by Larry Schmitt | Aug 30, 2024 | Articles, New York Giants History
(with contributions from Alan March and Mike Moran) The New York Football Giants enter their one-hundredth season of competition as one of the most recognizable franchises in the National Football League. It was the vision of Joe Carr, commissioner of the struggling...
by Larry Schmitt | Sep 1, 2023 | Articles, New York Giants History
Through their first ninety-nine seasons, the New York Football Giants have participated in some of the most famous games in professional football history: “The Sneakers Game” in 1934, “The Greatest Game Ever Played” in 1958, and the 2007 Giants upsetting the 18-0 New...
by Larry Schmitt | Nov 14, 2021 | News and Notes
Robert Lee Huff, popularly known as “Sam,” an All-Pro and Pro Football Hall of Fame member who helped popularize professional football during its ascendancy in the late 1950s, and the first recognizable personality who played only defense, passed away at the age...
by Larry Schmitt | Jun 8, 2021 | News and Notes
Jim Fassel, who was head coach of the New York Giants from 1997-2003, passed away Monday night in a Las Vegas hospital from a heart attack at the age of 71 after being admitted with chest pains. Fassel was a colorful coach whose up-and-down tenure was marked by...
by Larry Schmitt | Oct 10, 2017 | News and Notes
Yelberton Abraham Tittle, better known as “Y.A.”, an All-Pro and Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinee, who spent four of his 17-seasons in Pro Football with the New York Football Giants, passed away at the age of 90. Tittle was received by New York in a trade with San...
