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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
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