F
Fainaru, Steve, 246
Fainaru-Wada, Mark, 246
Fair Housing Act, 107
family background of Campbell, 9, 41–44
father figures in Campbell’s life, 8–9, 139, 215
Fears, Zephyr, 15, 20
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 224
Fiesta Bowl, 157
fight songs, 210, 214–215
First Baptist Church, 38
Fisher, Ed, 193
flak jackets, 194
Flynn, Alvin, 49
Fondren neighborhood, 202
Football News, 152
Ford, Gerald, 143
Ford, Marion, 77–79, 81, 83, 88
Ford, Marion G., Jr., 79
Fort Worth Arlington Heights High School, 63
Forty Acre Follies (Frantz), 76
Foundation for Community Empowerment, 160
Fowler, Ed, 228
Fowler, Melvin, 199
Frantz, Joe, 76
Frazier, Joe, 206
Freedmen’s Bureau, 19
Freeman, Denne H., 105
free speech lawsuits, 37–38
French, Clement, 81
Friggin, Stephanie, 127
Fritsch, Toni, 209
Frost Bank Tower, 100–101
Fuller, Leon, 154
Furstenberg, Diane von, 218, 219
Future Farmers of America, 58
G
Gallagher, Gary, 136–138
game films, 198
Garner, James, 147
Garvey, Ed, 229–230
Gautt, Prentice, 89
Gaye, Marvin, 138
Gay Political Caucus, 227
gay pride parade, 122–123
gay-related immune deficiency (GRID), 227
Gee, Everett, 68–69
gender politics, 227–228
General Electric, 25
Gent, Peter, 5–6, 188–189
George, Eddie, 244
GI Bill, 84
Gifford, Frank, 201, 245–246
Gilley, Mickey, 180
Gilley’s: and decline of Houston economy, 234; described, 180–182; and drug use, 220–221; and Oilers players, 184–185, 222; patrons and Oilers fans, 181–185, 187, 207–208; and political change in Houston, 226; and race issues in Houston, 187, 197, 224; and Urban Cowboy, 211, 217–218, 221
Gillman, Sid, 178
Givans, Clinton, 84
Glanville, Jerry, 10
Golden, Cedric, 34, 48, 256–257
Goldstone, Dwonna, 83, 128
Goldthwaite, Texas, 199
Goldwater, Sam, 44
Goodwyn, Larry, 96–97
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, 25
Goss, Vernon, 39–40
Gould, Elliott, 167
GQ, 211
Grace Baptist Church, 19
Graglia, Lino, 241–242
Grambling State University (Tigers), 111, 187, 210
Gray, Leon, 175, 189, 195
Great Depression, 87
Great Migration, 32–33
Great Society (LBJ), 107–108
Greene, “Mean” Joe, 103, 208–209, 214, 229
Gregory Gym, 156
H
Haggard, Merle, 185, 237, 243
Hall of Negro Life (Texas State Fair), 158–159
Halston, 177
Hamilton, Donald, 43, 254
Hamilton, Texas, 199
Hamilton County, Texas, 199
Hamm, Jack, 208
Hardie, Thornton, 87
Harper’s, 95, 123
Harris, Cliff, 197–198, 213
Harrison, Dwight, 212
Hartmann, Douglas, 206
Hartsfield, Larry, 60, 62
Haskell Institute, 150
“Hate Bowl,” 162–165
Hayes, “Bullet” Bob, 5–6
Hayes, Lester, 222
Hayman, Conway, 30, 193
hazing, 131
Heard, Robert, 240
Heath, W. W., 86, 90–91
Heines, Martin, 252
Heisman Trophy: and AFL players, 173; and Ann Campbell’s obituary, 247; anniversary celebration of Campbell’s win, 244; awarded to Campbell, 169–170; Campbell as contender for, 155, 162, 165–169; displayed at Ann Campbell’s home, 170, 192; and Earl Campbell Day in Tyler, 22; first African American winner, 90; New York City ceremony, 50; and physical toll of football, 243–244; professional careers of Heisman winners, 199–200, 236; and race issues, 239, 251–252; and Switzer on Campbell’s talent, 8; UT candidates and winners, 119, 131, 251–252
Henderson, Texas, 52
Henderson, Thomas “Hollywood,” 195, 220
Hewlett, Lan, 135
Hickman, R. C., 23
Hill, Calvin, 221
Hill, Isaiah, 199
hippies, 121–122, 124–125, 138, 150
historically black colleges and universities, 110–111, 189
HIV/AIDS, 227
Hoaglin, Fred, 172
holdouts, 223
Hollis, Oklahoma, 87–88
Holloway, Sterling, 84–85
Holmes, John B., 85, 166
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 140
Honeysuckle Rose (film), 211
honky-tonks, 183, 208. See also Gilley’s
Hook ’Em Horns (Freeman), 105
Hope, Bob, 136
Hopwood decision, 255–256
horticultural practices, 44–48
hot links, 182
Houston, Sam, 12
Houston, Texas: class divisions in, 203–204; climate, 172, 173; impact of air conditioning in, 202–203; oil economy, 182–183; origins of, 226; political changes in, 226–227; poverty and class divisions in, 181–182; racial politics of, 204, 226–227; and suburbanization, 201; and Texas chic, 175–177, 180
Houston Chronicle, 78, 79
Houston Hall of Fame, 29
Houston Oilers: AFC Championship games, 213–215; and the Astrodome, 173–175; background and struggles of, 172–173; and Campbell’s MVP award, 9; Campbell’s number retired, 237; Campbell’s trade to New Orleans, 235–236; and contract negotiations, 173; decline of, 229, 235; and draft of Campbell, 180; and Gilley’s, 183–185, 187, 207–208, 222; and Houston’s party culture, 220–221; impact of Campbell’s talent on, 8, 10, 176, 212–213; Monday Night Football victories, 1–4, 221–222, 246; and Phillips’s coaching style, 178–179, 215–216, 222–223; and players’ strike, 231–232; and pranks of Campbell, 30; and race issues in Houston, 187, 224–226; threat to move team, 228–229. See also Phillips, Oail “Bum”
“Houston Oilers No. 1” (fight song), 210
Houston Orthopedic and Spine Hospital, 244
Houston Post, 172, 185, 206, 213, 234
Houston Ship Channel, 183
Hubbard Junior High, 253
humor of Campbell, 30
Hunt, Lamar, 172–173
Hurd, Michael, 56, 86, 98, 111, 127, 134
I
I-formation, 154, 161, 197
“The Importance of the Automobile to Our Community” (Akers), 151
Indianapolis Colts, 212
Indian schools, 150
Informer, 79–80
Ingraham, Rick, 120, 154, 156–157, 160–161, 166, 169, 259
injuries and health problems of Campbell: arthritis, 243; and Astroturf, 174–175; and Campbell’s relationship with Phillips, 215–217; and changes in Oilers strategy, 232–234; and contract negotiations, 225; “drop foot,” 243; and flak jacket protection, 194; hamstring injuries, 139, 144, 236; knee injuries and surgeries, 8, 217, 235, 242, 243; and nerve therapy, 217; and protectiveness of Campbell’s family, 31; toll of football career, 242–243; and trajectory of Campbell’s career, 11
Integrating the 40 Acres (Goldstone), 83, 128
integration. See desegregation and integration
Iran hostage crisis, 223
Ivins, Molly, 40, 123
J
Jackson, Alfred: on Campbell’s big plays, 3; on Cam
pbell’s football talent, 157, 164–165; on Campbell’s poverty, 190; on race issues at UT, 93, 100–101, 134–135
Jackson, Jesse, 221
Jackson, Reggie, 167
Jackson State University (Tigers), 111
Jamail, Joe, 148, 166
Jeffers, Leroy, 78
Jenkins, Walter, 106
Jennings, Waylon, 124, 185, 195
Jester Hall (dormitory), 120, 128
Jet, 186, 187
Jewett, J. L., 78
Jim Crow, 35, 74–75
John Henry myth, 5
John Reagan High School, 64
Johnson, Billy “White Shoes,” 189
Johnson, Lady Bird, 106, 114
Johnson, Lionell, 143
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 36, 91, 106–109
Johnson, Michael, 54, 60
Johnson, Ron, 216
John Tyler High School: Campbell’s early years in football, 54, 56–57; Campbell’s friends from, 168; Campbell’s senior year, 58–65; and college recruitment of Campbell, 116–117, 119; and desegregation of Tyler school system, 28, 33, 34–35, 37–38; football state championship, 9, 99, 110; regional final against Conroe, 62, 240
Jones, Jim, 230
Jones, Mike, 152
Jones, Stan, 244
Jordan, Barbara, 4–5, 113, 125
Joyce, Edmund P., 166
Juneteenth, 18
Justice, William Wayne, 33–34, 35–41, 53–54, 248
K
Kaepernick, Colin, 145, 188
Kansas City Chiefs, 71–72
Keith, Don, 102
Kennedy, John F., 106
Kennedy, Robert, 71
Kidd, Sam, 15, 20, 45, 61
KIKK radio station, 235
Kilgore, Texas, 34
Kilgore College, 23, 34
Killer (bouncer), 220
KILT radio station, 208
Kinder Institute, 227
Kiner, Steve, 196
King, Billie Jean, 174
King, Lynn, 57–61, 64, 65, 168
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 11, 71, 102, 121, 240, 257
Kinzie, Bill, 15, 47
Kinzie, Earl Christian, 14–17, 41, 201
KLBJ radio station, 252–253
knee injuries and surgeries, 8, 217, 235, 242, 243
Knievel, Evel, 174
Korean War, 84
Koy, Ted, 150
Kralj, Nick, 74, 103
Kristofferson, Kris, 124
KTBC radio station, 86
Ku Klux Klan, 19–20, 74, 183, 199, 224
Küntzi, Christian, 14
L
LaCroix, Butch, 54, 57
LA Free Press, 122
Laird, Bruce, 212
Lamar College, 178
Landry, Tom, 195–196
Lansdale, Joe Richard, 37
Latham, Aaron, 184, 218
Latino community, 226–227
Lauren, Ralph, 180
LBJ High School, 242
LBJ Presidential Library, 106, 109
leadership of Campbell, 156–157
League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions, and the Battle for Truth (Fainaru-Wada and Fainaru), 246
Leaks, Roosevelt, 119, 131, 151
Lee, Dorothy, 27
Leland, Mickey, 125
Lemon Tree Club, 121
Lewis, Jerry Lee, 180
Lewis, Thorndyke, 52
Loewen, James, 199
Lone Star Café, 177
Lonestar Nurseries, 44
Longview, Texas, 27, 55–56
Looney, Douglas, 160, 164
Lopez, David, 226–227
Los Angeles Rams, 180, 200
Los Angeles Times, 7
Loser Takes All: Bud Adams, Bad Football, and Big Business (Fowler), 228
Louis, Joe, 224
“Luv Ya Blue” motto, 4, 208, 210
lynchings, 19
Lyons, Bill, 113–114, 116, 119, 135
M
Madden, Wales, 92
Maharani (head shop), 122
Maher, John, 102, 206
majority-minority demographics, 5
Manning, Archie, 229
Manning, Eli, 229
Manning, Peyton, 229
Maraniss, David, 240, 241
marriage, 202
Marshall, Thurgood, 24–25, 76
Martin, Don, 252
Martin, Harvey, 233
Martinez, Caesar, 259–260
Mauck, Carl, 10, 175, 184, 197, 207–208
Mayfield, Earle, 20, 21
Maysel, Lou, 94
McCaffrey, Christian, 205–206
McClintock, David, 163
McCown, H. Y., 76, 77, 83, 84, 89–90
McEachern, Jenna Hays, 146, 168, 254
McEachern, Randy: and Akers’s coaching style, 154; on Campbell’s football talent, 129–131; marriage, 146; national championship game, 170; and the Red River Shootout, 160–161, 164
McGregor, Laura, 23, 42, 51–52
Means, James, 104
meat business of Campbell, 239, 242–243
Meat on the Hoof (Shaw), 100, 108
media coverage: AP article on UT racism, 95, 100–101, 105, 108, 114–115, 240; and civil rights activism at UT, 95; and Heisman Trophy coverage, 162, 165–170; on UT recruiting problems, 105
medical issues. See injuries and health problems of Campbell
medication, 243–244
Medina, Frank, 149–151, 155–156
Mellard, Jason, 183
Melontree, Andrew, 16
Memorial Stadium, 81, 132, 134, 142
memory problems of Campbell, 8–9
Menil, Dominique de, 218
Mexican-American Studies program, 127
Miami Dolphins, 1–4, 175, 187, 200–201, 208, 246
Michigan State University, 104, 111, 167
Mielly, A. Rogers, 91
Miller, Paddy Joe, 157
Million Air Club, 133
Minnelli, Liza, 177
Mislaid (Zink), 203
Mississippi State, 88
Mitchell, Bettye, 39, 248–250, 249
modesty of Campbell, 137
Monday Night Football, 1–2, 200–201, 208, 221–222, 246
Monk, Kevin, 165
Montana, Joe, 170
Moon, A. C., 20
Moon, Warren, 206
Moore family, 48
Moore Junior High, 28, 53–54
Morris, Jan, 182–183
Morris, Mercury, 204
Morris, Willie, 3, 33, 82, 87, 130, 144–145, 158
Morrison, Van, 123
Mother Earth (club), 122
Mount Olive Baptist Church, 149
Mozell, Reuna, 50–51. See also Campbell, Reuna (wife)
Murillo, Luis, 147
Murray, Jim, 7
MVP award, 9
N
Naked Sun (film), 194
Namath, Joe, 193
naming of Earl Campbell, 14–17
national anthem protests, 145
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 24–25, 126, 205, 257
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), 155, 246
Negro Achievement Day, 158
Negros Associated for Progress, 94
Nelson, Corky, 54–57, 58–60
Nelson, Willie: and Austin counterculture, 122–124; and Campbell’s love of Texas music, 185, 195; and Gilley’s, 180, 185; Royal’s friendship with, 138, 147, 185, 235; and Texas chic, 177–178
nerve therapy, 217
New England Patriots, 236
Newman, Bruce, 162
New Orleans Saints, 187, 215, 232, 235–237
New Republic, 102
New York Daily News, 230
New York Giants, 216, 232–233
New York Times, 38, 226, 228
NFL-AFL merger, 173
NFL Hall of Fame, 50, 103, 170, 200, 215
NFL Players Association, 221, 229�
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NFL Rookie of the Year, 9, 64
nicknames of Campbell, 44, 194–195
Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia, The, (film), 211
Nixon, Richard, 99, 109
Nobis, Tommy, 150
North Dallas Forty (Gent), 186–187, 188–189
Northington, Leo. Jr., 121
North Texas State University (Mean Green), 140
North Toward Home (Morris), 82
North Tyler, Texas, 248
Nothing Strikes Back, 122
Nowotny, Arno, 78
O
Oakland Raiders, 222, 245
Octopus Garden, 122
Ohio State University (Buckeyes), 160
oil industry, 25, 172–173, 176, 202–203, 234
Olian, Mo, 190
O’Neal, Leon, 95
Orangebloods, 6, 152–153, 166
Orange Coats, 93–94
Our Invaded Universities (Dugger), 146
Out of Control: Confessions of an NFL Casualty (Henderson), 220
Owens, Chachie, 138
Oxycontin, 243–244
P
Painter, Theophilus S., 75
Papadakis, John, 102
Paper Lion (Plimpton), 188, 205
Pasadena, Texas, 183
Pastorini, Dan: on Campbell’s competitiveness, 4; on Campbell’s talent, 200, 245; and contract negotiations, 173, 191; and Gilley’s, 183–184; last game as Oiler, 214; Monday Night Football victories, 1–4; and racial dynamics of Oilers, 197; and successful Oilers seasons, 207, 209; toughness of, 193–194; traded, 222
Payton, Walter, 31, 204
peach growing, 44
Pearson, Drew, 213
Penders, Tom, 255–256
Penn State University (Nittany Lions), 167
People, 203
pep rallies, 39, 56, 163, 208
perfectionism of Campbell, 129, 259–260
Perry, Fred, 100
Peters, Robert, 37
Phillips, Alberta, 256
Phillips, Edrina, 177
Phillips, Oail “Bum”: and AFC title games, 209–210, 213–215; background, 177–178, 182; on Campbell’s rookie year, 11; and Campbell’s trade to New Orleans, 235–236; criticisms of, 222; and drafting of Campbell, 179–180; early years with Oilers, 178–179; famous Monday Night Football game, 2; fired from Houston, 221–222, 225; fired from New Orleans, 236; loyalty to Campbell, 215; and Miami Dolphins game, 200–201; named Oilers head coach, 194; reliance on Campbell, 197–198, 211–212, 215–216; and signing of Campbell, 189; support of Campbell, 194; team-building efforts, 196–197
Phillips, Wade, 179–180
Phillips Petroleum, 172
PIBBY (Place in Blacks’ Back Yard) policy, 203–204
Pittsburgh Post, 172
Pittsburgh Steelers, 103, 208–210, 213–215
Places of Their Own: African American Suburbanization in the Twentieth Century (Wiese), 201–202
Plano High School, 62
Plimpton, George, 188, 205
Poindexter, Albert Sidney, 19
politics in football, 188
Porterfield, Billy, 181