by Larry Schmitt | Mar 2, 2015 | Articles, New York Giants History
The 1933 season is the most significant in the National Football League’s early history. While being mired in the depths of the Great Depression, many significant changes were made during the offseason that ensured not only the fledgling league’s survival, but allowed...
by Larry Schmitt | Feb 13, 2015 | Articles, New York Giants History
by Larry Schmitt with contributions from Rev. Mike Moran for BigBlueInteractive.com The 1930 season was the NFL’s eleventh in operation. Although the circuit had made many significant improvements in its structure, organization and operation, it still was subordinated...
by Larry Schmitt | Jul 6, 2014 | Articles, New York Giants History
The NFL was in a struggle for survival as the manpower shortage created by World War II put a strain on the league’s primary resource, healthy young men. The War Manpower Commission had first dibs on able-bodied young men and it did not take long for the depletion to...
by Larry Schmitt | Jun 15, 2014 | Articles, New York Giants History
The early attempts to organize professional football were no doubt sincere. But results were minimal. In hindsight, it’s easy to see that trial-and-error was the guiding principal for many of the organizational efforts by the nascent National Football League (NFL)....
by Larry Schmitt | Jan 20, 2014 | Articles, New York Giants History
New York Giants – Cleveland Browns 1950-1959 (Part I) When most people think of a fierce rivalry, the first image to arise is often a series of intense, physical contests – two teams meeting on the field, imposing wills, doling out punishment, one trying...