The '63 Steelers (58 page)

Blount, Roy, Jr.,
19–20
,
95

Bosseler, Don,
93
,
161
,
163

Bradshaw, Charlie,
4–5
,
20
,
56
; background of,
70
,
144–45
,
179–80
; against Cowboys,
220
; in offensive line,
89
,
123
,
144–45
; against Redskins,
89
,
92

Bradshaw, Jim,
74
,
120
,
139
,
248
; on bar fight,
152–53
; against Cardinals,
79
; against Cowboys,
108
; fans booing accidentally,
153–54
,
159
; against Redskins,
93

Bratkowski, Zeke,
121
,
168

Breslin, Jimmy,
228

Brewer, Johnny,
146

broadcasting, NFL,
15

Brown, Ed,
2
,
36
,
137
; background of,
60
; against Bears,
168
,
181–84
,
187
; against Browns,
63–65
,
66
,
142–43
,
144–45
,
146
; against Cardinals,
46–47
,
49
,
74–78
; compared to Layne,
20–21
,
55
,
57
,
60
,
243
; compared to other quarterbacks,
62
,
232
; against Cowboys,
103–8
,
215
,
217
; death of,
251
; against Eagles,
24–25
,
54
,
203–4
; against Giants,
38
,
237–39
,
243
; growth as quarterback,
67
; injuries of,
55
,
232
; interceptions of,
203–4
,
237
; Layne critiquing,
60–61
; against Lions,
55
; nervousness of,
238–39
; off-games of,
54
,
103–8
,
182
,
184
,
203
,
243
; offense protecting,
147
,
152–53
,
239–40
; against Packers,
54
,
124–25
; Parker and,
53
,
72
; pass completions/incompletes by,
63–65
,
125
,
232
,
237–39
,
243
; personality of,
60
,
62
,
232
,
238–39
,
244
; post-Steeler career of,
250–51
; power of throws,
20
,
22
,
106
,
239
; prediction for game against Giants,
234
,
237
; punts by,
24
,
66
,
126
,
181
; against Redskins,
89
,
92
,
159
,
162
; strategies of,
22–23
,
25–26
,
125
; team get-togethers and,
234
,
239
; team's lack of confidence in,
57
,
232–33

Brown, Hugh,
205

Brown, Jim,
xiii
,
6
,
27
,
39
,
61
,
64–67
,
73
,
88
,
93
,
108
,
118
; injuries from tackling,
157
,
160
; Johnson and,
137–38
; Keys tackling,
139–40
,
160
; on racism,
136
; running by,
134
,
139
; rushing by,
102
,
125
,
127
,
207
; Schmitz's great play against,
143–44
; on Steelers,
137–38
,
143
,
191
; Steelers stopping,
141–42
,
145–46
; talents of,
87
,
129–30
; toughness of,
80–81

Brown, John,
64

Brown, Paul,
16
,
61
,
72
,
109
,
113
,
165–66
; on fickle fate in games,
160–61
; innovations of,
101
,
151

Brown, Roosevelt,
37

Brown, Tim,
22–23
,
204

Broyles, Frank,
33

Bucs,
45

Budd, Frank,
89–90
,
160
,
163

Bukich, Rudy,
85

Bullocks, Amos,
105–6
,
181
,
185
,
187
,
215–17

Burk, Adrian,
33

Burrell, John,
179–80
,
185
,
218

Burroughs, Don,
21
,
204

Butler, Billy,
98–99

Butler, Jack,
154–55
,
244

Byrnes, Kenny,
175–76

Caffey, Lee Roy,
23–24
,
204

Campbell, Stan,
5

Cannon, Billy,
197
,
219

Carpenter, Lew,
126
,
133

Carpenter, Preston,
22–23
,
155
; against Bears,
180
,
182–83
; against Browns,
64
,
142–43
; against Cardinals,
46
; against Cowboys,
106
,
215–17
; on Dial,
197–98
; against Eagles,
25–26
,
203
,
206
; against Giants,
238
; on Layne,
56
,
58
; on Lipscomb,
28–29
; against Packers,
126
; on Parker,
114
,
117
,
119
; post-Steelers career,
248
; satisfaction with NFL career,
250

Carr, Jimmy,
205

Carr, Joe,
169

Cartwright, Gary,
107
,
218

Carver, Frank,
200

Casares, Rick,
168
,
185

Chandler, Don “Babe,”
37
,
38
,
170
,
233
,
236
,
240
,
243

Chandnois, Lynn,
117
,
149

Chicago, interest in Bears' game,
172–73

Chicago Bears,
27
,
80
,
167
,
226
; 1964 season of,
248
; in NFL championship game,
26
,
254
; Steelers' desire to beat,
168
,
179
; in Western Conference,
156–57
,
164
,
200

Chicago Bears-Steelers game (11/24),
xiii
–
xv
,
180–88
; discussion of postponement after Kennedy assassination,
169
,
171–73

Chicago Cardinals,
112

Childress, Joe,
45–47
,
49
,
62
,
71
,
74
,
77
,
79–80

civil rights movement: effects on NFL,
115–16
; responses to,
8–10

Clark, Mike,
25
,
204–5
,
248

Clarke, Frank,
103–4
,
106
,
108
,
213
,
221

Clemente, Roberto,
17
,
45

Cleveland Browns,
213
; 1964 season of,
247–48
; Carpenter with,
215–16
; collapse of '63 season for,
108
,
221
; offense by,
61–62
,
64
,
136
,
144
; in Runner-Up Bowl,
245
; standings in Eastern Conference,
127
,
146–48
,
157
,
164
,
200
,
207
,
243
; Steelers rivalry with,
xii
,
xiii
,
14
,
140–41
,
247
; winning NFL championship,
255
; wins by,
52
,
80
,
93

Cleveland Browns-Steelers game (10/5),
63–67

Cleveland Browns-Steelers game (11/10),
141–48

Cleveland Browns-Steelers game (11/22/59),
xiii

coaches: Butler as defensive backs,
154–55
; Cordileone's problems with,
31–32
; offense
vs
. defense,
78–79
; Parker as,
109
,
111–19
,
230
; players becoming,
6
,
250
; racial discrimination in,
15–16
,
136
; ranking of,
245
; rules set for players by,
113
,
119
; by Stautner,
210
,
249–50

Cobbledick, Gordon,
134
,
172

Cohen, Harold V.,
199

Cohen, Sam “The Umbrella Man,”
82

college football,
119
,
165
,
214
.
See also
University of Pittsburgh football

Collier, Blanton,
12
,
61
,
143
,
144

Collins, Gary,
64
,
65–66
,
142
,
144–46

Collins, Jack,
150

Conerly, Charlie,
33
,
224

Conrad, Bobby Joe,
43–44
,
47
,
49
,
71
,
75–76
,
79–80
,
153
,
192

Conroy, Pat,
256

conversions: Michaels's,
25
,
130
,
145
,
180
; Tracy's,
106–7

Cook, Eugene,
156

Cope, Myron,
2
,
55
,
131–32
,
188
,
234
,
238–39

Cordileone, Lou,
61
,
92
,
103
,
147
;
151
,
170
,
207
,
209
,
221
; on 1962 Playoff Bowl,
4
; analyzing and second-guessing 1963 season,
252
; background of,
30–31
; on Brown,
152
,
234
,
239
; against Browns,
146
; against Cardinals,
49
,
77–78
; careers after football,
248–49
; against Eagles,
23
,
206
; on game against Giants,
226–27
; against Giants,
38–39
,
240
; on Johnson,
137–38
; on Layne,
55–56
,
58
; replacing Lipscomb,
30
,
36
; on Stautner,
3
,
147
; traded,
6
,
68
,
70
,
117

cornerback, Keys as,
139–40

Costello, Vince,
64
,
66
,
107
,
143–44

Crabb, Claude,
159

Creekmur, Lee,
132–33

crime, in Pittsburgh,
155–56

Cronkite, Walter,
224

Cross, Irv,
5
,
21
,
24
,
26
,
205–6

Crow, John David,
44
,
73–76
,
137

culture, American,
123
,
156
,
169
,
192
,
202
; in 1963,
7–9
,
34–35
; changes in,
34–35
,
88
,
122–23
,
251
; diversions besides football,
45
,
255

Curbstone Coaches luncheon,
141
,
166

Curry, Roy,
120
,
181–82
,
187

Curtis, Overton,
99

Czarnecki, Leo “Horse,”
137
,
236

Daley, Arthur,
7
,
110
,
154–55
,
166
,
189
,
222
,
231
,
235

Dallas Cowboys,
104
,
175
; ill-fated season of,
212
,
217–18
; quarterbacks of,
xiii
,
101
; Steelers
vs
.,
102
,
213–14
; strong offense of,
212–13

Dallas Cowboys-Steelers game (10/27),
102–8

Dallas Cowboys-Steelers game (12/8),
215
–
21
; effects of wind gusts on,
214–15
,
217

Daniel, Ruth,
153–55
,
177

Daniel, Willie, xvi,
4
,
102
,
153
,
186
,
198
,
237
,
250
; background,
6
,
154
; against Bears,
183
; against Cardinals,
79
; against Redskins,
90–92
,
163

Danvers, Charles P.,
20

Daugherty, Duffy,
149–50
,
155

Davis, Al,
31

Davis, Art,
215–16

Davis, Ernie,
xiv–xv
,
115

Davis, Jeff,
184

Davis, Tommy,
45

Davis, Willie,
125

Dawson, Len,
34
,
48

Dean, Ted,
4

defense,
163
,
230
; in 1964 season,
247
; against Bears,
183
,
185
; of Bears,
167
,
182
; against Browns,
144
,
146
; against Cardinals,
46
,
49–51
,
73
,
75–77
; Cordileone in,
32
,
36
; against Eagles,
205
; effectiveness of,
99
,
125
,
159
,
205
; against Giants,
38
,
228
,
239–40
; holes in,
78
,
126
,
209
,
231
; league standing of Steelers',
167
; against Packers,
125–26
; against Redskins,
159
; strategies in,
118
,
239–41