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.
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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.
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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 (New 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Page 127 Abel's biggest concerns John P. Hoerr, And the Wolf Finally Came (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988), pp. 109-13.
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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.
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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, Steelers: 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.
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.
Chapter 29
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.
Chapter 31
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, 200
9.
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.
Chapter 36
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.
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