Giants among men : how Robustelli, Huff, Gifford, and the Giants made New York a football town and changed the NFL / Jack Cavanaugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cavanaugh, Jack.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New York Giants (Football team)--History.

New York Giants (Football team).

Robustelli, Andy.

Huff, Sam.

Gifford, Frank, 1930-2015.

Gifford, Frank.

Football players--United States--Biography.

Football players.

History.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 315 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, [2008]

Contents:

Introduction: The Talk of the Town xiii

1 Return to Winooski Park 3

2 Huff as in Tough 12

3 Mr. High-Low and the Former Bomber Pilot 21

4 The Marlboro Man 35

5 The Meanest Man in the NFL 45

6 Putting Together an Instant Dynasty 56

7 From the Polo Grounds to "The House That Ruth Built" 68

8 The Grocery Boy from the West Side 77

9 The Original Fearsome Foursome 83

10 The Coal Miner's Son 88

11 "Can't Anybody Out There Block?" 94

12 The Complete Football Player 100

13 Ed and Andy's Sports Store to the Rescue 109

14 This Is the Army, Mr. Grier 120

15 The Kicker with the Wrong-way Foot 135

16 "How About That Summerville?" 150

17 Where Have You Gone, Otto Graham? 158

18 "The Best Football Game Ever Played" 165

19 Chuckin' Charlie-Better with Age 184

20 Colts-Giants Redux 203

21 Frank Gifford, Meet "Concrete Charlie" 210

22 High School Handball Star to Coach the N.Y. Giants 222

23 "I'm in Love with Yelberton Abraham Tittle" 241

24 The Last Hurrah? 256.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-296) and index.

ISBN:

9781400067176

1400067170

OCLC:

182528118