The '63 Steelers (55 page)

27
. Art Rooney Jr., conversation, April 29, 2010.

28
. Sherley Uhl, “Fearless Kennedy Braved Bone-Crushing Crowds,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 23, 1963.

29
. “President's Death Hits City like Bomb,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 22, 1963.

30
. “Dipping Flag Told City Tragic News,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 23, 1963.

31
. Art Daley, “Five Texan Packers ‘Go Home,' Claim ‘That's Not Dallas,'”
Green Bay Press-Gazette
, Nov. 23, 1963.

32
. AP, “NFL Crowds Somber but Stands Are Filled,”
Green Bay Press-Gazette
, Nov. 23, 1963.

33
. Sam Huff, conversation, Sept. 9, 2008.

34
. AP, “NFL Crowds Somber.”

35
. AP, “Sonny Wept about JFK,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 23, 1963.

36
. “NFL Games to Be Played ‘in Tradition,' Rozelle Says,”
Green Bay Press-Gazette
, Nov. 24, 1963.

37
. Dick Haley, conversation, May 14, 2008.

38
. Leonard Koppett, “Sports Schedule Drastically Cut as Nation Mourns,”
New York Times
, Nov. 24, 1963.

39
. John Rendel, “Dog Show Begins Despite Criticism,”
New York Times
, Nov. 24, 1963.

40
. Al Abrams, “Whirl around the World of Sports,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 23, 1963.

41
. Gordon Cobbledick, “Suspension without Pay Would Curb Brutality of Football's Hatchet Men,”
Cleveland Plain Dealer
, Nov. 24, 1963.

42
. “20 Calls a Minute,”
Chicago Tribune
, Nov. 24, 1963.

43
. Lou Michaels, conversation, Aug. 29, 2007.

44
.
Red Mack, conversation, Aug. 8, 2007.

45
. Andy Russell, conversation, Oct. 4, 2007.

46
. Joseph M. Sheehan, “N.F.L. Games Today Stir Fans' Anger,”
New York Times
, Nov. 24, 1963.

47
. Ibid.

48
. “Attendance about Normal,”
New York Daily News
, Nov. 25, 1963.

49
. Y. A. Tittle, conversation, Sept. 8, 2008.

50
. Pat Livingston, “Hard-Nosed Krupa Underrated Tackle in Steeler Defense,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Oct. 19, 1961.

51
. Ron Cook, “Rozelle Blew Call in '63,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Sept. 14, 2001.

52
. Murray Olderman, “Two Careers for Charley Johnson,”
Sport
, March 1964, 86.

53
. AP, “NFL Crowds Somber,” Nov. 25, 1963.

54
. Davis,
Papa Bear
, 391.

55
. AP, “NFL Crowds Somber.”

56
. Ibid.

57
. Matt Mosley, “No Heart for This Game,”
Dallas Morning News
, Jan. 27, 2004.

58
. Ibid.

59
. Bill Wise,
1963 Official Pro Football Almana
c (Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett, 1963), 41.

60
. Mosley, “No Heart for This Game.”

61
. Ibid.

62
. Dick Young, “They Came with Mixed Emotions—but They Came,”
New York Daily News
, Nov. 25, 1963.

63
. Ibid.

64
. Red Smith,
New York Herald Tribune
, Nov. 25, 1963.

65
. Sandy Grady, “Doors Never Close in Toyland,”
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
, Nov. 25, 1963.

66
. Frank Atkinson, conversation, Oct. 10, 2007.

67
. Fred Remington, “Nets Cancel Scheduled Programs,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 23, 1963.

68
. Art Rooney Jr., conversation, April 29, 2010.

69
. Dick Young, “Does One Grieve More than the Other?,”
New York Daily News
, Nov. 24, 1963.

70
. AP, “334,892 See NFL Despite Protests,”
Youngstown Vindicator
, Nov. 25, 1963.

71
. Ruth Daniel, e-mail interview, Jan. 12, 2008.

72
. Mosley, “No Heart for This Game.”

73
. AP, “NFL Crowds Somber.”

74
. Lee Remmel, “First Half ‘Sharp as I've Seen,' Vince,”
Green Bay Press-Gazette
, Nov. 25, 1963.

75
. Art Daley,
Green Bay Press-Gazette
, “Packers Battle 49ers—with Heavy Hearts,” Nov. 24, 1963.

76
. “Renfro Given New Car, Trips; Fete Canceled,”
Youngstown Vindicator
, Nov. 25, 1963.

77
. Milton Gross, “NFL Teams Play with Mixed Emotions, amid Protests,” Nov. 25, 1963.

78
. Bill Lyon,
When the Clock Runs Out: 20 NFL Greats Share Their Stories of Hardship and Triumph
(Chicago: Triumph Books, 1999), 223.

79
. Grady, “Doors Never Close.”

80
.
Jim Becker, “Giants' Loss No Tragedy for Fans,”
Green Bay Press-Gazette
, Nov. 25, 1963.

81
. Sam Huff, conversation, July 9, 2008.

82
. Hugh Brown, “Eagles Stumble into NFL Cellar,”
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
, Nov. 25, 1963.

83
. AP, “NFL Crowds Somber.”

84
. Grady, “Doors Never Close.”

85
. George Strickler, “Packers Win; Bears Tie, Retain Lead,”
Chicago Tribune
, Nov. 25, 1963.

86
. Cooper Rollow, “We'll Settle for Tie, Says Halas (Still in First Place),”
Chicago Tribune
, Nov. 25, 1963.

87
. Jack Hand, “Cards Tip Giants, Forge Three-way Deadlock in East,” AP, Nov. 25, 1963.

88
. Art Rooney Jr., conversation, April 29, 2010.

89
. Frank Atkinson, conversation, Oct. 10, 2007.

90
. Strickler, “Packers Win.”

91
. Ibid.

92
. Pat Livingston, “Steelers Miss Win … Just Bear-ly,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 25, 1963.

93
. Strickler, “Packers Win.”

94
. “Steelers High on Curry as West Liberty Camp Starts,”
Pittsburgh Courier
, July 20, 1963.

95
. “Football Roundup: Tan Stars Stand Out in Both Leagues,”
Ebony
, Nov. 1963, 70; “Steelers High on Curry,”
Pittsburgh Courier
, July 20, 1963.

96
. Strickler, “Packers Win.”

97
. Ibid.

98
. Jack Sell, “Freezing the Bears,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 22, 1963.

99
. Jack Sell, “Rooney U. Hopes to Retain Title Chances!”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 30, 1963.

100
. Livingston, “Steelers Miss Win.”

101
. Jack Sell, “A Good Joe,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Oct. 24, 1963.

102
. Robert Smith,
The Great Teams of Pro Football
(New York: Dell, 1965), 228.

103
. Strickler, “Packers Win.”

104
. Jim Wexell,
Pittsburgh Steelers: Men of Steel
(Champaign, Ill.: Sports Publishing, 2006), 35–36.

105
. AP, “Parker Threatens to Quit as Pro Football Coach,”
New York Times
, Dec. 18, 1956.

106
. Davis,
Papa Bear
, 9, 31, 18.

107
. Pat Livingston, “4 Steelers Added to Casualty List,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 7, 1959.

108
. Wexell,
Pittsburgh Steelers
, 57.

109
. Davis,
Papa Bear
, 393.

110
. Pat Livingston, “‘Silent Whistle' Cost Steelers TD, Helped Bears Gain,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 25, 1963.

111
. Strickler, “Packers Win.”

112
. Red Smith,
New York Herald Tribune
, Dec. 30, 1963.

113
. Roy McHugh, “Mike Ditka: Pro Football's Ty Cobb,”
Sport
, Dec. 1964, 66.

114
.
Mike Ditka with Don Pierson,
Ditka: An Autobiography
(Chicago: Bonus Books, 1987), 90.

115
. Rollow, “We'll Settle for Tie.”

116
. Riger,
Best Plays of the Year 1963
, 69; Strickler, “Packers Win.”

117
. Bill Conlin, “Bears ‘Lucky' to Tie Steelers,”
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
, Nov. 25, 1963.

118
. Armen Keteyian,
Ditka: Monster of the Midway
(New York: Pocket Books, 1992), 88.

119
. Jack Sell, “Bears Save Skin When Unexpected Pass Hits Steeler,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 25, 1963.

120
. Strickler, “Packers Win.”

121
. Sell, “Bears Save Skin.”

122
. Strickler, “Packers Win.”

123
. Sell, “Bears Save Skin.”

124
. Ibid.

125
. Rollow, “We'll Settle for Tie.”

126
. Strickler, “Packers Win.”

127
. Rollow, “We'll Settle for Tie.”

128
. Davis,
Papa Bear
, 393.

129
. Rollow, “We'll Settle for Tie.”

130
. Davis,
Papa Bear
, 392.

131
. Grady, “Doors Never Close.”

132
. Becker, “Giants' Loss No Tragedy for Fans.”

133
. Arthur Daley, “NFL Fans Give Heavy Hearts Lift,”
New York Times
, Nov. 25, 1963.

134
. Al Abrams, “Monday Morning's Sports Wash,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Dec. 11, 1961; Al Abrams, “Pro Football at Its Toughest,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 25, 1963.

135
. “Visitors to Family Were Advised to Be Ready for Football Games,”
New York Times
, Nov. 23, 1963.

136
. Leonard Koppet,
New York Times
, Nov. 25, 1963.

137
. David Condon,
Chicago Tribune
, Nov. 25, 1963.

138
. Remmel, “First Half.”

GAME 12

1
. Jimmy Brown with Myron Cope,
Off My Chest
(Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1964), 192.

2
. Dave Eisenberg, “Buddy Slippery Receiver,”
New York Journal-American
, Dec. 11, 1963.

3
. Kevin Sherrington, “Football Took Its Toll on Ex-Dallas Cowboy Buddy Dial,”
Dallas Morning News
, March 28, 2008.

4
. AP, “Pittsburgh's Dial Could Be Top NFL Receiver,”
Chicago Sun-Times
, Nov. 3, 1963.

5
. Don Schiffer,
Pro Football 1963
(New York: Pocket Books, 1963), 94.

6
. Lou Prato, “Sing-Along Football Star,”
Sport
, July 1963, 64.

7
.
Ibid., 64.

8
. Ibid., 65.

9
. David Barron, “Former Rice, Steelers Receiver Dies at 71,”
Houston Chronicle
, March 1, 2008.

10
. Dahleen Glanton, “In Seconds, Killer Stole Untold Years,”
Chicago Tribune
, July 31, 1999.

11
. Barron, “Former Rice, Steelers Receiver.”

12
. Prato, “Sing-Along Football Star,” 65.

13
. Arthur Daley, “Rice for the Sailors,”
New York Times
, Jan. 1, 1958.

14
. Arthur Daley, “A Matter of Luck,”
New York Times
, Dec. 7, 1958.

15
. Joseph M. Sheehan, “Four Giant Draft Choices Excel in All-Star Football Workouts,”
New York Times
, Aug. 13, 1959.

16
. Milton Gross, “Steelers' Buddy Dial at Home on Field, on Stage, in Pulpit,”
North American Newspaper Alliance
(published in
Pittsburgh Press
), Dec. 13, 1963.

17
. Prato, “Sing-Along Football Star,” 65.

18
. UPI, “Dial Makes Good without Giants,”
Detroit News
, Dec. 13, 1963.

19
. Prato, “Sing-Along Football Star,” 55.

20
. Ibid.

21
. Ibid.

22
. Ibid.

23
. Peter Golenbock,
Landry's Boys: An Oral History of a Team and an Era
(Chicago: Triumph Books, 2005), 113.

24
. AP, “Judge Rules Pact with Club Invalid,”
New York Times
, June 21, 1960.

25
. AP, “Oilers Sign Appleton to $104,000 Pact,”
New York Times
, Feb. 2, 1964.

26
. John Clayton, “Appleton's Haunting Past Slowly Healing,”
Pittsburgh Press
, May 5, 1986.

27
. Ibid.

28
. Steve Marantz,
Boston Globe
, Dec. 12, 1982.

29
. Preston Carpenter, conversation, Sept. 8, 2007.

30
. UPI, “Dial Makes Good without Giants,”
Detroit News
, Dec. 13, 1963.

31
. Will Doerge, “Steelers Leave Ex-Mate Dial Limp with Bruised Feelings,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Sept. 28, 1964.

32
. Marantz,
Boston Globe
, Sept. 12, 1982.

33
. Sherrington, “Football Took Its Toll.”

34
. Ed Asher, “Ex-Rice Star Thrown for Loss over Pension,”
Houston Chronicle
, May 11, 1999.

35
. Dahleen Glanton, “In Seconds, Killer Stole Untold Years.”

36
. Alvin Rosensweet, “City Pours Out Its Grief in Services Today,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 25, 1963; Harold V. Cohen, “No Column Today,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 25, 1963.