The '63 Steelers (63 page)

Renfro, Ray,
146
,
178

reputation, Steelers',
4–6
,
30
,
62–63
; for bad luck,
183
,
185
,
244
; choking under pressure,
138
,
151
,
157–58
,
179
,
213
,
215
; for fighting,
5
,
14
,
157
; as losers,
34
,
72
; for partying,
6
,
14
,
70
,
152–53
,
195–96
; for toughness,
71
,
131–32
,
134
,
166–67
,
230
; for wasting draft picks,
47–48
.
See also
losing tradition, Steelers'

respect, Steelers' desire for,
5
,
224

Reston, James,
158

Retzlaff, Pete,
21–22
,
24
,
158
,
203

Richardson, Jess,
5

Richter, Les,
131–32

Richter, Pat,
92–93
,
159
,
161–63

Rickey, Branch,
16

Rieland, Joseph V.,
232

Riger, Robert,
xvii
,
45
,
71

Ringo, Jim,
124

Roach, John,
121
,
124–25
,
126

Robb, Joe,
49
,
74

Roberts, C. R. “Cash Register,”
99

Robinett, Bob,
135

Robustelli, Andy,
36
,
236
,
238

rookies,
42
,
50
,
93
,
150
; Parker's mistrust of,
120
,
149
,
209
; treatment of,
16
,
59
,
195–96

Rooney, Art, Jr., xvi,
214
; Parker and,
118
,
149
; personnel department under,
120
,
130
,
149
; player personnel under,
250

Rooney, Art, Sr.,
20
,
103
,
164
,
213
,
242
; admiration and respect for,
18
,
158
,
234–35
; on black players,
15–16
,
115
; defensiveness about Pittsburgh,
34
; on football as big business,
116
,
193
; on games after Kennedy's assassination,
174
,
177
; on Giants-Steelers game,
227
,
245–46
; on Kennedy's assassination,
169
,
214
; on lack of football spirit,
18–19
; on Layne,
2
,
57
,
244
; on North Side hooligans,
95
,
98
; optimism about '63 season,
19
; on Parker,
113–15
,
119
,
179
; Parker and,
252
; Parker's contracts and,
16–17
,
61
,
112
; picking players,
42
,
97–98
; on players,
32
,
86
; players' affection for,
12
,
235

Rooney, Dan: on Kennedy's assassination,
169
,
171
,
214
; Parker and,
118
,
252

Rose, Pete,
200

Rosensweet, Alvin,
141

Rosenthal, Harold,
243

Rote, Kyle,
222

Rozelle, Alvin “Pete,”
26
,
134
,
137
,
158
,
197
,
200
,
204
; on computation of standings,
226
; on games after Kennedy's assassination,
169
,
171
,
173
,
175–77
,
201
;
Sports Illustrated
honoring,
193
; trying to reduce violence,
134
,
161

Rudy, Uncle,
xv

Runner-Up Bowl,
245

runners,
137
,
139
,
213
; Johnson's style,
137–38
; speed of,
155
,
159
; as targets for violence,
134

running backs: Carpenter as,
216
; Keys as,
139

rushing,
167
,
231
; against Browns,
146–47
; against Giants,
38
,
227
,
243
; Hoak's records,
62–63
,
102
,
250
; by Jim Brown,
129–30
,
207
; by Johnson,
38
,
125
,
243
; Johnson's records,
129
,
135
,
146–47
,
250
; rankings of,
129
; by Sapp,
219
; by Taylor,
125–26

Russell, Andy,
6
,
119–20
,
173
,
223
,
236
; analyzing 1963 season,
253
,
256
; background of,
6
; against Bears,
180
,
183
; against Browns,
65
,
143
,
146
; against Cardinals,
46–47
,
50–51
,
74
,
76
; against Eagles,
203
; football career of,
40–43
,
250
,
251
; against Giants,
37
,
237
,
241
; against Redskins,
163
; tackling Brown,
140
,
143–44
; teammates and,
3
,
61
,
208–9

Rutgens, Joe,
87

Ryan, Frank,
7
,
64–67
,
70
,
80
,
93
,
142
,
146
,
194
; calling plays,
143
,
145
; as quarterback,
61–62
,
213
; on shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald,
177

Rymkus, Lou,
4

safety blitz,
49
,
79
,
144

Salinger, Pierre,
165
,
171

Sample, Johnny,
15
,
92
,
116
,
155
,
231
; Ballman and,
150–51
; Parker's confrontation with,
113–14

Sanders, Lonnie,
92
,
163

Sandusky, Mike,
123
; against Cowboys,
220
; against Giants,
237–38
; against Redskins,
89
,
162
; in Steelers anonymous offensive line,
144

Sapp, Theron Coleman,
23
,
27
,
87
; against Browns,
141
,
145–46
; against Cowboys,
104–6
,
215
,
218–20
; against Eagles,
205
; against Giants,
236
,
238
; injuries,
219
; against Packers,
125
,
127
,
130
; Parker and,
72
,
102
; post-Steelers career,
248
; against Redskins,
89
,
90
; replacing Johnson,
136–37

Scales, Charlie,
100
,
142

Schmidt, Joe,
18
,
58

Schmitz, Bob,
35
; against Browns,
143
,
145
; against Cowboys,
215
; against Giants,
37
; injuries of,
43
,
72–73
,
199
; known for great play against Jim Brown,
143
–
44
,
147
; post-Steelers career,
249

Schnelker, Bob,
85

Schramm, Tex,
197

Scott, Tom,
36
,
108

Scotti, Ben,
25
,
201–3
,
205

scouting: by Haley,
85–86
,
250
; by Layne,
182
; Parker and,
119
,
149
; Rooney's personnel department and,
120
,
130
,
149
; by Schmitz,
143
,
249
; Steelers' strength in,
120

Scranton, William,
82
,
199

scrimmages,
99
,
150
,
154
,
210

Sell, Jack,
137
,
166
,
187
,
200
,
209
,
226

Shaughnessy, Clark,
167

Sherman, Allie,
xv–xvi
,
121
,
221
,
223
,
230
,
233
,
240
; on loss to Steelers,
38–39
; on quarterbacks,
35
,
37

Shofner, Del,
35
,
38
,
70
,
207
,
237
,
244
,
254
; injuries of,
238
,
240
; as receiver,
153
,
192
,
231–32

Shofner, Jim,
64

Shorter, Jim,
66

Shorty, Uncle,
xiv

Shula, Don,
75

signing bonuses,
42

Skorich, Nick,
201–2
,
203
,
205

Skoronski, Bob,
124

Smith, Chester L.,
99

Smith, J. D.,
4–5
,
75–77
,
79

Smith, Jackie,
74

Smith, James “Jetstream,”
99

Smith, Ralph “Catfish,”
23

Smith, Red,
176
,
185
,
240

Smith, Robert,
238–39

Smith, Wendell,
115–16

Snead, Norm,
75
,
83
,
89–90
,
92–93
,
159–63

Snider, Steve,
130
,
165

Spadia, Lou,
208

special teams,
100
,
218

Spikes, Jack,
120

split end, Ballman as,
152

sportswriters, on Rooney,
235

Sprinkle, Ed “the Claw,”
55

St. Clair, Bob,
60
,
170

St. Louis Cardinals,
76
,
236
,
245
; complaining about officiating,
51
,
71–72
; injuries on,
44
,
73
; offense by,
43–44
; place in Eastern Conference,
71
,
164
,
200
,
243

St. Louis Cardinals-Steelers game (9/29),
45–52

St. Louis Cardinals-Steelers game (10/13),
73–80

Stacy, Bill,
44
,
73

Starr, Bart,
27
,
57
,
108
,
121
,
127

Staubach, Roger,
214

Stautner, Ernie,
19
,
161
,
185
,
198
; background of,
2–3
,
229
; against Bears,
187
; as coach,
210
,
249–50
; death of,
250
; on Ed Brown,
21
,
243
; against Giants,
37
,
223
,
240
; injuries of,
102–3
; Layne and,
54–56
,
244
; meanness of,
229
; optimism about '63 season,
51–52
; against Packers,
207
; as player-coach,
147
,
209
; in Pro Football Hall of Fame,
250
; against Redskins,
89
,
160
,
163
; in Steeler defense,
76–77

Steadman, John,
12

Steelerettes,
14

Steffen, Jim,
90

Stehouwer, Ron,
52
,
224–25

Stephens, Larry,
217–18

Stiger, James,
104
,
105

Stovall, Jerry,
49

Strader, Norman “Red,”
131

Strickler, George,
188

Stroud, Jack,
221

Studstill, Pat,
4

Stynchula, Andy,
87
,
92
,
159

Sugar, Leo,
4

Sutherland, John Bain “Jock,”
18

Sweeney, Doc,
113
,
114

Symank, John,
133

tackling: of Brown,
139
,
143–44
,
160
; Keys's strategy,
139–40

Tarasovic, George,
17
; against Cardinals,
46–47
; in defense,
43
,
76–77
; against Eagles,
23
; with Eagles,
201
,
205
; candidate for justice of the peace,
116–17
,
126
; in fights,
5
,
152–53
; injuries of,
5
,
46
,
62
,
73
; Parker and,
116–17
,
138–39

Tarkenton, Fran,
2
,
93
,
121

Tate, James H. J.,
176

“taxi squad,”
151–52

Taylor, Jim,
121
,
124
,
127
,
131
,
139
,
144
,
168
,
236
; as runner,
134
,
137
,
139
; rushing by,
102
,
125–26
,
129
; Steelers' defense
vs
.,
126
,
129–30