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Abercrombie, Rapheal “Pudgy,” 283, 284, 294, 451
Accorsi, Ernie, 5
“agitating,” 36
Aliquippa. See also Quips basketball; Quips football
1960’s population decline, 192
1970 population, 225
1980 population, 272, 279
1990 population, 272, 279
2004 population, 371
arming of, 41
as blue-collar standard, 120
bond debts, 339
Bush, G. W. in, 328
cause-and-effect, 249
as company town without a company, 402
Cornelia Bryce Pinchot in, 52–55
current employment in, 412–413
as de facto capital, 124
“declared distressed,” 298
drug-related crime, 299
first utilities, 10
football stadium opening, 58
gangs, 97
Great Depression and, 39
Hopewell merger and, 339
housing segregation, 199
J&L building of, 10–12
JFK visit, 157–159, 160
Jimmy Carter visit, 251–252
KKK in, 25
late 40’s immigrants, 120
as “Little Hell,” 40
as “little Las Vegas,” 14
as “Little Siberia,” 31, 40
middle-class workers, 124–125
as most talent-rich region, 4
NFL stars, 367–368
no-interest loan to, 298
Plans, 10–11, 97
as plantation system, 314
politics, 17
prejudice in, 96
Prohibition and, 18
as racial battleground, 227
“redlining,” 199
riots, 208, 209, 217, 218–226
Samuel murders, 329–332, 337
segregation, 97
shooting deaths in, 387–390
slow death of, 5
strike ending, 41–42
town building, 10
Aliquippa Community Hospital, 123, 221, 222, 413
Aliquippa Grays, 27
Aliquippa High
alums in NFL Draft, 5
blacks in, 99
Aliquippa High (continued)
immigrant English instruction, 120
late 1920’s black population, 29
league titles, 5
reputation (mid-70s), 242
Aliquippa Indians, 27
Aliquippa Reds, 27
Aliquippa Tarzans, 27
Aliquippa Works, 17, 26. See also J&L
1979 employment, 269
abuses, 137
Army-Navy “E,” 80
beginning of bleed, 269–270
blacks in 1970, 168
coke plant layoffs, 272
as largest integrated mill, 60
late 50’s employment, 120
outside union push and, 61
stockpiles of arms, 42
war production, 80
welding tube division closure, 272
All The Right Moves, 281–283
Alston, William, 301, 319, 352, 357
Amalgamated, 62, 63
Ambridge, 29, 44, 48, 57
Beaver Lodge #200, 55, 63
Lucci as NFL star, 367
Marocco head coaching job, 193
mill organization, 41
Pinchot in, 48
as union haven, 57
American Dream, 401, 415
Ames, Knowlton “Snake,” 19
Antonini, Frank, 244
“The Armchair Athlete,” 75
Aschman, Carl
1941 season, 76
1942 season, 77
1952 season, 108–111
1955 season, 116–118
1962 strike, 154
black players under, 108
broken nose response, 105
car as gift, 118
characteristics of, 102
at Christmas, 105
debut, 76
doctor’s orders, 212
fairness, 108
football as war game, 104
“Ghost Battalion,” 107, 115
goodwill, 102
grandson Harald, 213, 220
heart attack, 165–166
Mike Ditka and, 115, 116
as new coach, 75
overview, 451
“paper heart,” 162
post-retirement, 211–213
preseason camp, 106–107
resignation, 178
style, 103–104
superstitions, 110
Times farewell, 178
total wins, 155
watching Marocco coach, 213
worried about job, 103
Yannessa injury and, 154–155
Aschman, Carl Jr., 103, 106, 108, 155, 166, 213
Askew, David, 424, 432–433, 451
Askew, Shanell, 423–426
B. F. Jones Library, 334
Babiak, Wendy, 252
Babich, Bobby, 245, 250
Baldwin, Delois, 255
Baldwin, Henry, 255, 256
Baldwin, Jeff
background, 254–255
Brown alibi, 360–361
at California University of Pennsylvania, 300
as cop, 301
diminishing reputation, 302
as early father, 255
helping son from prison, 395–396
jail term, 392, 395
Jonha Evasovich and, 262
marriage to Tez, 396
money from Yannessa, 301–302
move to offense at Pitt, 264
overview, 451
parents, 255–257
as Pitt drop-out, 264
Pitt scholarship, 261, 263
scrub and, 263, 264
second time shot, 344–345
son Jamie Brown, 264, 299, 330, 345, 424
son Jonathan, 391
Tezmalita Pharr and, 310–311
vandalization response, 262–263
weaknesses, 254
Baldwin, Jonathan, 5, 91, 451
brother Jamie arrest, 391
help from father in prison, 395–396
in NFL, 407
notoriety in football, 396
at Pitt, 397
son Jaden, 397
in sports, 396–397
Baldwin, Norman, 255–256
Baldwin, Tezmalita, 384, 391, 395, 396
Baldwin High, 308
Barnett, Anthony, 294
Barr, Linda, 357
baseball in Pittsburgh, 18
Battaglini, Joe, 218, 238
Battalini, Anthony, 219, 352, 419, 420, 451
Beaver Area, 4
Beaver County
Aliquippa as de facto capital, 124
draft, 76
jail, 50, 51
KKK in, 25
Redevelopment Authority, 198
strike losses, 139
Beaver County Slag Inc., 412
Beaver Falls, 139
Becker, Joe, 294
Bernstein, Meyer, 67, 68, 69
Bessemer converters, 13
Bethlehem Steel, 33, 60
Betters, C. J. “Chuck,” 222, 237, 405
Aliquippa Community Hospital and, 413
Dawn Walker and, 419–420
on Franklin Avenue, 426
mayoral win, 406
overview, 451
slag business, 411–413
son Charles II, 411
Tony Gaskins and, 414–415
“yellow iron,” 413
Betters, Mark, 221, 237
black cheerleaders, 146, 148, 151, 169–170, 207, 209–210, 252
black players
1962 Quips football, 150
in 1962 strike, 154
Aliquippa Indians and, 27
Ditka on, 108
fairness under Aschman, 108
numbers early on, 29
Ross relationship with, 231
Yannessa relationship with, 236
Blackhawk loss, 253–254
blacks
1966 political strength, 168
in Aliquippa High, 99
Gilded Age, 21
industrial workers, 22–24
in late 1960’s Aliquippa, 198
movement from Plan II extension, 27
Plan II extension, 23
population in 1940 Aliquippa, 96
professional, 168
worst J&L jobs, 23
Blaney, Chuck, 173
Blawnox, 37
Boyer, Royal, 62, 63, 65
Bozich, Eli, 62
Branchetti, Joe, 85
Bronaugh, DiMantae, 433, 435, 439, 440, 441, 443, 444
Browder, Carletta, 170
Browder, Carolyn, 170
Brown, Jamie, 264, 299, 330, 345, 424
appeal, 392–395
arrest, 360
capacity to kill, 394
“hit list,” 351, 353, 356
overview, 451
Brown-Bag Brigade, 167, 169, 196
Bryant, Bear, 338
Buchanan, Tom, 33
“Bucky Boys, 256
bus accident, 78
Bush, George W., 328
Cain, Jordan “Ricky,” 387–388
Caldwell, Cindy, 324
Calipari, John, 133
Calipari, Vince, 133
Campbell, Della Rae, 320, 363, 364, 385
Campbell, Tommie, 86, 89–90, 366
after Pitt, 407–408
Dorsch and, 409
as janitor, 408
life change, 409–410
meeting with Fields, 408–409
mother Della Rae, 320
as “Next One,” 376
in NFL, 410
overview, 452
at Pitt, 406, 407
today, 410–411
track, 376–378
Cappella, Gilda, 134–135
Carl A. Aschman Stadium, 3
capacities, 279
game after airplane crash, 324
naming of, 240
“The Pit,” 4, 181, 183–184, 275–276, 374, 383, 432
visitor’s locker room, 4
Carter, Eddie, 388
Carter, Jimmy, 251–252, 254, 266
Carter, Sonya, 357–358
Casoli, Dan, 181, 332
Casp, Bill, 208
Casp, Joe, 159, 201
Casp, Mike, 45
Castagna, Bob, 308
Casterlow, Sharon, 207
Catroppa, Joe, 172
Caul, P. J., 40–41, 48
Chalfa, “Scratch,” 101
chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), 429
Ciccone, Silvio “Tony,” 72–73
Clark, Emory, 26
Clayton, Mark, 176
Colbert, Etta, 252
Colson, Chuck, 205
Cox, Demetrious, 422
crack cocaine, 296, 297, 299, 334
Crestmont Village, 133
Crow Island, 18, 157, 237
Cruise, Tom, 281, 282
D’Antonio, Jimmy, 117
Daugherty, Duffy, 126
David, George, 163, 247, 352–353, 362, 381, 382, 452
Davis, Andre, 355, 376, 452
Dawkins, Billy Love, 379
deaths, shooting, 387–390
Deep, Jim, 341
Dempsey, Matthew, 26
DeSalle, Nick, 123
Devonar, Mike, 78
DiNardo, Phil, 149
DiNardo, Tonino “Toats,” 79, 82, 85
Ditka, Mike, 4
Aliquippa donations, 290
as alter boy, 159
apathy, 401–402
Aschman and, 115, 116
background, 111–112
baseball and, 114, 130
basketball and, 130
Big Mike beatings, 112–113
on black players, 108
brother Ashton, 113
as burner, 76
as Chicago Bears coach, 286, 288
college offers, 130, 131
cruising with friends, 124
as “Da Coach,” 288
as Dallas player, 287
on defense, 129
energy on the fade, 401
father Big Mike, 112–113, 291
as first-team all-America, 127
as freshman, 114
as fullback, 128
on Ghost Battalion, 115
going soft, 429
heart attack, 289
helplessness, 400
hero worship of, 285
as “Iron Mike,” 125, 289
junior year, 116–117
on loss to McKeesport, 128–129
Margie Dougherty and, 129–130
in Marines, 82
mother Charlotte, 115, 116, 291
name change, 76
as New Orleans coach, 289
as No 1 in NFL draft, 127
overview, 452
Penn State and, 131
as Philadelphia player, 286
playing with fury, 113
popular appeal, 289
prejudice and, 96
in Pro Football Hall of Fame, 127
as senior, 129, 130
as sophomore, 114–115
Super Bowl touchdown, 127
Ditka, Mike Sr. (Big Mike), 112–113, 115, 125, 202, 218, 291, 452
Dorsch, Larry, 409
Dorsett, Anthony “Ali,” 184, 319, 365, 379, 452
Dorsett, Melvin, 215–216
Dorsett, Tony, 4, 251
accomplishments, 214
brother Tyrone, 417
child out of wedlock, 231
CTE and, 429
Dallas Cowboys and, 233
as freshman defensive back, 231
as “Hawk,” 214
Heisman Trophy, 233–234
at Hopewell High, 230–231
at Hopewell Junior High, 216–218
as junior running back, 231
maiden game against Aliquippa, 214–215
Melvin’s death and, 215–216
move back, 418
overview, 452
at Pitt, 231–233
pull back to roots, 416–417
speed, 215
statistics at Pitt, 233
training regime at Pitt, 231
Ty Law and, 322
vision, 216
Willie Frank and, 109
Yannessa and, 231
Dorsett, Wes “The Big Apple,” 215
Dougherty, Margie, 129–130
Downing, James Jr., 57
Dunn, Martin, 61, 62
Durham, Traz, 329, 331
Earle, George, 68
Eritano, Pete, 269, 270, 271, 272, 452
Evasovich, John
at 2015 state championship game, 441
avoidance of the mill, 125–126
daughters, 261–262
on Ditka, 114, 290
father, 125–126
mother’s ashes, 3–4
overview, 452
on preseason camp, 106
as Quarterback Club president, 280
on reasons for success, 407
watching 1952 title game, 111
Willie and Dorsett comparison, 109
Evasovich, Jonha, 261, 262
fear, Woodlawn as governed by, 34
Feeney, John, 247
Fields, Elijah, 408
First Class Citizens Council, 167
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 32–33
food for players, 372–373
football. See also Quips football
as new, 18–19
professional, in Pittsburgh, 19
Forbes Field, 98, 201
Francona, Tito, 4
Frank, James, 22, 24
1949 title parade, 101–102
basketball title, 100–101
as football team manager, 106
at Forbes Field, 98
as future college president, 97
as infielder, 99
overview, 452
in parade, 101–102
segregation and, 96
viewing Robinson, 95, 98
work destiny, 97
working, 100
Frank, Willie, 225
1952 team, 108–111
1952 title game, 111
background, 106
car accident, 109–110
Dorsett and, 109
overview, 452
in preseason camp, 106–107
rushing, 110
as scoring leader, 108
Frank, Willie Sr., 24
Franklin Avenue, 10, 12, 13, 31, 81, 86. See also Aliquippa
50’s weekends on, 124
Betters on, 426
as idealized Main Street, 146
Kennedy speech, 157
riot confrontation, 222, 223
shops on, 95, 124
Villa’s Lounge, 134
Frazio, Foge, 264
Fuderich, Pete, 105, 191
Fusco, Dick, 111
Gabriel, Roman, 162
gambling
on AAA, 19
in early Aliquippa, 13–14
gangs, 97
Gardner Points tiebreaker system, 174
Garvey, Marcus, 25–26
Gaskins, Tony, 388–389, 414–415, 452
Geneen, Harold, 135–136
“Ghost Battalion,” 107, 115
Gilbert, Aileen, 239–240
on Aliquippa, 294
children, 292
on drugs, 296
overview, 452
return to Aliquippa, 291–292
son Sean, 293–295
Gilbert, Diana, 304, 359, 424, 425
as Aileen’s oldest, 292
at Beaver County Jail, 381–382
overview, 452
sending Darrelle away, 358
sexual molestation, 292
Gilbert, Mark, 292, 293, 368
Gilbert, Sean, 5, 292, 293–295
1985 season, 293
1988 title game defeat, 304, 307
accomplishments, 303–304
drafting of, 295
giving back, 402
overview, 452
at Pitt, 294
pro teams and games, 303–304
Girdler, Tom, 17, 35, 68, 164
characteristics of, 15–16
job interview, 9
KKK and, 25
leaving J&L, 39
move to Pittsburgh, 26
overview, 453
at Republic, 66, 69
as testing ground, 33
as unofficial caliph, 14
Girdler, Tom Jr., 39, 42, 43
Gnup, Frank, 44
Golden, Clint, 30–31
as associate director, 61
First Lady and, 56
Mary Isasky meeting, 51
as mediator, 50–51
overview, 453
Grandstaff, Gary, 266, 268, 270
Great Depression, 38
Green, Hugh, 254
Gregor, Ranee, 247
Griffith Heights, 25, 298, 334
gunfire, random, 384
Gunn, Jesse, 77
Hall, Davion, 91, 275
Halls of Anger, 206–207
Harding High, 27. See also Aliquippa High
Hardy, Stephen, 387–388
Harvan, Al, 229
Harvey, Barron, 148, 169
Harvey, Henry, 169
Hauser, Ed, 175
Hawkins, Connie, 197
Heffelfinger, William “Pudge,” 19
Henderson, Marques, 283
Henry, Dravon, 183, 184, 433
2012 season, 429
father Roland, 422–423
high school yards, 422
as “Next One,” 182
overview, 453
Tiquai’s death and, 423
at West Virginia, 431
Henry, Roland, 422
Henry, Steve, 344, 345
“Henry Mancini Day,” 149
Herring, Howard, 152
Hill, Rick, 363–364, 366, 385
Hines, Darnell, 393
Hoerr, John, 237, 238
Hopewell, 173, 176, 181–182
1994 airplane crash and, 323–324
Aliquippa merger and, 339
as bedroom community, 134
encircling Aliquippa, 182
moving to, 132, 133, 141
population (1970), 225
Hopewell High
Aliquippa first playing of, 173
goalpost tribute, 118
Tony Dorsett at, 230–231
Horton, George, 424
Horton, Monica, 393
Howell, Dixie, 98
Hribar, Frank, 44
Hrubovchak, George, 111
Humphries, Eddie, 424
Isasky, George
background, 49
continued confinement, 55–56
J&L and, 49–50
kidnapping of, 136
overview, 453
Pinchot speech and, 53, 54
release of, 56
Isasky, Mary, 45, 50, 51
J&L
acquisition, 236–237
Bessemer converters, 13
black workers, 22–24
blame for demise, 267
company size, 59
Crow Island, 18
demise, 276
enlightened leadership, 237
founding of, 8
initiatives, 265
loyalty and, 34–35
momentum shift, 48–49
“open shop,” 35, 40
by-product coke ovens purchase, 86
public humiliation, 56
recognition of SWOC, 69
size of, 9
as social catch basin, 399
stratification and, 24
as subsidiary of LTV, 266
as “vast mechanism,” 58–59
women employees, 239–240
worker debt and, 14
workers as middle-class, 123
workers in WW I, 12–13
“J&L pepper,” 13
Jefferson, John, 176
Jeric, Richard, 192
Jeter, Sheldon, 442
Jim Crow laws, 21, 63
Johnson, Deon, 387
Johnson, Keyshawn, 176
Jones, B. F., 8, 9, 13, 453
Jones, Eze, 335
Jones, Larry “Bulldog,” 234–236, 453
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company. See J&L
Kane, Michael “M. J.,” 33–34, 40, 41
Kaurich, John, 85
Kelly, Jim, 367
Kemp, Ray, 28
Kennedy, John F.
Aliquippa speech, 160
Aliquippa visit, 157–159, 160
assasination, 204
Bay of Pigs, 159
Kent State University, 204–205, 206
killings, 388–390
“Kitty Genovese,” 354
Kopacz, Alex, 317, 318
Kosanovich, Melvin, 138
Ku Klux Klan, 24–25, 26
Kush, Frank, 126, 177
Labor-Management Relations Act, 121
Lalama, Frank, 155
Landry, Tom, 287
Laraway, Jack, 192
Latone, Joe, 48, 49
Laughlin, George, 68
Laughlin, James, 8
Law, Diane, 297, 312, 321
Law, Ray, 311, 313, 325
Law, Ty, 5
ACT test, 316
as first-round pick, 326
giving back, 402
grandfather Ray, 311, 313, 325
gun drawn on, 312–313
losses at Aliquippa High, 315
at Michigan, 315, 322, 325
mill demise and, 297–298
mother Diane, 297, 312, 321
as national name, 360
as “The Next One,” 311
NFL, 315
overview, 453
as a Parade all-American, 316
possessions disappearing, 321
summers with Tony Dorsett, 322
Lay, Charlie, 240, 241–242, 453
Lay, Josh, 380–381, 407, 453
Lay, Vic, 284
Ledbetter, “Brother Matt,” 200
LeDonne, Brandon, 343
LeDonne, Jon
after Aliquippa, 346–347
at Carnegie Mellon, 374–375
crying at game, 346
Mo-Mo and, 348
overview, 453
playing on roof, 342–344
playing twice for titles, 349
senior season, 348–349
as twin, 344
LeDonne, Justin, 342, 344
Lee, Benjamin, 332
Lee, Rayetta Jo, 350, 353, 393
Legge, Carl, 211
Letteri, Achille, 70, 71, 80, 101
Letteri, Bobby, 399
Letteri, Gilda, 74, 77, 399
Letteri, Joe, 79, 80, 101, 134–135, 181
as Aliquippa exile, 189
first house, 135, 188
game attendance, 190
kids, 188
move to bigger house, 189
overview, 453
son Joey (Joe, Jr.), 190
thirteen weeks vacation, 188
Lewis, H. D., 69
Lewis, H. Edgar, 121
Liggett, Bob, 155, 166, 172, 453
Ling, James, 266
Linmar Terrace, 298, 305, 334, 353
Lippe, Nate
Aschman and, 75
baseball championship and, 82–85
as baseball coach, 79
as football coach, 43, 45
overview, 453
retirement, 101
soldiers to train station, 81
“Little Prexies,” 27
Little Quips, 429–430
“Little Siberia,” 31, 40
Local 1211, 138, 269
Logstown, 11, 57, 132, 146, 198, 245, 317
Long Beach Poly, 5
Lowe, Mike, 374
LTV, 266, 267, 269, 270, 272, 296, 298
Lucci, Mike, 367
lunacy commission,” 50
Lundy, Mike, 335
Lytle Wilson, 120
Macroglou, Bill, 269
Malesky, Jerry, 271
management concessions, 135
Mancini, Henry, 5, 26, 71–73, 149–150, 200, 251, 453
Mancini, Quinto, 150
Manko, Joseph, 78
Mann, Richard, 152–153, 164
at Arizona State, 176–177
background, 170–171
Dr. Zernich and, 171–172
emergence, 177
Frank Kush and, 177
injury rig, 172
pass interception, 174, 175
return home, 224
shoulder surgery and, 176
Stokes and, 224
teaching math, 224–225
Mansueti, James, 218
manufacturing changes, 399
Maravich, Pete, 4, 128
Maravich, Press, 104, 128
Marino, Dan, 367
Marocco, Dominic, 100
Marocco, Frank, 100, 104, 105, 115
1964 season title, 175
1991 state title game, 316–318
Aschman heart attack and, 165–166
board’s problem with, 337
defense coach, 165
as defensive line coach, 164–165
Director of Secondary Services, 333
graduation from North Carolina State, 162
head coaching job, 193
junior varsity coach, 163, 164
as king of Aliquippa football, 332
at North Carolina State, 126
overview, 454
players’ support of, 336
return from school, 127
Short and, 337
stripped of coaching position, 332, 333
wife death, 164
Yannessa and, 192
Mauk, Harry G., 16, 33, 42, 43
company police, 48, 50, 51, 55, 138
Pinchot speech and, 54
Mayconich, “Timber,” 101
McBride, Grower, “Bobo,” 302, 303
McBride, John D., 392, 393, 395
McBride, Sherm, 91, 220, 250, 302
on Askew, 425
as offensive coordinator, 375
as track coach, 375–378
McClure, Anthony, 358
McCoy, Jimmy, 197
McDaniel, Paul, 427–428
McDonald Heights, 198
McDonald Hollow, 17
McNie, Red, 259, 260, 338
Medich, Doc, 4, 173–174, 251, 454
Medich, George, 221
Metropoulos, Dan, 245, 246, 250
Milanovich, Sam, 101, 117–118, 145, 151, 192, 454
Montana, Joe, 367
Montini, Jerry, 243, 280
Moon, James “Larry,” 388–390, 414, 454
Moreell, Ben, 122, 454
Mott, Lou, 111
Motten, Vera, 208
Mount Vernon, 216, 416
Murray, Philip, 122
Muselin, Pete, 36, 37
Naim, James
David and, 352
department corruption and, 351
funeral, 356
murder of, 350, 353–354
overview, 454
Sonya Carter and, 357–358
Namath, Joe, 139, 251, 367
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), 39, 47
National Labor Relations Board, 61, 63–64
National Steel Labor Relations Board, 31
Negro Youth Improvement Council, 156
Neish, Rudy, 85
Nelson, Craig T., 281, 282
New Castle, 77–78
New Deal, 4, 39, 46, 65, 119, 121
“Next One,” 182, 311, 376, 391, 406
19th Amendment, 46
Nixon, Richard, 203–204
Odivak, Nick, 78
Odom, Darius, 387–388
O’Loughlin, Charles, 37, 41, 50
O’Neill, Thomas “Tip,” 205
“open shop,” 40
“Operation Enough Is Enough,” 365
Ostermueller, Fritz, 98
Owens, “Ro-Ro,” 390
Pallante, Ralph, 351
Palmer Raids, 32
Parcells, Bill, 315, 316
Paterno, Joe, 131, 282–283
Patrick, Ocie, 248, 249
Patrick, Terry, 248, 249
Patrick, Timmie, 248, 249, 305–306, 342–343
cleared of suspicion of corruption, 357–358
Naim slaying and, 357
overview, 454
as running backs coach, 361, 394
Peake, Fred, 208, 216, 225
Penn State
Ditka and, 131
football integration, 27
Perriello, Joe, 38, 39, 57, 60
Petrie, Mark, 244
Pharr, Tezmalita, 310–311, 361
Phillips, Harry, 61, 62
Pietrusaki, Adam, 41
Pinchot, Cornelia Bryce, 38
in Aliquippa, 52–55
Aliquippa response to, 54–55
in Ambridge, 48
background, 46, 47
Golden and, 56
J&L accusation, 51, 54
Mary Isasky writing to, 45
Mauk and, 54
nomination as independent candidate, 48
overview, 454
return to Aliquippa, 61
work as First Lady, 47
Pinchot, Gifford, 45, 46, 47
Pipkin, Robert
1962 strike, 151–156
agitation, 152, 155–156
in basketball, 150, 156–157
in football, 150
last football game, 151
Negro Youth Improvement Council and, 156
overview, 455
Pittsburgh NAACP and, 156
Zmijanac and, 144, 145–146
Piroli, Art, 245, 332
Piroli, Gino, 102, 123, 132, 133, 161, 201, 455
Pitt
Ditka and, 131–132
Dorsett and, 231–233
football integration, 27
Gilbert and, 294
Revis and, 379
“The Pit,” 4, 181, 183–184, 275–276, 374, 383, 432
Pitts, Ernie, 110, 225–226, 455
Pittsburgh
baseball in, 18
early professional football in, 19
Pittsburgh Pipers, 195, 197
Pittsburgh Pirates, 82, 98
Plan 11, 23, 27, 52, 74, 132, 146, 230, 245
Plan 12, 21, 198–199, 245, 384–386, 402, 421
Plans, 10–11, 23, 97
Pop Warner football decline, 429
Powell, Major “Loggie,” 43, 44, 455
Pratt, Chaquille, 385–386
preseason camp, 106–107, 114–115, 128, 131, 166
Prohibition, 18, 36, 57
Pryor, Terrelle, 397
Pugh, Kaezon, 423
2014 season, 433
2015 season, 435–436
2015 state championship game, 442–444
dad in jail, 433
father David Askew, 432–433
football as way out, 432
as “Next One,” 432
offensive load, 435
overview, 455
plans, 437
recruiting letters and, 434
state championship game, 436–437
West Point and, 434
Quarterback Club, 159, 242, 280
Quippian Club, 282
Quips baseball, 1944 title, 82–85, 101
Quips basketball
1949 title, 100–101
compared to football, 349
state title game, 349
Quips football
1916 squad integration, 27
1934 season, 43–44
1941 season, 76
1942 season, 77
1952 season, 110–111
1962 strike, 151–156
1964 season, 172–176
1972 racial divide, 234–236
1977 season, 246–247
1978 season, 250–253
1984 season, 283–285
1985 season, 293
1988 season, 304, 307
1991 state title game, 316–318
1996 senior scholarships, 334
1997 season, 340
2000 season, 347–349
2003 season, 368–369
2011 season, 90, 181–184, 429
2012 season, 429
2013 season, 429
2015 season, 435–436
common defiance, 374
food for players, 372–373
as heart of Aliquippa, 317
line between problems and, 360
media coverage, 306
player funerals, 387–388
player help, 373–374
player losses to the street, 372
recruiting letters and, 434
return to Friday nights, 235–236
Quips track, 375–378
Raccoon Creek State Park, 106, 114–115, 128, 131, 166, 177
racial tension
1970-1972, 218–226
1977, 243–244
black cheerleaders and, 209–210
class cancellation and, 210
Halls of Anger and, 206–207
National Guard and, 210–211
riots, 218–226
school closure, 209
school riots, 208, 209, 217, 222
supermarket ransacked, 209
Zmijanac and, 145–146
Radatovich, Paul, 136, 350, 351, 354, 361
Razzano, Angelo, 35, 63
firing of, 61–62
settlement, 65
strike and, 67
Reagan, Ronald
air-traffic controllers and, 266
Big Labor’s demise and, 265
Eritano phone call, 270–271
“redlining,” 199
Reeves, Dan, 287
Rembert, Bob, 116, 118
Republic Steel, 39, 66, 69, 272
Resetar, Zima and Milan, 37
Revis, Darrelle, 5, 294–295
2003 Quips season, 368–369
on Aliquippa, 403
in basketball, 369–370
examples for, 367–368
football decision, 360
giving back, 402
high school recruitment of, 358
Lay touchdown, 380–381
middle school years, 358–359
motivation, 370–371
as New York Jet, 391, 431–432
overview, 455
at Pitt, 378
seduction of glory and, 370
at shooting, 379–380
state championship final, 369
Zmijanac push for football, 359–360
Revis, Darryl, 292
Rickey, Branch, 98
Riggins, Marquay, 388
riots, Aliquippa, 218–226
calming down of, 223
firebombing, 223
Franklin Avenue confrontation, 222, 223
guns, 220, 221
Linmar Terrace apartments, 219
night of start of, 218
riots, Aliquippa, (continued)
school, 208, 209, 217, 222
vigilante whites, 220
Roaring ‘20s, 32
Robinson, Jackie, 95, 98
Roosevelt, Franklin (FDR), 39, 40, 46, 48
Roosevelt, Teddy, 46
Rosmini, Evelyn, 252
Royal Dutch Shell plan, 420–421
Rubenstein, Moe, 44, 45, 58, 76, 81–82, 102, 455
Ruffner, J. A. C., 34, 42
Sakal, Johnny, 116, 117, 118
Samuel, Brian, 329, 330–331, 455
Samuel, Tresa, 329–332
Samuel, William “Hackensack,” 329–332
Samuel murders, 329–332, 337
Santia, Dan, 332–333
Sarris, George, 107
scarfer, 125
Scherer, Rip, 193
Schoonover, Pete, 329, 331, 332
Schouppe, William, 381
segregation, 97
Serbian Club, 282
Shell, Rushel, 182
Sherrill, Jackie, 232
Short, Dan “Peep,” 89, 90, 243–244, 245, 250, 253, 260
as defensive coordinator, 319, 364–365
Dorsetts and, 319–320
end of police career, 361, 363
under investigation, 357, 358
Jamie Brown and, 362
McBride and, 302
Naim murder and, 361–362
overview, 455
path, 300–301
police misconduct, 363–364
resignation of sheriff’s position, 363
as scapegoat, 363
sense of right and wrong, 320
at Sheriff’s Office, 303
“smell test,” 304–305
Warfield and, 318–319
Skylo, Eli, 12
slag, 411–413
Smaltz, Bill, 126
Smith, Anthony Tusweet, 355, 455
Smith, Eugene “Salt,” 22, 97, 148, 198–199, 316, 419, 455
Smith, George, 335
Smith, Tusweet, 424
Smith, Willie, 116
Southern Columbia, 441–443
state championship game
2000, 347
2003, 369
2015, 436–437, 439–444
Staubach, Roger, 287, 288
Steals, Melvin, 22, 147, 152, 153, 200
achievement test results and, 314
as English teacher, 314
in gun shipment, 228
Halls of Anger and, 206–207
hit song, 229–230
on Marocco, 336–337
overview, 455
as principal, 336
record contract, 229
wife Adrena, 229, 230
Steals, Mervin, 227–230, 456
steel
change in how made, 267
industry changes, 398–399
Steel Bowl Trophy, 173
Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC), 64, 66
Steinfeld, Jesse, 38, 73, 456
Stokes, George, 146
Stokes, Larry, 156, 221, 456
strikes
1937, 66–68
1946, 121
1949, 122
1952, 122
1956, 122
management concessions, 135
money consequences of, 124
Strini, Dave, 192, 225
Strong, Matthew, 148
Sturm, Pat, 182
suburbs, growth of, 134
Suder, George “Juke,” 82–85, 132, 144, 201, 202, 218, 456
Suder, Georgie, 194–195, 197, 456
Suder, Pete “Pecky,” 72, 81, 456
Sullivan, Alfred, 82
Surratt, Edward, 196, 247–248, 355, 456
Swanson, Terry, 429, 431
Taft-Hartly, 121, 140
Taylor, Acey, 393, 394
Theil, Caroline, 153
Thomas, Townsell “T-baby,” 29
Thorpe, Jim, 20, 369
Timko, Joe, 68–69
Trbovich, George, 110
Turner, Jyier, 423
Uncommon Grounds, 426–427
unions
1937 strike, 66–68
Ambridge as haven, 57
company opposition to, 60
“company-directed,” 54
defense of everyone, 269
fundamental right to organize, 39–40, 64
open shops and, 35
protection of members, 54
talk of, 31, 34
top leaders as beaten, 42
Unitas, Johnny, 192
U.S. Air Flight 427 crash, 323–324
U.S. Gypsum plant, 328, 411
U.S. Steel, 60, 157
Valley Terrace, 245, 298, 321, 334
Veney, Eric, 372–373
Vietnam War, 204, 205
Vincich, Ron, 212
Volpe, Angelo, 61, 62, 65
Vuich, Ninnie, 85
Wagner, Honus, 201
Wagner Act, 63, 65, 66, 140, 290
Walker, Chedda, 326–327, 386, 403–404, 456
Walker, Chuckie, 207, 209, 272, 326, 386, 403–404
as electrician, 327–328
at J&L, 329
jobs, 328–329
overview, 456
staying in Aliquippa and, 327
at U.S. Gypsum plant, 328
Walker, Diedre, 386, 389–390, 456
Walker, Donald, 183, 272, 296, 335, 456
Walker, Dwan, 182–183, 207, 272, 308, 335
at 2015 state championship game, 440
as Aliquippa mayor, 394
Betters and, 419–420
death of sister, 386, 390
hope, 421
mayoral win, 419–420
on McDaniel, 427
overview, 456
Royal Dutch Shell plan, 420–421
run for mayor, 405
Salt Smith and, 404–405
victory party, 420
Walker, Willie, 372, 373, 374, 379
Wallace, Nick, 84
Wallace, Tiquai, 385, 421–422, 423, 456
Walton, Joe, 110
Warfield, Mike, 91, 183–184, 305, 318–319, 320
Ali Dorsett and, 365
cleared of murder, 358
overview, 457
Warner, Glenn “Pop,” 20
Washington County, 27–28
Weekley, Monroe “Mo-Mo,” 347–348, 406, 457
West, Charlie “Pruner,” 27–28
Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL), 19–20, 44. See also WPIAL title game
Westminster, 406, 407
Wilkens, Albert, 29
Wilkens, Norman, 29
Wilkinsburg, 341
Williams, Chico, 316
Williams, Emanuel, 182
Wilson, Byron, 376, 377, 379, 380, 457
Woodlawn, 12, 34. See also Aliquippa
Woodlawn High, 20–21. See also Aliquippa High
World War II
D-Day, 85, 86
high school boys at work, 79
World War II (continued)
as war of production, 80
women in jobs, 78
WPIAL title game
1942 season, 77
1952 season, 110–111
1955 season, 117–118
1988 season, 304
2013 season, 429
2014 season, 433–434
2015 season, 435–436
early 1980s, 280, 283
Haley, Kevin, 283
Wytiaz, Dave, 244, 333–334, 371, 372, 406, 435, 457
Yannessa, Don, 111, 129, 131, 137, 141, 149, 162
1972 as head coach, 234–236
1977 season, 246–247
1978 season, 250–253
1984 season, 283–285
1985 season, 293
as all-time winningest coach, 308
Aschman and, 103
Baldwin High and, 308
coaching job search, 191
departure, 308
in Detroit, 191–192
Ditka and, 127
as “Don Juan,” 243
Evasovich and, 280
family work at J&L, 138
football media coverage, 306–307
ground for unification, 242
ineligible athletes, 243
Lay and, 241–242
Marocco and, 192
not winning big one, 283
overview, 457
parachutists drop, 285
Paterno and, 282–283
rides for Aschman, 212
Sean Gilbert and, 293
teaching/coaching at Ambridge, 226
winning the big one, 285
WPIAL title game loses, 283
WPIAL title games, 280
Yannessa, Gene, 154–155, 164
Yeats, William Butler, 32
“yellow iron,” 413
“yellow-dog” contracts, 35
Zahorsky, Michael, 16, 36
Zelenak, Martin, 12
Zernich, Mickey, 100, 171–172, 197, 231, 323, 457
Zernich, Steve, 74
Zinkham, William, 209–210
Zmijanac, Mike, 91–92, 96, 108, 130, 183–184
1997 season, 340
2003 season, 368–369
2011 season, 429
2012 season, 429
2013 season, 429
2015 state championship game, 439–444
Aliquippa in blood, 142
assistant junior high football coach, 259
background, 142–143, 195–196
basketball brawl, 260
as basketball coach, 259
as basketball player, 197
bluntness, 338
coaching abilities, 340
critics, 431
as defensive coordinator, 258, 260, 284
graduation, 141
hiring as head coach, 333
as not a football guy, 258
overview, 457
Pipkin and, 144, 145–146
player losses to the street, 372
racial tension and, 145–146, 208
recruiting letters and, 434
replacing Marocco, 332
role models, 143
as sandlot shooter, 144
as shyer, 145–146
standoffishness, 430
state championship loss, 443–444
state title games, 349
waiting for break, 339
Yannessa and, 281
zeal, 142