| Acknowledgements |
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| Introduction |
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9 | (6) |
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I Forbes Field (1909--1970) |
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1 Pittsburgh's Grand Stadium: Oakland's Forbes Field May Have Been One of the Most Important Stadiums Ever Built |
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15 | (7) |
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2 An Annual Love Affair with Forbes Field |
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22 | (3) |
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3 Phil Coyne: Baseball's Only Hall-of-Fame Usher |
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25 | (3) |
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4 In the Shadow of Maz's Home Run |
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28 | (3) |
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5 A Season of Ineptitude: The 1967 Pittsburgh Phantoms |
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31 | (3) |
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34 | (3) |
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7 For the Heavyweight Championship of the World: Ezzard Charles versus Joe Walcott |
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37 | (2) |
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8 Rooney-McGinley Boxing Club: Bringing Fights to Oakland |
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39 | (3) |
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9 Stop the Ballgame: Fans Listen to the Billy Conn--Joe Louis Fight at Forbes Field Before the Pirate Game |
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42 | (3) |
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10 Josh Gibson: The Greatest of All Forbes Field Hitters |
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45 | (3) |
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11 A Pandemic Contest to Remember: Pitt Crushes Defending National Champion Georgia Tech |
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48 | (3) |
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12 Of Steagles and Carpitts: The Steelers Make Their Way through World War II at Forbes Field |
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51 | (2) |
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13 Don't Take Anyone for Granted: Carnegie Tech Stuns Knute Rockne and His Irish of Notre Dame |
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53 | (4) |
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II Pitt Stadium (1925--1999) |
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14 In the Shadow of the Cathedral of Learning: The History of Pitt Stadium |
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57 | (5) |
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15 Better than the Best?: Duquesne Upsets Eventual National Champion Panthers at Pitt Stadium |
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62 | (3) |
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16 The Day the On-Campus, Off-Campus Debate Began: The Pitt Stadium Finale |
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65 | (3) |
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17 There Used to Be a Basketball Arena Here: The Pitt Pavilion Is Built Underneath Pitt Stadium |
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68 | (3) |
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18 The Fruitless Venture Finally Ends: Pitt Scores against Fordham |
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71 | (3) |
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19 A Picture for the Ages: A Bloodied Y.A. Tittle Kneels on the Turf at Pitt Stadium |
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74 | (3) |
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20 Pie in the Sky: Pitt's Tony Dorsett Helps Bring the Program from the Basement to a National Championship by Slicing Up an Old Rival |
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77 | (3) |
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21 Steelers Say Sayonara to Oakland After 1969 Season |
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80 | (3) |
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22 We're No. 1: Pitt Beats Army and Ascends to No. 1 in the Polls |
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83 | (3) |
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23 The Track John Woodruff Called Home |
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86 | (3) |
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24 Revenge Is Sweet: The Pitt-USC Rivalry in the Sutherland Era |
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89 | (3) |
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25 The Greatest Coach Ever to Roam the Sidelines at Pitt Stadium: Jock Sutherland |
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92 | (4) |
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26 On the Heels of a National Tragedy: The 1963 Pitt-Penn State Matchup |
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96 | (5) |
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III The Fitzgerald Field House (1951--Present) |
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27 Replacing the Ice Box: The History of the Fitzgerald Field House |
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101 | (4) |
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28 Building a Championship Program at the Fitzgerald Field House: Pitt Volleyball |
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105 | (4) |
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29 The Peery Dynasty and the 1957 NCAA Wrestling Championships |
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109 | (2) |
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30 "Send It in Jerome": Jerome Lane's Famous Backboard-Breaking Moment |
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111 | (2) |
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31 The Forging of a President: Two Key Campaign Stops in Oakland Fuel the Legend of JFK |
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113 | (3) |
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32 When the City Game Was Great: Pitt-Duquesne Basketball at the Field House |
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116 | (3) |
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33 Playing Like National Champions: Pitt Cruises Past the Soon-to-Be National Champion Villanova Wildcats |
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119 | (2) |
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34 A Big East Baptism: Pitt Upsets St. Johns |
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121 | (2) |
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35 What a Coach Should Be: Pitt Wrestling Coach Rande Stottlemyer |
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123 | (4) |
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36 Country's No. 2 Team Falls to Duquesne at Pitt Field House |
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127 | (3) |
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37 Going Out in Style: Duquesne Perfect in Last Two Years at Home at Pitt Field House |
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130 | (3) |
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38 The Greatest Game That Didn't Count: Duquesne Basketball Defeats the Pittsburgh Pirates... Wait... Huh??? |
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133 | (4) |
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39 Making a Statement: Pitt and WVU Play Their Last Backyard Brawl at the Fitzgerald Field House |
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137 | (4) |
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IV The Duquesne Gardens (1890--1956) |
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40 The Duquesne Gardens Was Fertile Ground for Sports of All Sorts: The History of the Duquesne Gardens |
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141 | (5) |
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41 The NBA Comes to Pittsburgh... and Then Disappears |
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146 | (3) |
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42 A Busy Day in the Burgh: The Pirates Open Forbes Field, Then Fans Walk the Short Distance to the Duquesne Gardens to See Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson Take on Tony Ross |
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149 | (3) |
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43 A Pittsburgh Fight Extravaganza: The Conn-Zivic Fight |
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152 | (2) |
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44 Sugar and Spice: The Great Sugar Ray Robinson Takes on Sammy Angott |
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154 | (2) |
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45 Sonja Henie Comes to Pittsburgh: The Ice Capades Are Born at the Gardens |
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156 | (3) |
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46 A Black and Gold Lovefest: The Yellow Jackets Morph into the Pirates |
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159 | (3) |
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47 Chick Davies or Dudey Moore: Who Was the Greatest Basketball Coach at the Duquesne Gardens? |
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162 | (3) |
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48 The City of Champions: 1955 at the Duquesne Gardens |
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165 | (3) |
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49 All Signs Point to the End: The 1956 AHL All-Star Game |
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168 | (3) |
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50 Indoor Tennis Begins in Pittsburgh Earlier than You Think: The Fred Perry and Ellsworth Vines Show Comes to the Gardens |
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171 | (3) |
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51 The Best Play Here: Duquesne Gardens Hosts Dukes Cagers as Nation's No. 1 Team |
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174 | (4) |
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52 "TV Basketball Parties Everywhere": Live Cameras Capture Dukes Topping Bonnies in Battle of Unbeatens |
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178 | (3) |
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| Appendix A It's Miller Time: In the Pre-Internet Age, a New Season Meant a Trip to Gus Miller's Newsstand |
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181 | (4) |
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| Appendix B First or Not: Greenlee Field Housed Champions |
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185 | (4) |
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| Bibliography |
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189 | (2) |
| About the Authors |
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