The Ones Who Hit the Hardest: The Steelers, the Cowboys, the '70s, and the Fight for America's Soul

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by Chad Millman; Shawn Coyne


  and league merger

  and Namath

  and Noll

  and Super Bowl III

  and Werblin

  The New York Times

  on formation of the AFL

  on Murchison's wealth

  on Namath

  on steel industry

  on union movements

  and USWA elections

  The New York Times Magazine

  New York Titans

  New York University

  New York Yanks

  Next Year's Champions (Perkins)

  NFL Films

  on AFC title games

  on Cowboys image

  and Greene

  and Harris

  on the Italian Army

  on Noll speeches

  on Raiders playoff game

  on Super Bowl X

  on Swann injury

  on Three Rivers Stadium

  NFL Players Association

  19th Hole (bar)

  Nitschke, Ray

  Nix, Kent

  Nixon, Richard

  Noll, Chuck

  background

  and Bradshaw

  coaching style

  and contract negotiations

  and Davis

  and defensive strategy

  and draft strategy

  and Dungy

  and fan support

  first season with Steelers

  and game-day demeanor

  and Gillman

  and Greenwood

  and Harris

  and Hoak

  injuries

  interview with Rooney

  and NFL Hall of Fame

  and NFL rules

  nicknames of

  and 1973 season

  and performance-enhancing drugs

  personnel strategy

  players' amusement with

  pre-game speeches

  and preseason practices

  and the press

  and quarterback changes

  and race issues

  and Radakovich

  and Raiders game

  and receiver competition

  and Russell

  scouted for head coach job

  and scouting

  speeches

  and slander suit

  and Super Bowl III

  and Super Bowl IX

  and Super Bowl X

  and Super Bowl XIII

  and team camaraderie

  on Three Rivers Stadium

  North Side All Stars

  North Texas State University

  Notre Dame

  Nunn, Bill, Jr.

  Nunn, Bill, Sr.

  Nye, Blaine

  Oakland Raiders

  and AFC Championship games

  and Davis

  feud with Steelers

  and 1976 regular season

  and player contracts

  and playoff games

  and Steelers fans

  offensive strategies

  and Gillman

  and Landry

  play-action-fakes

  and Radakovich

  and rule changes

  and Steeler offensive line

  and Steeler practices

  and Steeler receiver routes

  trap blocking

  West Coast offense

  Ohio State

  oil industry

  Oklahoma drills

  "Old Division Football,"

  Olszanski, Mike

  Olympic Games

  option clauses

  Orange Bowl

  organized crime

  origin of football

  Out of Control (Henderson)

  Owens, R. C.

  Page, Alan

  Parisi, Tony

  Parker, Buddy

  Parker, Frank

  Parton, James

  paternalism of the NFL

  Paterno, Joe

  and Ditka

  and Dorsett

  and Harris

  loss to Pitt Panthers

  offered Steelers coaching job

  the Rooneys' respect for

  Pearson, Barry

  Pearson, Drew

  Pearson, Preston

  Penn State Nittany Lions

  and Ditka

  and Dorsett

  and Hoak

  and Paterno

  and Radakovich

  and Steelers draft strategy

  Penthouse

  performance-enhancing drugs

  Perkins, Steve

  Perles, George

  Persico, Carmine "Junior,"

  Petersen, Ted

  Philadelphia Eagles

  Philbin, Gerry

  Phipps, Mike

  picket lines

  pig iron

  Pinkerton detectives

  Pinney, Ray

  Pitt, William

  Pittsborough

  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. See also steel industry

  Pittsburgh Athletic Association (PAA)

  Pittsburgh Courier

  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  Pittsburgh Press

  Pittsburgh Stars

  Pittsburgh Steelers. See also specific players and coaches

  AFC championship games

  and background of American football

  and Bleier

  and Bradshaw's first season

  and Bradshaw's leadership

  and draft selections

  and Dungy

  and fan support

  founding of

  and Ham

  and Harris

  and Hoak

  and Holmes

  and Lambert

  and Noll's dedication to team

  and Noll's first win

  and Noll's hiring

  and Nunn

  and offensive line

  and player strikes

  and quarterback conflicts

  and Radakovich

  and rivalry with the Raiders

  and Rooney

  and rule changes

  and Stallworth

  and steroid use

  and Stunt 4-3 defense

  and Super Bowl IX

  and Super Bowl X

  and Super Bowl XIII

  and Swann injury

  and team camaraderie

  and the Terrible Towel

  and "The Steel Curtain,"

  and training camps

  Pitt Stadium

  Point State Park

  population growth

  Post, Troy V.

  Post-Gazette

  Posvar, Wesley

  power sweep

  pranks

  preseason practices. See also training camps

  press. See media

  Princeton University

  Pro Bowls

  and Harris

  and Henderson

  and Russell

  Steelers players in

  and Super Bowl XIII

  and Webster

  professionalization of football

  progressivism

  publicity

  puddlers

  Pugh, Jethro

  Quereishi, Salam

  race issues

  Radakovich, Dan

  railroads

  Raskin, A. H.

  Reagan, Ronald

  Recreation Park

  Red Bull Inn

  Reeves, Dan

  Renfro, Mel

  Rentzel, Lance

  Republican Party

  revenues of the NFL

  Rhome, Jerry

  Rice University

  Richards, George

  Richards, Golden

  Richardson, Sid

  Rockefeller, John D.

  Rodgers, Johnny

  Rodriguez, Ignacio "Nash,"

  Rolling Stone

  Rookie of the Year award

  Rooney, Art, Jr.

  and Bradshaw

  and the draft

  and Holmes

  and Nunn

  on Ro
oney, Sr.

  and scouting

  on steroid use

  Rooney, Art, Sr.

  background

  and Bleier

  and Bradshaw

  and Chiodo's tavern

  and Coyne

  and Diven

  and the draft

  and founding of the NFL

  and Greene

  and Ham

  and Harris

  and Holmes

  and New York Yanks sale

  and NFL expansion

  and player strikes

  and playoff games

  and scouting

  and speeches to team

  and Super Bowl IX

  and Super Bowl XIII

  Rooney, Dan

  and AFC Championship games

  and Art, Jr.

  and Chiodo's tavern

  and Davis

  and Dorsett

  and the draft

  and Greene

  and Holmes

  and player strikes

  and scouting

  and slander suit

  and Super Bowl XIII

  and training camp

  Rooney, John

  Rooney, Kathleen

  Rooney, Pat

  Rooney, Tim

  Roosevelt, Franklin D.

  Roosevelt Hotel

  Rosenbloom, Carroll

  Ross, Richard "Butch,"

  Roy, Alvin

  Royal Dutch Shell

  Rozelle, Pete

  and AFC title game

  and Cannon negotiations

  and Dorsett

  and the draft

  and merger talks

  and Namath

  and player contracts

  and Schramm

  and Super Bowl VI

  and Super Bowl XIII

  and uniform rules

  Ruanaidh (Rooney)

  Rubber Bowl

  rule changes (NFL)

  and Bradshaw

  competition committee

  media coverage of

  and offensive strategies

  and player contracts

  and tear-away jerseys

  rushing records

  Russell, Andy

  and Bradshaw

  and early Steelers facilities

  and Greene

  and Ham

  and Harris

  and Lambert

  leadership of

  and 1976 regular season

  and Noll

  and playoff games

  and Raiders game

  and retirement

  and slander suit

  and steroid use

  and Super Bowl IX

  and Super Bowl X

  and team dynamics

  and Three Rivers Stadium

  and training camps

  Rutgers University

  Sadlowski, Edward

  and Abel

  and Coyne

  and "Steelworkers Fight Back!" campaign

  and union leadership

  and USWA elections

  safeties (position). See also specific players

  San Diego Chargers

  San Francisco 49ers

  Sauer, George, Jr.

  Schramm, Texas, Jr.

  background

  and Dorsett

  and draft strategies

  and Henderson

  and marketing of the Cowboys

  and merger talks

  and player contracts

  and rule changes

  and scouting

  and The Superstars

  and Thomas

  Schwarzenegger, Arnold

  scouting

  and Bradshaw

  and Brandt

  and Cowboys system

  and Dorsett

  and Greene

  and Harris

  and Noll

  and Nunn

  and Rooney, Jr.

  Seattle Seahawks

  Seeger, Pete

  Senior Bowl

  Service Bureau Corporation

  Shaw, Robert

  Shea Stadium

  Shell, Donnie

  Sherrill, Jackie

  showboating

  Shrove Tuesday

  Shula, Don

  Signature Point Park

  "silent majority,"

  Silvers, Phil

  Simpson, O. J.

  Sinatra, Frank

  Sinclair, Upton

  60 Minutes

  Skelton, Red

  slander suit

  Smith, Bubba

  Smith, Jackie

  Smith, Jim

  Smith, Red

  Soda, Chet

  Sons of Vulcan

  Sorensen, Theodore

  Southerland, Jock

  Southern University

  South Park

  Southwest Conference Holiday Basketball Tournament

  speed of players

  Spindletop

  Sports Illustrated

  on Bradshaw

  and Cope

  on Diven

  and Gilliam

  on Hanratty

  on Lambert

  and Maule

  on the Steelers quarterback situation

  on Super Bowl XIII

  St. Vincent's College

  Stabler, Kenny

  Stagno, Tony

  Stallworth, John

  and AFC Championship games

  and Bradshaw

  and 1976 regular season

  and receiver competition

  and scouting

  and Steeler huddles

  and Super Bowl XIII

  and team camaraderie

  Standard Oil

  Stanton, Patrick

  Starr, Bart

  Staubach, Roger

  and Cowboys draft process

  and Cowboys image

  and Cowboys offense

  and Dorsett

  and Henderson

  and Super Bowl VI

  and Super Bowl X

  and Super Bowl XIII

  and The Superstars

  and Thomas

  Stautner, Ernie

  "The Steel Curtain,"

  Steeler Nation

  A Steeler Odyssey (Russell)

  steel industry. See also labor issues; strikes; United Steelworkers of America (USWA)

  and the Bessemer process

  and blast furnaces

  and contract negotiations

  and hedge buying

  and Ling

  process described

  and puddlers

  and Sadlowski

  strikes

  Steel Shavings magazine

  Steelworkers Fight Back campaign

  Steel Workers Local

  Steelworkers Organizing Committee (SWOC)

  Stellino, Vito

  steroids

  Stoudt, Cliff

  strategic planning

  strikes

  and hedge buying

  player strikes

  puddlers

  and Sadlowski

  and USWA elections

  wildcat strikes

  Stunt 4-3 defense

  Sugar Bowl

  Sullivan, Billy

  Sullivan, Ed

  Summers, Charlie

  Super Bowl I

  Super Bowl III

  Super Bowl IV

  Super Bowl V

  Super Bowl VI

  Super Bowl IX

  Super Bowl X

  Super Bowl XII

  Super Bowl XIII

  Superdome

  The Superstars competition

  Swann, Lynn

  drafted to Steelers

  and Gilliam

  and injuries

  and Lambert

  and MVP awards

  and 1976 regular season

  and playoff games

  and race issues

  and receiver competition

  and second year performance

  and Steeler huddles

  and the Steelers/Raiders riv
alry

  and Super Bowl IX

  and Super Bowl X

  and Super Bowl XIII

  and team camaraderie

  Tampa Bay Buccaneers

  Tarkenton, Fran

  Tatum, Jack

  taxi squads

  Teamsters

  tear-away jerseys

  television

  and blackout of games

  and merger talks

  and NFL revenues

  and Schramm

  and Super Bowl commercial time

  and Texas Stadium

  and Werblin

  Temco Electronics and Missiles

  Temple, Texas

  Tennessee State

  Termites (Midget Football League)

  Terrible Towel

  Texas Instruments

  Texas Southern University

  Texas Stadium

  Texas State Fair

  Thanksgiving game

  Thomas, Duane

  background

  contract

  and Dorsett

  drafted to Cowboys

  and Landry

  rookie season

  Thomas, John

  Thomas, Lauretta

  Thomas, Rabbit

  Thomas, Sonny

  Thompson, O. D.

  Three Rivers Stadium

  facilities described

  and fan support

  playoff games at

  and television blackouts

  and the Terrible Towel

  ticket prices

  Time

  on Bradshaw

  on drug use

  on Hanratty

  on Holmes

  on Murchison Brothers

  on Rooney

  on the Steel Curtain

  Timken Roller Bearing

  tin mills

  Tittle, Y. A.

  training camps

  Tramunti, Carmine

  trap blocks

  Trollope, Anthony

  Trope, Mike

  Tulane Stadium

  uniforms

  unions. See also labor issues; steel industry; strikes; specific organizations

  and Abel

  and collective bargaining

  and company towns

  and contract negotiations

  and growth of the working class

  and hedge buying

  and leadership votes

  NFL Players Association

  and puddlers

  and voting structure

  Unitas, Johnny

  and the Bloomfield Rams

  and Bradshaw

  and Chiodo's tavern

  and early Steelers

  and Namath

  and NFL Championships

  and Super Bowl III

  United Auto Workers

  United Mine Workers

  United Steelworkers of America (USWA)

  background

  contract negotiations

  elections

  and hedge buying

  origin of

  power structure of

  and Sadlowski

  University of Alabama

  University of Illinois

  University of Pennsylvania

  University of Pittsburgh (Pitt Panthers)

  University of Texas

  Upshaw, Gene

  Up With People

  U.S. Congress

  U.S. Department of Justice

  U.S. Olympic team

  U.S. Senate

  U.S. Steel

  Vail, Colorado

  Van Dyke, Bruce

  Vento, Al

  vertical integration

  Vietnam War

  Wagner, Mike

  Wallace, Mike

  Wallace, William N.

  Ward, Bob

  Washington, George

  Washington, Mark

 

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