The '63 Steelers (61 page)

Liston, Sonny,
170

Livingston, Pat,
19
,
51
,
78
,
80
,
87
,
144
;
213
,
215
; on complaints about officiating,
71–72
,
184
,
188
; on individual players,
62–63
,
70–71
,
78
,
147
,
157
,
200–201
,
238
; on standings computed by percentages,
226
; on Steelers' defense,
130
,
139
,
144
,
183

Livingston, Warren,
216

Lloyd, Dave,
203–4

Lombardi, Vince,
3–4
,
32
,
126
; on games after Kennedy assassination,
178
,
189
–
90
; on Packers,
121
,
168
; Packers under,
xiii
,
123–24
; Parker compared to,
113
,
119–20
; power sweeps of,
144
; on Steelers,
121
,
125
,
127

Los Angeles Rams,
12–13
,
69–70
,
222
,
226

losing tradition, Steelers',
12
; after 1964,
248
,
255
; bad luck in,
244
; bad seasons in,
xiii
,
1
,
5–6
,
72
; breaking,
93–94
; effects on fans,
19–20
; fatalism about,
76
,
80
,
87
,
92
,
218
,
253
; giving up good quarterbacks,
34
.
See also
reputation, Steelers'

LoVetere, John,
36
,
238

Lucas, Dick,
23

Lucci, Mike,
65

Lyles, Lenny,
33

Lynch, Dick,
224
,
237
,
240

Mack, William Richard “Red,”
6
,
57
,
97
,
173
,
185
,
244
; background of,
95–99
; against Browns,
63–64
,
65–66
,
142–43
; against Cardinals,
74
,
77
; competitiveness of,
101
; against Cowboys,
103–7
,
104–6
,
218
; against Eagles,
54
; fighting by,
99–100
; injuries of,
99
; against Packers,
124
,
127
; Parker and,
119–20
,
248
; receptions by,
63–64
,
127
; against Redskins,
89
,
159
; skill as receiver,
125
; touchdowns by,
74
,
107
,
127

Majka, Walter,
13

The Making of a Pro
(documentary),
224

Mansfield, Jayne,
156

Mantle, Mickey,
214

Mara, John,
33
,
35

Mara, Wellington,
231

Marchetti, Gino,
60

Marconi, Joe,
180
,
187

Marsh, Amos,
104–6
,
212
,
215–16

Marshall, George Preston,
115
,
184

Martha, Paul,
212
,
248

Masters, Norm,
124

Matson, Ollie,
60

Matuszak, Marv,
89

Maule, Tex,
68–69
,
133–34
,
167
,
244

Mazeroski, Bill,
17

McBride, Arthur B. “Mickey,”
151

McClairen, Jack “Goose,”
89
,
150

McClellan, Mike,
205–6

McDonald, Tommy,
21–25
,
69
,
153
,
178
,
203
,
206
,
231

McElhenny, Hugh “the King,”
32
,
137

McGee, Max,
126

McGill, Roger,
27
,
62
,
73
,
102
,
210

McHugh, Roy,
186

McMillan, Ernie,
47
,
50

McNally, Johnny “Blood,”
202

McNamee, Frank,
176

McPeak, Bill,
24
,
83
,
92
,
157
,
163–64
,
170

McRae, Bennie,
187

Meador, Ed,
131

Meadows, Ed,
132–33

Mellekas, John,
201–3

Meredith, Don,
xiii
,
101
,
103–8
,
213–17

Meredith, James,
35

Messenger, Robert,
235

Metropolitan Stadium (Bloomington, Minnesota),
177

Mets, winning World Series,
255

Michaels, Lou,
24
,
70
,
173
; on 1963 season,
253
; in analyzing and second-guessing about 1963 season,
244
; against Bears,
180
,
183
,
185
,
187
; against Browns,
64
,
66
,
141–43
,
145–46
; against Cardinals,
46
,
49–50
,
74
,
76–77
; Cardinals complaining about,
71–72
; conversions by,
130
,
145
,
180
; against Cowboys,
104
,
107–8
,
215–17
; in defense,
209
,
236
; against Eagles,
23
,
205–6
; erratic performance of,
233
; failed field goals by,
49
,
66
,
74
,
76–77
,
125
,
141–43
,
146
,
159
,
183
,
205
,
216–17
,
237–38
,
243
; field goal record of,
16
; field goals by,
23
,
37
,
46
,
50
,
64
,
66
,
74
,
76
,
90
,
185
,
206
,
215–16
,
239
; in fights,
50–51
,
152–53
; against Giants,
37
,
233–34
,
236–39
,
243
; importance of,
21
,
233–34
; injuries of,
73
,
103
,
107
; kickoffs by,
141–42
,
180
; Mack and,
100
,
248
; optimism about 1963 season,
12
; on other players, xvi,
37
; against Packers,
125
; personality of,
12–13
,
219
; placekicking failures of,
12
,
32
; on possible results of placekicks,
11–12
,
21
,
24
; against Redskins,
90
,
93
,
159
,
161–62
; slump of,
145
,
161–62

Michelosen, John,
18

Michigan State,
149
,
155

Miller, Jimmy,
89

Milwaukee County Stadium,
178

mining,
12–13

Mira, George,
212

Mitchell, Bobby,
90–92
,
153
,
157
,
161–16
,
178
; Dial compared to,
191–92
,
232
; with Redskins,
88
,
159
; speed of,
160
,
231

Modell, Art,
61
,
175

Modzelewski, Dick,
36

Moore, Lenny,
48
,
124
,
125
,
126
,
127
,
137
,
216

Morrall, Earl,
89–90
,
149

Morris, Johnny,
180–81
,
183
,
185–86
,
188

Morris, Larry,
167
,
187

Morrison, Joe,
37
,
231
,
237–38
,
242

Murray, Jim,
20

Musial, Stan “the Man,”
17
,
30

My Losing Season
(Conroy),
256

Nagler, Gern,
xiii

Namath, Joe,
248

Neely, Jess,
194

Nelsen, Bill,
120
,
153
,
238

New York, effects of playing in,
222–24

New York Giants,
135
,
137
,
228
; 1964 season of,
248
; on all-NFL selections,
245
; Dial with,
191
,
193–95
; experience playing in frigid conditions,
235–36
; importance of confident image of,
224–25
; injuries of,
33
; as lucky team,
244
; in NFL championship games,
26
,
254
; standing in Eastern Conference,
147–48
,
157
,
200
,
247
; strength of,
32
,
223
,
244
; winning record of,
164
,
224–25

New York Giants-Steelers game (9/22),
35–39
,
227
,
231

New York Giants-Steelers game (12/15),
236–45
; analyzing and second-guessing about,
244–45
,
252
; disappointment about,
245
; effects of mistakes on,
237–41
,
243
,
246
; effects of weather on,
236–37
,
239
; Giants favored in,
228
,
233

New York Giants-Steelers game (11/22/1964),
247

newspapers,
8–9
,
137
,
140
; decline of,
88
; on Kennedy's assassination,
170
,
190
; in New York,
222
; sports pages,
9
,
35
,
189
; still relied on,
122–23

NFL,
222
,
244
; AFL competing with,
158
; black players in,
15–16
,
115–16
,
181–82
; careers simultaneous with,
70
; disability plan of,
198
; gambling in,
9
; games after Kennedy's assassination,
171–78
; growing popularity of,
165–66
; heavy drinking as normal in,
113
; low salaries in,
4–5
; Parker complaints about Halas and Marshall's influence in,
184
; players' careers after,
6
,
15–16
,
31
,
174
,
210–11
,
248–49
; players' motives for,
208
,
228
,
250
; players' responses to games after Kennedy's assassination,
173–75
,
178–79
; players waiting to hear effects of Kennedy's assassination,
170
,
173
; profits for,
166
; regulating “taxi squads,”
151
; satisfaction with careers in,
250
; standings computed by percentages
vs
. win-loss,
225–26
; Steelers as laughingstock of,
5
; televised games of,
172
; unlikely careers in,
40–41
,
208–11
,
219
,
251
.
See also
football

NFL championships,
26
,
254–56

Ngo Dinh Diem,
165

1962 season,
2
,
4
,
55

1963 season,
7
,
12
,
26
,
51
; analyzing and second-guessing about,
244–45
,
252
–
53
; exhibition games in,
210
,
245
; fans' optimism about,
14
,
51
,
88–89
; inglorious finish to,
243
; optimism about,
19
,
51–52
; Parker's concern about effects of injuries on,
72
; Parker's optimism about,
16–17
,
83
; players' optimism about,
12
,
17
,
51–52
; preseason games,
14
,
54
,
70–71
; team makeup,
6–7
,
21
,
62–63
; team makeup for,
6–7
,
21
,
55
,
62–63
,
229–30
,
245

1964 season,
247
,
249

Ninowski, Jim,
61–62
,
149

Nisby, John,
29

Nitschke, Ray,
126
,
198
,
224

Nixon, James,
27

Nixon, Mike,
157

Nofsinger, Terry,
4
,
54
,
63
,
153

Noll, Chuck,
5
,
210–11
,
248
,
252

Nomellini, Leo,
131

Norman, Pettis,
108
,
214–15
,
217

North Side stadium,
61
,
103

Nunn, Bill, Jr.,
120

Nutter, Madison Monroe “Buzz,”
63
,
182
; background of,
225
; Cowboys and,
213
,
220
; in offensive line,
89
,
123
,
144