The '63 Steelers (50 page)

14
. Jack Sell, “Steelers Win, 16 to 7, on Michaels' Toe,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Sept. 9, 1963.

15
. “Steel Shuffle Bringing Jobs to City,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Sept. 19, 1963.

16
. Johnny Sample with Fred J. Hamilton and Sonny Schwartz,
Confessions of a Dirty Ballplayer
(New York: Dial Press, 1970), 97.

17
. Bob Barnett, “Profile: Ray Kemp,” Pro Football Hall of Fame, Jan. 18, 2005,
http://www.profootballhof.com/history/release.aspx?release_id=1379
.

18
. Richard Goldstein, “Lowell Perry, 69, Football Star and Ford Aide,”
New York Times
, Jan. 11, 2001.

19
. Ibid.

20
. “Rooney Rates with Rickey, Brown as Benefactor—Kemp,”
Pittsburgh Courier
, Aug. 31, 1963.

21
. Al Abrams, “Parker's Best Team,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Jan. 8, 1963.

22
.
Al Abrams, “Is Parker on Way Out?,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Dec. 4, 1962.

23
. Abrams, “Parker's Best Team.”

24
. Jack Sell, “Raymond K. Parkers Host Arthur J. Rooneys of the Steelers,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Jan. 11, 1963.

25
. Abrams, “Steelers Ooze Confidence.”

26
. Al Abrams, “The Best Is Yet to Come,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Oct. 3, 1960.

27
. Michael MacCambridge,
ESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Game
(New York: ESPN Books, 2005), 710.

28
. Pat Livingston, “Apathy, Not Team, Discourages Rooney as Season Nears,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Aug. 27, 1963.

29
. Ibid.

30
. Pat Livingston, “Show Great But Gate Flops As Steelers Whip Eagles, 31–0,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 30, 1959.

31
. Pat Livingston, “Ernie Stautner Raps Booing Fans and Small Crowds,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 29, 1961.

32
. Roy Blount Jr.,
About Three Bricks Shy of a Load: A Highly Irregular Lowdown on the Year the Pittsburgh Steelers Were Super but Missed the Bowl
(Boston: Little, Brown, 1974), 102.

33
. Charles Danver, “Travelin' Judge,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Sept. 24, 1963.

34
. Myron Cope, “Pittsburgh's Patient Whipping Boy,”
Sports Illustrated
, Dec. 19, 1966, M3.

35
. Mitzi Michaels in Al Abrams, “Who Are the Animals?,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Dec. 13, 1963.

36
. Joe Tucker,
Steelers' Victory after Forty
(New York: Exposition Press, 1973), 156.

37
. Livingston, “Apathy, Not Team.”

38
. Ray Didinger,
Pittsburgh Steelers
(New York: Macmillan, 1974), 136.

39
. “D.C. Steelers' Fan Pin-Points Parker's Problems,”
Pittsburgh Courier
, Aug. 31, 1963.

40
. Pat Livingston, “Steelers Hope to Rebound with Giants,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Sept. 18, 1963.

41
. Didinger,
Pittsburgh Steelers
, 23–24.

42
. Pat Livingston, “Eagles Ready Attack, Fans for Steelers,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Sept. 13, 1963.

43
. John Underwood, “The Magnificent Squirt,”
Sports Illustrated
, Oct. 8, 1962, 48.

44
. Sandy Grady, “Nice Old Lady Meddles and Hexes,”
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
, Dec. 10, 1962.

45
. Hugh Brown, “Best Defense in Years Saves Eagles 21–21 Tie with Steelers,”
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
, Sept. 16, 1963.

46
. Ibid.

47
. Steadman, “Sub's Life No Role.”

48
. Underwood, “The Magnificent Squirt,” 50.

49
. Roy McHugh, “Is Tommy McDonald Pro Football's Piersall?,”
Sport
, Nov. 1962, 84.

50
. Gay,
The Physics of Football
, 161.

51
. Pat Livingston, “Steeler Star's Kick Hits Post,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Sept. 16, 1963.

52
.
John Dell, “Michaels Had Cross to Bear,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, Sept. 16, 1963.

53
. Livingston, “Steeler Star's Kick Hits Post.”

54
. Good, “Choking Steeler Saved from Death,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, Sept. 16, 1963.

55
. Ibid.

56
. “Fast Action Saved Reger from Choking,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Sept. 16, 1963.

57
. “Bears' Defense Halts Packers,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Sept. 16, 1963 (UPI).

GAME 2

1
. AP, “Big Daddy Happy, Has Big Day,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Jan. 14, 1963.

2
. Clendon Thomas, conversation, Aug. 30, 2008.

3
. Preston Carpenter, conversation, Sept. 8, 2007.

4
. “Steeler Star Lipscomb Dies, Dope Hinted,”
Pittsburgh Press
, May 10, 1963.

5
. “Requiem for Big Daddy,”
Esquire
, Sept. 1963, 89.

6
. Ibid.

7
. Al Abrams, “The Big Pro Trade,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, July 20, 1961.

8
. Johnny Sample with Fred J. Hamilton and Sonny Schwartz,
Confessions of a Dirty Ballplayer
(New York: Dial Press, 1970), 339.

9
. Pat Livingston, “Lipscomb's Death Shock to Steelers,”
Pittsburgh Press
, May 10, 1963; UPI, “Sports Stars Join Drive for Kennedy,”
New York Times
, Oct. 18, 1960.

10
. Jimmy Miller, “Big Daddy Flying High,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Aug. 8, 1962.

11
. Ibid.

12
. Al Abrams, “Monday Morning's Sports Wash,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Sept. 9, 1963.

13
. “Steelers High on Curry as West Liberty Camp Starts,”
Pittsburgh Courier
, July 20, 1963.

14
. “D.C. Steelers' Fan Pin-Points Parker's Problems,”
Pittsburgh Courier
, Aug. 31, 1963.

15
. Lou Cordileone, conversation, Aug. 13, 2008.

16
. James F. Lynch, “New Cheers for an All-American,”
New York Times
, Feb. 2, 1960.

17
. William N. Wallace, “‘It's Not Magic,' Says Tittle,”
New York Times
, Nov. 10, 1963.

18
. Y. A. Tittle, conversation, Sept. 8, 2008.

19
. 1964 Steeler press guide.

20
. Lou Cordileone, conversation, Aug. 13, 2008.

21
. Ibid.

22
. Ibid.

23
. Jim Sargent, “Frank Varrichione: All-American and Pro Tackle,”
Coffin Corner
, 21, no. 5 (1999), 2.

24
. Lou Cordileone, conversation, Aug. 13, 2008.

25
. Pat Livingston, “Apathy, Not Team, Discourages Rooney as Season Nears,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Aug. 27, 1963.

26
. Al Abrams, “A Day We Won't Forget,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Sept. 17, 1963.

27
. Arthur Daley, “Savoring a Rare Treat,”
New York Times
, Sept. 22, 1963.

28
. Y. A. Tittle, conversation, Sept. 8, 2008.

29
.
Ibid.

30
. Ben Thomas, “Glynn Griffing's Passing Sparks Rebs in Sugar Bowl,”
Youngstown Vindicator
, Jan. 2, 1963 (AP).

31
. At the time, a team could draft a player if his class had graduated even though he had not used up his eligibility. If the player had been redshirted or sat out a year after transferring, he could be drafted after his fourth year, and the rights to him would remain with the team that picked him even if he didn't sign for a year. Jim Campbell, “1936–37 NFL Draft,”
Coffin Corner
, 7, no. 5 (1985).

32
. Thomas, “Glynn Griffing's Passing.”

33
. Y. A. Tittle, conversation, Sept. 8, 2008.

34
. “What's Wrong with the Civil Arena?,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Sept. 20, 1963.

35
. “Steelers to Stay Here—Rooney,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Sept. 17, 1963.

36
. Herbert G. Stein, “Big Crowds at Pitt Hear Meredith,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Sept. 19, 1963.

37
. Al Abrams, “Monday Morning's Sports Wash,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Dec. 11, 1961.

38
. Jimmy Miller, “Steelers Brush Up on ‘Pressure' Tactics,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Sept. 19, 1963.

39
. Pat Livingston, “Tittle Ready? Giants to Wait for Kickoff,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Sept. 22, 1963.

40
. “Tittle Is Still Ailing for Steelers' Game—42,000 Expected,”
New York Times
, Sept. 22, 1963.

41
. William N. Wallace, “Sherman Adds It Up,”
New York Times
, Sept. 24, 1963.

42
. Gene Ward, “Giants in 31–0 Pitt Shocker,”
New York Daily News
, Sept. 23, 1963.

43
. Pat Livingston, “Steelers Sub Team Play for Lipscomb,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Sept. 1, 1963.

44
. “Steelers High on Curry as West Liberty Camp Starts,”
Pittsburgh Courier
, July 20, 1963.

45
. Livingston, “Steelers Sub Team.”

46
. Jack Sell, “JHJ Makes a Suggestion,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Sept. 26, 1963.

47
. Pat Livingston, “Steelers Turn Giant-Killers before 46,068,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Sept. 23, 1963.

48
. Al Abrams, “It Was a Great Day,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Sept. 23, 1963.

49
. Gordon S. White Jr., “Losers Helpless without Tittle,”
New York Times
, Sept. 23, 1963.

50
. Livingston, “Steelers Turn Giant-Killers.”

51
. Ibid.

52
. Y. A. Tittle, conversation, Sept. 8, 2008.

53
. “Tittle Wanted to Play but Sherman Said No,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Sept. 23, 1963.

54
. Ward, “Giants in 31–0 Pitt Shocker.”

55
. Wallace, “Sherman Adds It Up.”

56
. Y. A. Tittle, conversation, Sept. 8, 2008.

57
. UPI, “Packers Win the ‘Big One,'”
Pittsburgh Press
, Sept. 23, 1963.

GAME 3

1
. Andy Russell, conversation, Oct. 4, 2007.

2
. Ibid.

3
. Ibid.

4
. Ibid.

5
. AP, “Baker, Oregon State QB, Drafted by Rams,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Dec. 4, 1962.

6
. Jack Sell, “Question Mark Buddy Parker Still ? Mark,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Dec. 5, 1962.

7
. Andy Russell, conversation, Oct. 4, 2007.

8
. Ibid.

9
. Andy Russell, interview, April 19, 2010.

10
. Jack Sell, “Steelers Play Annual Alumni Game Tonight,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Aug. 3, 1963.

11
. Jack Sell, “Steelers (6) Favorites Over Cards,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Sept. 25, 1963.

12
. Pat Livingston, “Steelers Face Cards, Problem,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Sept. 29, 1963.

13
. Murray Olderman, “Two Careers for Charley Johnson,”
Sport
, March 1964, 86.

14
. Pat Livingston, “Steelers Wary of Cardinals,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Sept. 27, 1963; Pat Livingston, “Cards' Lemm Protégé of Conzelmann,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Sept. 28, 1963.

15
. Livingston, “Steelers Wary of Cardinals.”

16
. Olderman, “Two Careers for Charley Johnson,” 25.

17
. Dave Anderson, “Toughest Guy in Pro Football,”
Sport
, Dec. 1966, 81.

18
. Pat Livingston, “Card Blitz Worries Parker,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Sept. 26, 1963.

19
. Livingston, “Steelers Wary of Cardinals.”

20
. Jimmy Miller, “Steelers, Cards ‘Stuck' with Battle Plans,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Sept. 26, 1963.

21
. Robert Riger,
Best Plays of the Year 1963: A Documentary of Pro Football in the National Football League
(Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1964), 17.

22
. Ibid., 18.

23
. Ibid., 18.

24
. Ibid., 17.

25
. Ibid., 17.

26
. Gordon S. White Jr., “4th-Period Rally Tops Cards, 23–10,”
New York Times
, Sept. 30, 1963.

27
. John Kuenster,
Chicago Daily News;
Dick Kaplan, ed.,
1961 Football Yearbook Kick-Off
(New York: Popular Library), 10.

28
. AP, “‘I Have to Show Them I Can Play Pro Ball,' Says Fullback,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Aug. 8, 1963.

29
. Pat Livingston, “Steelers Find Title High-Priced,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Sept. 30, 1963.

30
. AP, “‘I Have to Show Them.'”

31
. Ibid.

32
. Al Abrams, “‘Larrupin' Lous” to Rescue,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Sept. 30, 1963.

33
.
Ibid.

34
. Official game play-by-play account.