDR), 39, 40, 46, 48
Roosevelt, Teddy, 46
Rosmini, Evelyn, 252
Royal Dutch Shell plan, 420–421
Rubenstein, Moe, 44, 45, 58, 76, 81–82, 102, 455
Ruffner, J. A. C., 34, 42
Sakal, Johnny, 116, 117, 118
Samuel, Brian, 329, 330–331, 455
Samuel, Tresa, 329–332
Samuel, William “Hackensack,” 329–332
Samuel murders, 329–332, 337
Santia, Dan, 332–333
Sarris, George, 107
scarfer, 125
Scherer, Rip, 193
Schoonover, Pete, 329, 331, 332
Schouppe, William, 381
segregation, 97
Serbian Club, 282
Shell, Rushel, 182
Sherrill, Jackie, 232
Short, Dan “Peep,” 89, 90, 243–244, 245, 250, 253, 260
as defensive coordinator, 319, 364–365
Dorsetts and, 319–320
end of police career, 361, 363
under investigation, 357, 358
Jamie Brown and, 362
McBride and, 302
Naim murder and, 361–362
overview, 455
path, 300–301
police misconduct, 363–364
resignation of sheriff’s position, 363
as scapegoat, 363
sense of right and wrong, 320
at Sheriff’s Office, 303
“smell test,” 304–305
Warfield and, 318–319
Skylo, Eli, 12
slag, 411–413
Smaltz, Bill, 126
Smith, Anthony Tusweet, 355, 455
Smith, Eugene “Salt,” 22, 97, 148, 198–199, 316, 419, 455
Smith, George, 335
Smith, Tusweet, 424
Smith, Willie, 116
Southern Columbia, 441–443
state championship game
2000, 347
2003, 369
2015, 436–437, 439–444
Staubach, Roger, 287, 288
Steals, Melvin, 22, 147, 152, 153, 200
achievement test results and, 314
as English teacher, 314
in gun shipment, 228
Halls of Anger and, 206–207
hit song, 229–230
on Marocco, 336–337
overview, 455
as principal, 336
record contract, 229
wife Adrena, 229, 230
Steals, Mervin, 227–230, 456
steel
change in how made, 267
industry changes, 398–399
Steel Bowl Trophy, 173
Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC), 64, 66
Steinfeld, Jesse, 38, 73, 456
Stokes, George, 146
Stokes, Larry, 156, 221, 456
strikes
1937, 66–68
1946, 121
1949, 122
1952, 122
1956, 122
management concessions, 135
money consequences of, 124
Strini, Dave, 192, 225
Strong, Matthew, 148
Sturm, Pat, 182
suburbs, growth of, 134
Suder, George “Juke,” 82–85, 132, 144, 201, 202, 218, 456
Suder, Georgie, 194–195, 197, 456
Suder, Pete “Pecky,” 72, 81, 456
Sullivan, Alfred, 82
Surratt, Edward, 196, 247–248, 355, 456
Swanson, Terry, 429, 431
Taft-Hartly, 121, 140
Taylor, Acey, 393, 394
Theil, Caroline, 153
Thomas, Townsell “T-baby,” 29
Thorpe, Jim, 20, 369
Timko, Joe, 68–69
Trbovich, George, 110
Turner, Jyier, 423
Uncommon Grounds, 426–427
unions
1937 strike, 66–68
Ambridge as haven, 57
company opposition to, 60
“company-directed,” 54
defense of everyone, 269
fundamental right to organize, 39–40, 64
open shops and, 35
protection of members, 54
talk of, 31, 34
top leaders as beaten, 42
Unitas, Johnny, 192
U.S. Air Flight 427 crash, 323–324
U.S. Gypsum plant, 328, 411
U.S. Steel, 60, 157
Valley Terrace, 245, 298, 321, 334
Veney, Eric, 372–373
Vietnam War, 204, 205
Vincich, Ron, 212
Volpe, Angelo, 61, 62, 65
Vuich, Ninnie, 85
Wagner, Honus, 201
Wagner Act, 63, 65, 66, 140, 290
Walker, Chedda, 326–327, 386, 403–404, 456
Walker, Chuckie, 207, 209, 272, 326, 386, 403–404
as electrician, 327–328
at J&L, 329
jobs, 328–329
overview, 456
staying in Aliquippa and, 327
at U.S. Gypsum plant, 328
Walker, Diedre, 386, 389–390, 456
Walker, Donald, 183, 272, 296, 335, 456
Walker, Dwan, 182–183, 207, 272, 308, 335
at 2015 state championship game, 440
as Aliquippa mayor, 394
Betters and, 419–420
death of sister, 386, 390
hope, 421
mayoral win, 419–420
on McDaniel, 427
overview, 456
Royal Dutch Shell plan, 420–421
run for mayor, 405
Salt Smith and, 404–405
victory party, 420
Walker, Willie, 372, 373, 374, 379
Wallace, Nick, 84
Wallace, Tiquai, 385, 421–422, 423, 456
Walton, Joe, 110
Warfield, Mike, 91, 183–184, 305, 318–319, 320
Ali Dorsett and, 365
cleared of murder, 358
overview, 457
Warner, Glenn “Pop,” 20
Washington County, 27–28
Weekley, Monroe “Mo-Mo,” 347–348, 406, 457
West, Charlie “Pruner,” 27–28
Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL), 19–20, 44. See also WPIAL title game
Westminster, 406, 407
Wilkens, Albert, 29
Wilkens, Norman, 29
Wilkinsburg, 341
Williams, Chico, 316
Williams, Emanuel, 182
Wilson, Byron, 376, 377, 379, 380, 457
Woodlawn, 12, 34. See also Aliquippa
Woodlawn High, 20–21. See also Aliquippa High
World War II
D-Day, 85, 86
high school boys at work, 79
World War II (continued)
as war of production, 80
women in jobs, 78
WPIAL title game
1942 season, 77
1952 season, 110–111
1955 season, 117–118
1988 sea
son, 304
2013 season, 429
2014 season, 433–434
2015 season, 435–436
early 1980s, 280, 283
Haley, Kevin, 283
Wytiaz, Dave, 244, 333–334, 371, 372, 406, 435, 457
Yannessa, Don, 111, 129, 131, 137, 141, 149, 162
1972 as head coach, 234–236
1977 season, 246–247
1978 season, 250–253
1984 season, 283–285
1985 season, 293
as all-time winningest coach, 308
Aschman and, 103
Baldwin High and, 308
coaching job search, 191
departure, 308
in Detroit, 191–192
Ditka and, 127
as “Don Juan,” 243
Evasovich and, 280
family work at J&L, 138
football media coverage, 306–307
ground for unification, 242
ineligible athletes, 243
Lay and, 241–242
Marocco and, 192
not winning big one, 283
overview, 457
parachutists drop, 285
Paterno and, 282–283
rides for Aschman, 212
Sean Gilbert and, 293
teaching/coaching at Ambridge, 226
winning the big one, 285
WPIAL title game loses, 283
WPIAL title games, 280
Yannessa, Gene, 154–155, 164
Yeats, William Butler, 32
“yellow iron,” 413
“yellow-dog” contracts, 35
Zahorsky, Michael, 16, 36
Zelenak, Martin, 12
Zernich, Mickey, 100, 171–172, 197, 231, 323, 457
Zernich, Steve, 74
Zinkham, William, 209–210
Zmijanac, Mike, 91–92, 96, 108, 130, 183–184
1997 season, 340
2003 season, 368–369
2011 season, 429
2012 season, 429
2013 season, 429
2015 state championship game, 439–444
Aliquippa in blood, 142
assistant junior high football coach, 259
background, 142–143, 195–196
basketball brawl, 260
as basketball coach, 259
as basketball player, 197
bluntness, 338
coaching abilities, 340
critics, 431
as defensive coordinator, 258, 260, 284
graduation, 141
hiring as head coach, 333
as not a football guy, 258
overview, 457
Pipkin and, 144, 145–146
player losses to the street, 372
racial tension and, 145–146, 208
recruiting letters and, 434
replacing Marocco, 332
role models, 143
as sandlot shooter, 144
as shyer, 145–146
standoffishness, 430
state championship loss, 443–444
state title games, 349
waiting for break, 339
Yannessa and, 281
