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The Ones Who Hit the Hardest: The Steelers, the Cowboys, the '70s, and the Fight for America's Soul

af Chad Millman

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History. Sports & Recreations. Nonfiction. HTML:A stirring portrait of the decade when the Steelers became the greatest team in NFL history, even as Pittsburgh was crumbling around them.
In the 1970s, the city of Pittsburgh was in need of heroes. In that decade the steel industry, long the lifeblood of the city, went into massive decline, putting 150,000 steelworkers out of work. And then the unthinkable happened: The Pittsburgh Steelers, perennial also-rans in the NFL, rose up to become the most feared team in the league, dominating opponents with their famed "Steel Curtain" defense, winning four Super Bowls in six years, and lifting the spirits of a city on the brink.
In The Ones Who Hit the Hardest, Chad Millman and Shawn Coyne trace the rise of the Steelers amidst the backdrop of the fading city they fought for, bringing to life characters such as: Art Rooney, the owner of the team so beloved by Pittsburgh that he was known simply as "The Chief"; Chuck Noll, the headstrong coach who used the ethos of steelworkers to motivate his players; Terry Bradshaw, the strong-armed and underestimated QB; Joe Green, the defensive tackle whose fighting nature lifted the franchise; and Jack Lambert, the linebacker whose snarling, toothless grin embodied the Pittsburgh defense.
Every story needs a villain, and in this one it's played by the Dallas Cowboys. As Pittsburgh rusted, the new and glittering metropolis of Dallas, rich from the capital infusion of oil revenue, signaled the future of America. Indeed, the town brimmed with such confidence that the Cowboys felt comfortable nicknaming themselves "America's Team." Throughout the 1970s, the teams jostled for control of the NFL-the Cowboys doing it with finesse and the Steelers doing it with brawn-culminating in Super Bowl XIII in 1979, when the aging Steelers attempted to hold off the Cowboys one last time. Thoroughly researched and grippingly written, The Ones Who Hit the Hardest is a stirring tribute to a city, a team, and an era.
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What a dud! What a waste of time and money. What a bitter disappointment. And how about that subtitle -- "The Steelers, The Cowboys, The '70s, and the Fight for America's Soul?" What a load of crap! What horseshit is that?

I'm a lifelong Steelers fan with a healthy memory and respect for the Pittsburgh/Dallas rivalry and that's what I expected this book to be about. It wasn't. It was a book about the Steelers, yes. It was mostly about the Rooney family, about Chuck Noll, Mean Joe Greene, Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Jack Lambert, Andy Russell, Jack Ham, with mentions of Mel Bl0unt, Mike Webster, Lynn Swann, John Stallworth, Rocky Blier, Terry Hanratty, LC Greenwood, Dwight White, Fats Holmes, etc. Some decent stuff on the players and team. Almost all of it well known already. Virtually nothing new. How about the Cowboys? Equal treatment? Hardly! You get Tom Landry, Duane Thomas for a couple of years, for some unknown reason -- literally makes no sense -- and then, Tony Dorsett, who's from Pittsburgh and who's portrayed as a mega-asshole. That's it. Okay, I guess we don't need to know anything else about the Cowboys.

Well, if we don't learn anything new about the Steelers and if we don't learn much at all about the Cowboys, what is in the book at all? Um, the steel industry and labor unions. Literally. At least one third of the book, perhaps a great deal more, is a history of the steel industry and labor unions dating from the late nineteenth century centering in the greater Pittsburgh area. If you're into Pittsburgh manufacturing history or even US manufacturing history, I guess that's pretty damn great for you. Since it's virtually not even remotely tied into the the alleged "true" topic of the book -- the Steelers and the Cowboys -- I don't really give a flying fuck about it. That's not why I bought the book. There's more info in this book on labor union bosses, even on people who ran for labor union president and FAILED -- like that fucking matters about anything!!! -- than there is about fucking football in this stupid fucking book!

Oh, and the rivalry? There's infinitely more spent on the "true" rivalry between the Steelers and the Raiders than there is on the Steelers and the Cowboys.That's obviously the true rivalry. There's a little bit about the first Super Bowl the Steelers win and then the book ends abruptly with the second Steeler Super Bowl win over the Cowboys. That's it. There's been this huge steel industry self destruction buildup and the battle of labor union bosses and the war of words between the two teams and then the game is over and there's a paragraph or two following the game and that's fucking it. No conclusions, no epilogue, nothing. It's a stupid waste of a book, a stupid waste of time and money. I can't believe these idiots wrote something like this. I hope they took a huge loss on this. I hope they didn't make a dime on this. I hope I make something decent when I sell it to the used bookstore. This is easily the worst Steelers book I've ever read. The worst. Even though there's interesting stuff about the history of the city and the ethnicities making up the city, that's not why I bought the book. If you're a Steelers fan and want to learn about the team and its rivalries, just skip this book, because you won't learn a damn thing and you'll feel screwed after reading it. Most definitely NOT recommended. Poor excuse to talk about steel labor unions using the Pittsburgh Steelers as cover. Bullshit. Biggest piece of shit ever! ( )
  scottcholstad | Jan 4, 2016 |
A fabulously written book about the two biggest opponents of the 70s, Roger Stauback's Cowboys and Terry Bradshaw's Steelers. But how did they get there? What made these two teams so dominant? Millman begins by outlining the oil industry of Texas and the coal/steel industries of Pittsburgh which built those cities, and the people that worked in them. The bitter union activities of the men of the industry and how that brutal work defined the social milieu. The teams fit the cities and it was only a matter of time before they clashed.

An excellent history of the NFL and the establishment of various teams and the joining of the NFL and AFL. And a big plus for Steeler fans. The organization comes off as truely the team of the 70s despite what the Cryboys called themselves.

Well written and very easy to read, this book will have you laughing and crying and remembering. A great sports read. ( )
  book58lover | Dec 17, 2011 |
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History. Sports & Recreations. Nonfiction. HTML:A stirring portrait of the decade when the Steelers became the greatest team in NFL history, even as Pittsburgh was crumbling around them.
In the 1970s, the city of Pittsburgh was in need of heroes. In that decade the steel industry, long the lifeblood of the city, went into massive decline, putting 150,000 steelworkers out of work. And then the unthinkable happened: The Pittsburgh Steelers, perennial also-rans in the NFL, rose up to become the most feared team in the league, dominating opponents with their famed "Steel Curtain" defense, winning four Super Bowls in six years, and lifting the spirits of a city on the brink.
In The Ones Who Hit the Hardest, Chad Millman and Shawn Coyne trace the rise of the Steelers amidst the backdrop of the fading city they fought for, bringing to life characters such as: Art Rooney, the owner of the team so beloved by Pittsburgh that he was known simply as "The Chief"; Chuck Noll, the headstrong coach who used the ethos of steelworkers to motivate his players; Terry Bradshaw, the strong-armed and underestimated QB; Joe Green, the defensive tackle whose fighting nature lifted the franchise; and Jack Lambert, the linebacker whose snarling, toothless grin embodied the Pittsburgh defense.
Every story needs a villain, and in this one it's played by the Dallas Cowboys. As Pittsburgh rusted, the new and glittering metropolis of Dallas, rich from the capital infusion of oil revenue, signaled the future of America. Indeed, the town brimmed with such confidence that the Cowboys felt comfortable nicknaming themselves "America's Team." Throughout the 1970s, the teams jostled for control of the NFL-the Cowboys doing it with finesse and the Steelers doing it with brawn-culminating in Super Bowl XIII in 1979, when the aging Steelers attempted to hold off the Cowboys one last time. Thoroughly researched and grippingly written, The Ones Who Hit the Hardest is a stirring tribute to a city, a team, and an era.

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