Emlen Tunnell
Chat with our AI personalities
The New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys are two of the most historic teams in the NFL. The teams also have a link. Tom Landry played for the New York Giants before he became the legendary head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.
Jim Thorpe played for the New York Giants (baseball) in 1913 and played sporadically with them as an outfielder for three seasons. After missing the 1916 season completely, he came back to play for the Giants in 1917 but was sold to the Cincinnati Reds early in the season. Late in the season, he was sold back to the Giants. Again, he played sporadically for the Giants in 1918 and was traded to the Boston Braves
Red Grange played running back and defensive back.
Since 1950, there have been four noteworthy players who have worn number 44 for the New York Giants -- Pro Bowl wide receiver/halfback Kyle Rote (1951-61), running back Doug Kotar (1974-79, 1981), blocking fullback Maurice Carthon (1985-91), and running back Ahmad Bradshaw (2007-current as of 2012). Safety Tom Longo (1969-70), safety Richmond Flowers (1971-73), defensive back Pete Shaw (1982-84), fullback Kenyon Rasheed (1993-94), defensive back Robert Massey (1997), running back Sean Bennet (1999) and running back Derrick Ward (2004 only -- he wore 34 from 2005-08) are among others who have worn number 44 for the Giants.
The New York Giants were 13 games back at the end of August 11 before rallying to win the National League Pennant by 1 game over the Brooklyn Dodgers.