Paterno (54 page)

Temple,
46
,
327

Tennessee (football team),
199

Tesner, Buddy,
150

Testaverde, Vinny,
211
,
219
–23

Texas (state),
119
,
308

bowl games in,
117
,
118

Texas A&M,
162
,
259

Texas Christian,
165

Texas Longhorns,
110
,
117
–23,
308

theater,
34

31st Infantry Regiment,
41

Thomas, Blair,
217

Thomas, Dylan,
293

Thousand Points of Light,
248

tickets,
158

contracts and,
83
–84

cost of,
142

ties,
7
,
13
,
28
,
110
,
258

Tigers,
see
Missouri Tigers

tight ends,
150
,
228

Till, Emmett,
126

Times West Virginian,
113

Toledo,
264
–65

touchdowns,
92
,
102
,
120
,
188
,
200
,
228
,
259
,
309

of Cappelletti,
151
,
152

in Fiesta Bowl,
219
,
220

of Hettinger,
356
–57

of Indiana,
229

of Walker,
199

Touched
(Sandusky),
251
,
252

translation,
34
–35

Triponey, Vicky,
312
–15,
343

Truman, Harry,
37
–38

2001
(movie),
113

UCLA,
86
,
94
,
215

Umphrey, Woody,
167

uniforms,
181
–82,
183

United Press International (UPI),
118
,
142

poll of,
117
,
122
,
167

Uruguay,
SS,
162

USA Today,
312
,
335

Van Natta, Don,
340
–41

“Victim
6
,”
253

Viera, Mark,
335

Vietnam war,
142
,
147
,
367

Virgil,
32
,
34
–35

Virginia (football team),
233

Wake, Derek,
300

Walker, Eric,
69
,
95

Walker, Herschel,
198
–200

Wallace, George,
119

Wall Street Journal,
312

Walsh, Bill,
285

Walters, Bucky,
44

Warner, Curt,
195
,
197
,
217

Washington Post,
148
,
254
,
298
,
347
–48

Watergate,
78
,
123
,
142
,
145
,
146
,
147

wealth,
5
,
75
,
78
,
106
,
136
,
150
,
371

of Abbey,
366

Weiss, Dick,
324

Welch Pool,
82

Welsh, George,
86
,
135
,
136

Welsh, Sandra,
86
–87

Westbrooks, Jerry,
267

Western Maryland College,
47

West Virginia (football team),
11
,
116
,
151

When Pride Still Mattered
(Maraniss),
119

White, Bob,
107
,
182
,
208
,
213
,
217
–19,
223
,
284

White, Gordon,
170
–71

White, Jack,
72

White, Randy,
172

Whittier College,
119

Wilbon, Mike,
298

Wildcats,
see
Kansas State Wildcats

Wilkes-Barre (Pa.)
Times-Leader,
280

Wilkinson, Bud,
120
,
137

Williams, Derrick,
306
,
307
–8

Williams, Jim,
222

Williams, Tennessee,
323

Wills, Victor,
280

Wilson, Heartsill,
202

Winged-T offense,
52
,
85

winning,
27
–31,
44
,
49
,
163
–68,
305
–6

in 1968 and 1969,
100

Paterno’s views on,
28
,
29
,
30
,
51
,
73
,
88
,
96
,
101
,
158
,
219
,
242
,
289
,
305

in 2002,
287
–88

in 2011,
327

Wisconsin (football team),
127
,
237
,
278
,
296
,
297
,
309
,
311

wishbone formation,
78

Wisniewski, Leo,
22

women’s sports,
189
–90

Wooden, John,
109
,
215
,
243

Woodward, Stanley,
49
,
171

World Series (1943),
181
–82

World Trade Center,
278

World War I,
25
,
69

World War II,
24
,
37
–39,
55
,
69
,
162

Fiesta Bowl and,
216
,
219

Yale University,
68
–69,
83

Young, Vince,
308

Zitrides, Gus,
52

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