The '63 Steelers (56 page)

37
. Jack Sell, “Blow the Whistle (or Don't),”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 26, 1963.

38
. Jack Sell, “Steelers 13-Point Picks over Eagles,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 27, 1963.

39
.
Jack Sell, “Better than Roger,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 27, 1963.

40
. Jimmy Miller, “Coach Parker Warns Title Contenders Eagles Could Be Spoilers Here,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Nov. 28, 1963.

41
. Pat Livingston, “Eagles Aim at Steeler Title Bid,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 1, 1963.

42
. Ibid.

43
. Milton Gross, “Epithet Triggered Violent Fist Fight of Eagles Players,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 12, 1963.

44
. “Scotti, Mellekas Hurt in Hotel-Lobby Fight,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, Nov. 25, 1963.

45
. Gross, “Epithet Triggered Violent Fist Fight.”

46
. Ibid.

47
. Ibid.

48
. H. D. Quigg (UPI), “A Town in Torment,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 1, 1963.

49
. Harry J. Stathos, “The Beatles … Britain's Latest Craze,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 1, 1963; Pat Livingston, “Parker's Title Plan Simple, Steelers ‘Just' Win Three,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Nov. 29, 1963.

50
. Miller, “Coach Parker Warns”; Hugh Brown, “Interference Call Helps Steelers Deadlock Eagles,”
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
, Dec. 2, 1963.

51
. “‘Nobody but Us Hurts Us,' Says Steeler Coach,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Dec. 2, 1963.

52
. Ibid.

53
. Jack Sell, “Steelers, Eagles Keep Old ‘Ties,' 20 to 20,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Dec. 2, 1963.

54
. Bill Wise,
1963 Official Pro Football Almana
c (Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett, 1963),

55
. Dick Haley, conversation, May 14, 2008.

56
. “Stayed in Bounds, Buddy Dial Says,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 2, 1963; “Steelers Admit They Were Bad Against Eagles,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, Dec. 2, 1963.

57
. “Stayed in Bounds,”
Pittsburgh Press
.

58
. “‘Ridiculous Game,'”
Philadelphia Inquirer
.

59
. Brown, “Interference Call Helps.”

60
. Pat Livingston, “Rally for Tie Saves Hopes of Rooney U.,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 2, 1963.

61
. Brown, “Interference Call Helps.”

62
. Ibid.

63
. “‘Ridiculous Game,'”
Philadelphia Inquirer
.

64
. “Stayed in Bounds,”
Pittsburgh Press
.

65
. Brown, “Interference Call Helps.”

66
. “‘Nobody but Us Hurts Us,'”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
.

67
. “‘Ridiculous Game,'”
Philadelphia Inquirer
.

68
. Ibid.

69
. “‘Nobody but Us Hurts Us,'”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
.

GAME 13

1
. Jack Sell, “Much-Traveled Rookie Tackle Roamer—from Far East to West (Liberty),”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Aug. 9, 1963.

2
. Ibid.

3
. Andy Russell, conversation, Oct. 4, 2007.

4
. Frank Atkinson, conversation, Oct. 10, 2007.

5
. Roy McHugh, “Atkinson Finds Rare Richness in Hardness of Pro Football,”
Pittsburgh Press
, July 28, 1964.

6
. Ibid.

7
. Ibid.

8
. Sell, “Much-Traveled Rookie Tackle Roamer.”

9
. Frank Atkinson, conversation, Oct. 10, 2007.

10
. “Steelers' Coach Says ‘Team Wasn't Ready,'”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Aug. 12, 1963.

11
. Frank Atkinson, conversation, Oct. 10, 2007.

12
. Ibid.

13
. McHugh, “Atkinson Finds Rare Richness.”

14
. Frank Atkinson, conversation, Oct. 10, 2007.

15
. Ibid

16
. Andy Russell,
An Odd Steelers Journey
(Champaign, Ill.: Sports Publishing, 2002), 13; Frank Atkinson, conversation, Oct. 10, 2007.

17
. Jerry Green,
Detroit News
, Sept. 17, 1966.

18
. Al Abrams, “Farout Steeler Fan,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Feb. 16, 1976.

19
. Ibid.

20
. Dan Fitzpatrick, “A Gold Rush That Ended,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, March 19, 2003.

21
. Pat Livingston, “Steelers Risk Title Hope with Cowboys,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 6, 1963.

22
. Pat Livingston, “Win Over Cowboys Must for Steelers,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 8, 1963.

23
. Tex Maule, “A Shuttle Shakes Up the Pros: How Landry Made a Virtue out of Weakness,”
Sports Illustrated
, Nov. 5, 1962, 18.

24
. Bill Wise,
1963 Official Pro Football Almana
c (Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett, 1963), 36.

25
. Livingston, “Steelers Risk Title Hope.”

26
. Pat Livingston, “Steeler Ties Okay—but, No More Please,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 4, 1963.

27
. “Dallas: Too Soon for Success,”
Sports Illustrated
, Sept. 10, 1962.

28
. Pat Livingston, “Steeler Recalls Colts' Experience,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 7, 1963.

29
. Al Abrams, “Impressions and Reflections,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Dec. 5, 1963.

30
. Pat Livingston, “Win Over Cowboys Must for Steelers,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 8, 1963.

31
. Ibid.

32
. UPI, “Detroit Set to Put Hex on Cleveland,” Dec. 8, 1963 (
Pittsburgh Press
).

33
. Jack Sell, “Steelers Corral Four Draft Picks,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Dec. 6, 1963.

34
. Frank Atkinson, conversation, Oct. 10, 2007.

35
.
Art Rooney Jr., conversation, March 10, 2008.

36
. Frank Atkinson, conversation, Oct. 10, 2007.

37
. Pat Livingston, “Steelers, Giants Face Showdown,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 9, 1963.

38
. Gary Cartwright, “Steeler Rally Hobbles Cowboys, 24–19,”
Dallas Morning News
, Dec. 9, 1963.

39
. Preston Carpenter, conversation, Sept. 8, 2007.

40
. Ibid.

41
. UPI, “Dial Makes Good without Giants,”
Detroit Press
, Dec. 13, 1963.

42
. Preston Carpenter, conversation, Sept. 8, 2007.

43
. Armen Keteyian,
Ditka: Monster of the Midway
(New York: Pocket Books, 1992), 111–12.

44
. Cartwright, “Steeler Rally Hobbles Cowboys, 24–19.”

45
. Ibid.

46
. “Parker Wins Two Gambles,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 9, 1963.

47
. Frank Atkinson, conversation, Oct. 10, 2007.

48
. “Parker Wins Two Gambles,”
Pittsburgh Press
.

49
. Ibid.

50
. Ibid.

51
. Ibid.

52
. Al Abrams, “About a Man in a Slump,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Oct. 13, 1963.

53
. “Parker Wins Two Gambles,”
Pittsburgh Press
.

54
. Adam Van Brimmer, “Fullback Forever Known as the Drought Breaker,”
Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
, Nov. 22, 2007.

55
. Livingston, “Steelers, Giants Face Showdown.”

56
. 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), 44–45.

57
. Livingston, “Steelers, Giants Face Showdown.”

58
. Cartwright, “Steeler Rally Hobbles Cowboys, 24–19.”

59
. “Parker Wins Two Gambles,”
Pittsburgh Press
.

60
. Rick Dorsey, “The Battle of Georgia Tells Old Tale,”
Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
, Nov. 26, 1999.

61
. UPI, “Giants Eye Revenge Next Week,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 9, 1963.

62
. UPI, “Detroit Crushes Browns' Dreams,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 9, 1963.

63
. Livingston, “Steelers, Giants Face Showdown.”

64
. UPI, “Giants Eye Revenge.”

GAME 14

1
. Robert Oates Jr.,
Pittsburgh's Steelers: The First Half Century
(Los Angeles: Rosebud Books, 1982), 41.

2
. Arthur Daley, “Aerial Circus,”
New York Times
, Aug. 25, 1958.

3
. Stephen Norwood,
Real Football: Conversations on America's Game
(Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2004), 109.

4
.
Frank Atkinson, conversation, Oct. 10, 2007.

5
. Andy Russell, interview, April 19, 2010.

6
. Ray Didinger,
Pittsburgh Steelers
(New York: Macmillan, 1974), 82.

7
. Pat Livingston, “Tittle Ready? Giants to Wait for Kickoff,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Sept. 22, 1963.

8
. Sam Huff, conversation, July 9, 2008.

9
. “A Pride of Lions,”
Time
, Nov. 29, 1954, 61–62.

10
. Ruth Daniel, e-mail interview, Jan. 12, 2008.

11
. Pat Livingston, “Steelers Find ‘Buoyancy' in Title Bid,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Oct. 2, 1963.

12
. Matt Schudel, “Buzz Nutter,”
Washington Post
, April 18, 2008.

13
. Pat Livingston, “Giants Cautious for Steeler Clash,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 12, 1963.

14
. Pat Livingston, “Rozelle Stays Neutral in Hassle over Tie Tilts,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 11, 1963.

15
. “NFL May Review Standings Ruling,”
New York Times
, Dec. 10, 1963.

16
. Livingston, “Rozelle Stays Neutral.”

17
. Ibid.

18
. Jack Sell, “Speaking of Ties,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Dec. 11, 1963, in Andy Piascik, “Old and New Style: Winning Percentages,”
Coffin Corner
, 27, no. 5 (2005), 21–22.

19
. Livingston, “Rozelle Stays Neutral.”

20
. Joe Williams, “Michaels vs. Chandler FG Duel Shaping Up,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 12, 1963.

21
. Livingston, “Rozelle Stays Neutral.”

22
. Al Abrams, “Giants ‘Welcome' Steelers,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Dec. 12, 1963.

23
. Al Abrams, “Whirl around the World of Sports,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Dec. 14, 1963.

24
. Jack Sell, “Steelers Bear out Parker's Prophecy,”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, Dec. 12, 1963.

25
. Didinger,
Pittsburgh Steelers
, 80.

26
.
New York Daily News
, “Pressure's on Giants: Steelers,” Dec. 12, 1963.

27
. Ibid.

28
. Sam Huff, conversation, July 9, 2008.

29
. Ibid.

30
. Huff in J. Kirk Sale,
New York Times
, Dec. 10, 1967.

31
. Pat Livingston, “Ernie Admits Injury May Stop Him but Vows to Play while Health Lasts,”
Pittsburgh Press
, n.d., microfiche, Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton, Ohio.

32
. Rick Morrisey,
Rocky Mountain News
, Feb. 24, 1991, Pro Football Hall of Fame archives.

33
. Bud Shrake, “Toughest Steeler of Them All,”
Dallas Morning News
, Dec. 8, 1963.

34
. AP, “Giants' Word on Steelers: They're Tough,” Dec. 10, 1963.

35
. Joe Trimble, “Giants Tabbed 7-Point Pick over Steelers in Title Tilt,”
New York Daily News
, Dec. 10, 1963.

36
. Joe Williams, “Eerie Steelers Minute Men of Pros,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Dec. 13, 1963.

37
. AP, “Joe Morrison, 51, Former Giant,”
New York Times
, Feb. 5, 1989.

38
. Arthur Daley, “The Last Hurrah,”
New York Times
, Dec. 15, 1963.

39
. William N. Wallace, “Steelers Pit Brown, 35, against Tittle of Giants, 37,”
New York Times
, Dec. 15, 1963.

40
.
Johnny Sample with Fred J. Hamilton and Sonny Schwartz,
Confessions of a Dirty Ballplayer
(New York: Dial Press, 1970), 308.

41
. Jimmy Hill, “The Toughest Job in Football,”
Sport
, Jan. 1965, 51.

42
. Roy Terrell, “The Day the Boys Scared the Men: The Spirit Was Willing,”
Sports Illustrated
, Dec. 18, 1961, 17.

43
. Wallace, “Steelers Pit Brown.”

44
. Pat Livingston, “Brown Credentials Make Steelers Threat for Title,”
Pittsburgh Press
, Aug. 23, 1963.

45
. Wallace, “Steelers Pit Brown.”

46
. Joseph V. Rieland, Steelers game program, Dec. 1, 1963; Livingston, “Brown Credentials.”