About Three Bricks Shy . . . and the Load Filled Up

by Blount, Roy, JR.

• ISBN13: 9780822958345
• ISBN10: 0822958341
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-01
• Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr

Summary

This is the thirtieth-anniversary edition of a book long considered a classic and one ofSports IllustratedsTop 100 Sports Books of All Time. The story of the 1973 Pittsburgh Steelers--a team that was super, but missed the bowl.

Author Biography

Roy Blount, Jr., has written for the Atlantic Monthly since 1981.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Introduction to the 1989 Edition	xv
ABOUT THREE BRICKS SHY	1	(258)
About the Title	3	(3)
A Little Background	6	(6)
Why Pittsburgh	12	(10)
Names	22	(22)
First Dip into the Scene	44	(8)
Training camp	52	(33)
Moosie and the Old Ranger	85	(11)
Contact	96	(9)
The Exhibition Season	105	(10)
Noll	115	(14)
Beating the Lions, the Browns and the Oilers	129	(3)
The Premises	132	(13)
Steelers Away from Work	145	(10)
Good-bye, Johnny U.	155	(5)
Fandom	160	(14)
The Bengals, the Jets and the Bengals	174	(10)
Terry and Terry and Joe	184	(8)
The Chief and Family	192	(12)
Burning Out the Redskins	204	(4)
Race	208	(5)
Mad Dog	213	(3)
Oakland and Denver	216	(3)
The Body	219	(5)
Scouting	224	(3)
Losing Two Barely	227	(4)
Franco, Frenchy and Preston: Dancing and Blowing	231	(3)
Mean Joe	234	(3)
Money, and Supe	237	(4)
Hands	241	(11)
The Playov	252	(7)
. . . AND THE LOAD FILLED UP	259	(2)
Super Bowl, 1975: ``You're a Part of All This''	261	(12)
Super Bowl, 1975, P.S.	273	(2)
Joe Greene: ``He Does What He Wants Out There''	275	(7)
Ray Mansfield: How to Raise Your Boy to Play Pro Ball	287	(4)
Super Bowl, 1976: ``You Can't Cover It''	291	(6)
Super Bowl, 1976, P.S.	297	(2)
The Short, Happy Life of Joe Gilliam	299	(7)
Holding Out with Blount	306	(5)
Swann's Way	311	(3)
Super Bowl, 1979: Spots and Water and Rock	314	(4)
Super Bowl, 1980: Still Can't Cover It	318	(5)
Dwight White: Mad Dog Retired	323	(4)
``Franco Thinks Out Everything''	327	(10)
Blount in Georgia	337