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The 1960 New York Giants season was the franchise's 36th season in the National Football League. The Mara family was opposed to the AFL adding a team in New York, but received an indemnity fee of ten million dollars.
Name Comp Att % Yds TD Int Eli Manning: 4,895 8,119 60.3 57,023 366 244 Phil Simms: 2,576 4,647 55.4 33,462 199 157 Kerry Collins: 1,447 2,473 58.5
Tim Mara founded the Giants in the year 1925. Benny Friedman with the Giants. The Giants were founded in 1925 by original owner Tim Mara with an investment of $500. [1] Legally named "New York Football Giants" (which they still are to this day) to distinguish themselves from the baseball team of the same name, they became one of the first teams in the then five-year-old National Football League.
The rosters of the two teams were combined under the Giants name and this led to immediate improvement as the Giants record soared to 13–1–1 in 1929. [30] Friedman's arrival in particular boosted tickets sales and fan interest, which more than covered the expense of his high salary ($10,000). [ 31 ]
The 1960 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 78th year in Major League Baseball.The team moved their home games from Seals Stadium to the new Candlestick Park.In their third season in the Golden Gate City, the Giants finished in fifth place in the National League, 16 games behind the World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates.
Cowboys 31, Giants 31 (December 4, 1960) – The first meeting between the Cowboys and Giants occurred in 1960 at Yankee Stadium.The game ended in a 31–31 tie. Eddie LeBaron threw three touchdowns for Dallas including two in the fourth quarter, while George Shaw and Lee Grosscup combined for three touchdown throws for the Giants.
The 1960 game represented a chance for Philadelphia to add to the consecutive titles in 1948 and 1949, but they had declined to only two wins in 1958. [7] Head coach Buck Shaw was in his third season with the Eagles, his final year as a head coach, and had turned around the team from a 2–9–1 record in 1958 to seven wins in 1959 to a ...
The New York Giants all-time roster is split by name into the following two lists: New York Giants all-time roster (A–Kim) New York Giants all-time roster (Kin–Z)