The '63 Steelers (54 page)

67
. Brady Keys, conversation, Sept. 4, 2007.

68
. Livingston, “Steelers May Reactivate Womack.”

69
. “Grid Fans Have Selves to Blame,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 9, 1963.

70
. Alvin Rosensweet, “No Joy in Mudville (Cleveland) Tonight,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 11, 1963.

71
. Al Abrams, “Back in the Running,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 11, 1963.

72
. Rosensweet, “No Joy in Mudville.”

73
. Jimmy Jordan, “57,331 Sellout for Pitt-Penn State Tilt,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 22, 1963.

74
. Sam Sciullo Jr.,
Pitt Stadium Memories
(Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, 2000), 68.

75
. “Ex-Steeler Tackled as Traffic Scofflaw,”
Pittsburgh Press
, April 16, 1975.

76
. Tommy Holmes, “Browns Lose, Giants Tie for Lead,”
New York Herald Tribune
, Nov. 11, 1963.

77
. Chuck Heaton, “Parker Says Added Pressure Hit Ryan,”
Cleveland Plain Dealer
, Nov. 11, 1963.

78
. Ed Bouchette, “Bob Schmitz / Former Steeler Who Tackled Jim Brown for a Safety,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, June 10, 2004.

79
. Mike Rathet, “Finds Brown All Alone,”
Youngstown Vindicator
, Nov. 11, 1963 (AP).

80
. Pat Livingston, “Rooney U. Unties Itself to Shackle Cleveland, 9–7,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 11, 1963.

81
. Sciullo,
Pitt Stadium Memories
, 69.

82
. Livingston, “Rooney U. Unties Itself.”

84
. Pat Livingston, “Ed Brown ‘Loses' Receiver, then Finds Him for TD Toss,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 11, 1963.

84
. Jack Sell, “54,497 See Steelers Win, 9–7,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 11, 1963.

85
. Myron Cope, “Pittsburgh's Patient Whipping Boy,”
Sports Illustrated
, Dec. 19, 1966, M3.

86
. Ibid.

87
.
Official game play-by-play account.

88
. Rathet, “Finds Brown All Alone.”

89
. Livingston, “Ed Brown ‘Loses' Receiver.”

90
. Rathet, “Finds Brown All Alone.”

91
. Livingston, “Rooney U. Unties Itself”; Sell, “54,497 See Steelers Win, 9–7.”

92
. Al Abrams, “About a Man in a Slump,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 13, 1963.

93
. Tommy Holmes, “Browns Lose; Giants Tie for Lead,”
New York Herald Tribune
, Nov. 11, 1963.

94
. Pat Livingston, “Steelers Find ‘Buoyancy' in Title Bid,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Oct. 2, 1963.

95
. Pat Livingston, “Extra Holiday for Steelers,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 12, 1963.

96
. Livingston, “Ed Brown ‘Loses' Receiver.”

97
. Bouchette, “Bob Schmitz.”

98
. Jack Sell, “Hobbling the Horse,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 12, 1963.

99
. Jack Sell, “Rest Cure for Browns Game Pays Off; Buddy Tries Again,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 12, 1963.

100
. Rosensweet, “No Joy in Mudville.”

GAME 10

1
. Arthur Daley, “Another Abrupt Departure,”
New York Times
, Sept. 8, 1965.

2
. Art Rooney Jr.,
Ruanaidh: The Story of Art Rooney and His Clan
(n.p.: Author, 2008), 212.

3
. Tom Danyluk,
The Super '70s: Memories from Pro Football's Greatest Era
(n.p.: Mad Uke, 2005), 3.

4
. Rooney,
Ruanaidh
, 179.

5
. Alfred Wright, “If There's Time, There's Hope,”
Sports Illustrated
, May 23, 1960.

6
. Pat Livingston, “Steelers Sign MSU's Ballman,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 13, 1961.

7
. Judi Ballman, conversation, Oct. 8, 2008.

8
. Al Abrams, “The ‘Goose,' Talks Up,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, July 26, 1962.

9
. “Steelers to Start Second Week of Drills,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Aug. 6, 1962.

10
. “Tracy OK, to See Action against Browns,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Aug. 17, 1962.

11
. Ray Kelly,
Camden (N.J.) Courier-Post
, April 25, 1973.

12
. Johnny Sample with Fred J. Hamilton and Sonny Schwartz,
Confessions of a Dirty Ballplayer
(New York: Dial Press, 1970), 275.

13
. Pat Livingston, “Training Paid off for Gary Ballman,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 19, 1963.

14
. Pat Livingston, “Steelers Are Really Having a Ball, Man!”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 18, 1963.

15
. Judi Ballman, conversation, Oct. 8, 2008.

16
. Livingston, “Training Paid off for Gary Ballman.”

17
. Ibid.

18
. Lou Cordileone, conversation, April 30, 2010.

19
. Judi Ballman, conversation, Oct. 8, 2008.

20
. Ibid.

21
. Jim Bradshaw, conversation, Dec. 10, 2007.

22
.
Ibid.

23
. Bill Wise,
1963 Official Pro Football Almana
c (Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett, 1963), 50.

24
. Ruth Daniel, e-mail interview, Jan. 12, 2008.

25
. Arthur Daley, “A Profitable Punch,”
New York Times
, Nov. 19, 1961.

26
. Ibid.

27
. Ray Didinger,
Pittsburgh Steelers
(New York: Macmillan, 1974), 21.

28
. Ruth Daniel, e-mail interview, Jan. 12, 2008.

29
. Daley, “A Profitable Punch.”

30
. Ibid.

31
. Ruth Daniel, e-mail interview, Jan. 12, 2008.

32
. Al Abrams, “Mad, Mad Football Whirl,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 12, 1963.

33
. Joseph P. Browne, “Pittsburgh No Longer Haven for Murderers,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 11, 1963.

34
. Al Abrams, “Mr. Stichweh Volunteers,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 14, 1963; “Irma the Body Casino-Bound,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 14, 1963.

35
. Vince Johnson, “Jayne Mansfield Show Banned by Officials Here,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 14, 1963.

36
. AP, “Cleveland Suburb Bans Mansfield Movie,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 11, 1963.

37
. AP, “Bear-Packer Skirmish Has Chicago Agog,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 14, 1963.

38
. “Spies Beware!,”
Chicago Sun-Times
, Nov. 13, 1963.

39
. Pat Livingston, “Extra Holiday for Steelers,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 12, 1963.

40
. Wise,
1963 Official Pro Football Almanac
, 71.

41
. UPI, “McPeak Denies Dissension,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 12, 1963.

42
. Pat Livingston, “Budd (9.2) May Join Mitchell in Backfield,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 14, 1963.

43
. Pat Livingston, “Relaxed Steelers Ready for 'Skins,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 15, 1963.

44
. Pat Livingston, “McPeak Stays Calm for Steeler Battle,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 17, 1963.

45
. Fran Zimniuch,
Eagles: Where Have You Gone? Catching up with Chuck Bednarik, Tim Rossavich, Jeff Kemp and Other Eagles of Old
(Champaign, Ill.: Sports Publishing, 2004), 44.

46
. Livingston, “Relaxed Steelers Ready for 'Skins.”

47
. Lester J. Biederman, “Saints & Sinners to Honor Rooney,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 16, 1963.

48
. UPI, “AFL ‘Too Inferior' for Title Playoff with NFL—Retzlaff,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 12, 1963.

49
. UPI, “NFL-AFL Title Tilt Far Off—Rozelle,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 16, 1963.

50
. “The Outlook for Kennedy,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 15, 1963.

51
. Ibid.

52
. Al Abrams, “Justice in Photo Finish,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 18, 1963.

53
. Jack Walsh, “Steelers Collar Redskins, 34–28,”
Washington Post
, Nov. 18, 1963.

54
. Ibid.

55
.
Robert Riger,
Best Plays of the Year 1962: A Documentary of Pro Football in the
National Football League
(Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1963), 50.

56
. Edwin Pope, “The South,” Dick Kaplan, ed.,
1961 Football Yearbook Kick-O
ff (New York: Popular Library, 1961), 19.

57
. “Ballman Took Risk on 92-Yard Run,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 18, 1963.

58
. Walsh, “Steelers Collar Redskins, 34–28.”

59
. Steve Guback, “Double Damage in Dual Role,”
Washington Evening Star
, Nov. 18, 1963.

60
. Pat Livingston, “Somebody up There Likes 'Em,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Oct. 29, 1962.

61
. Livingston, “Steelers Are Really Having a Ball, Man!”

62
. Walsh, “Steelers Collar Redskins, 34–28.”

63
. Al Abrams, “About a Man in a Slump,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 13, 1963.

64
. Jimmy Miller, “Real Cliff Hanger,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 18, 1963.

65
. Abrams, “Justice in Photo Finish.”

66
. Livingston, “Steelers Are Really Having a Ball, Man!”

67
.
Pittsburgh Press
, “Ballman Took Risk.”

68
. Livingston, “Steelers Are Really Having a Ball, Man!”; Abrams, “Justice in Photo Finish.”

69
. Livingston, “Ballman Took Risk.”

70
. Don Schiffer,
Pro Football 1963
(New York: Pocket Books, 1963), 107; Livingston, “Steelers Are Really Having a Ball, Man!”

71
.
Pittsburgh Press
, “Ballman Took Risk.”

72
. Livingston, “Steelers Are Really Having a Ball, Man!”

73
. UPI, “McPeak Wants to Build Winner,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 19, 1963.

74
. Miller, “Real Cliff Hanger.”

75
. Jack Sell, “The Substitute Speaker,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 19, 1963.

76
. Miller, “Real Cliff Hanger.”

77
. Ibid.

GAME 11

1
. “500,000 to See Kentucky,”
Chicago Sun-Times
, Nov. 2, 1963.

2
.
Chicago Sun-Times
, Nov. 12, 1963.

3
. Steve Snider, “Pro-Football Has Become a Craze,”
Chicago-Sun Times
, Nov. 3, 1963.

4
. Arthur Daley, “Too Much Enthusiasm,”
New York Times
, Dec. 8, 1959.

5
. Gordon S. White Jr., “Rioting Fans Halt Giants-Browns Game 20 Minutes,”
New York Times
, Dec. 7, 1959.

6
. “Football—Another Business That's Really Booming,”
U.S. News & World Report
, Nov. 18, 1963, 103–4 (the American Professional Football Association was formed in 1920; it was repackaged as the NFL in 1922).

7
. Jack Sell, “The Substitute Speaker,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 19, 1963.

8
. Ibid.

9
. Bruce Morrison, “Bears Go to the Top 26–7!”
Chicago Sun-Times
, Nov. 18, 1963.

10
. Al Abrams, “Papa Bear on the Prowl,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 20, 1963.

11
.
AP, “Bears Favored over Steelers,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 20, 1963.

12
. Tex Maule, “Down Go the Packers,”
Sports Illustrated
, Nov. 25, 1963, 31.

13
. Joe Agrella,
Chicago Sun-Times
, Nov. 22, 1963.

14
. Shirley Povich, “Bears Winning with Old Stuff,”
Washington Post
, Nov. 10, 1963.

15
. Bruce Morrison, “Ability to Make Big Play Has Offset Weak Offense,”
Chicago Sun-Times
, Nov. 15, 1963.

16
. “Ball Control Won Says Wade,”
Chicago Sun-Times
, Nov. 18, 1963.

17
. “Bears Defenses Same—Parker,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 21, 1963.

18
. Joe Agrella, “Why Steelers Worry Halas,”
Chicago Sun-Times
, Nov. 21, 1963.

19
. “Bitter Brown Anxious to Defeat Bears,”
Chicago Sun-Times
, Nov. 21, 1963.

20
. Ibid.

21
. Ibid.

22
. Jeff Davis,
Papa Bear: The Life and Legacy of George Halas
(New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008), 327.

23
. AP, “U.S. Space Program Necessary, Says JFK,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 22, 1963.

24
. “A Pride of Lions,”
Time
, Nov. 29, 1954, 60.

25
. Art Rooney Jr., conversation, April 29, 2010.

26
. Dan Rooney,
Dan Rooney: My 75 Years with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL
, as told to Andrew E. Masich and David F. Halaas (Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo Press, 2007), 103–4.