New York Giants

The New York Giants are a National Football League team originating in New York City, but currently based in New Jersey.

(For the major league baseball team once known as the New York Giants, see San Francisco Giants.)

Founded: A team called the New York Giants played one season in the National Football League in 1921. The current Giants team started in 1925.

Formerly known as:

Home stadium: Meadowlands Stadium[?], Rutherford, New Jersey

Uniform colors: Dark blue with red trim

Helmet design: Dark blue, with a white lower-case sans-serif "ny" logo

League championships won: 1927, 1934, 1938, 1956, 1986, 1990, others

Super Bowls: XXI (won), XXV (won), XXXV (lost)

Franchise history

The Giants were created in 1925 by original owner Tim Mara[?].

In 1934, the team defeated the Chicago Bears 30-13 at the Polo Grounds[?] in icy nine degree temperatures. At half time, coach Steve Owen[?] provided the team with basketball shoes for better traction on the icy turf, and the game came to be known as the "Sneakers Game".

In 1958, the Giants played the Baltimore Colts for the NFL championship, in what came to be known as "The Greatest Game Ever Played".

In 1990, the Mara family sold a 50% interest in the team to Preston Robert Tisch[?].

Players of note

Football Hall of Famers:

• Sam Huff[?]
• Steve O'Neill[?]
• Ken Strong[?]
• Lawrence Taylor[?]
• Y.A. Tittle[?]
• Emlen Tunnell[?]

Current stars:

• Tiki Barber[?]
• Kerry Collins[?]
• Ron Dayne[?]
• Jason Sehorn[?]
• Michael Strahan[?]

Retired numbers:

Not to be forgotten:

• Phil Simms[?]

External links

• New York Giants official web site (http://www.giants.com/)
• NFL article about "The Greatest Game Ever Played" (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/5706748)