Pat Summerall walks the sidelines during warm ups to the NFC Divisional Playoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants at Texas Stadium on January 13, 2008 in Irving, Texas. The Giants defeated the Cowboys 21-17.
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New York Giants at Yankee Stadium, 1960. "One last thing I want to say," Grier told LIFE, "is that I objected on the field to anyone who would deliberately go out to hurt a player on another team. Now, football is a dangerous, violent sport. People get hurt. But take a player like [Cleveland Hall of Famer] Jim Brown. Opponents would deliberately go out and, after a play, twist his ankles and do other things to try and hurt him. When I saw my guys try that stuff, I would pull them aside and say, 'We don't have to win game like that.' So today, whenever I see a referee throw a flag for a late hit or whatever, I am so happy. Because here's a guy, a good ball player, and someone intentionally tries to hurt him, to damage his ability to provide for his family. At that point, you're not just messing up that guy, you're messing up the game. I wouldn't have it. We won fair, or not at all. That's the only way I knew how to play."
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New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) under pressure from Dallas Cowboys defensive end Hatcher Jason (97) at Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford New Jersey on Jan. 2, 2012. The New Giants defeat The Dallas Cowboy 31 to 14 to claim the NFC East title.
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New York Giants quarterback Charlie Conerly drops back to pass during a game against the Steelers, 1960.
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Die-hard New York Giants fans watch a football game on a motel TV, out of the range of the New York-area TV blackout during home games in December 1962.
New York Giants star Willie Mays, 1954.
New York Giants star Willie Mays, 1954.
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New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the Giants defeated the New England Patriots in the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game in Indianapolis, Indiana, Feb. 5, 2012
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New York Giants' Plaxico Burress, right, arrives at Manhattan Supreme Court for arraignment with an unidentified man on Monday, Dec. 1, 2008, in New York.
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In this Nov. 11, 1970, file photo, Pat Summerall, former New York Giants place kicker and now CBS sportscaster, discusses the field goal explosion in NFL football in New York.
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The shoe of New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz bears the words "R.I.P. Jack Pinto," in Atlanta, Georgia, December 16, 2012.
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Indianapolis Colts fans watch their team play the New York Giants, during the 2010 season.
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New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, left, and defensive end Michael Strahan celebrate the Giants' 17-14 win over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, Feb. 3, 2008
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Former New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan
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Fans arrive to watch the New York Giants play the Miami Dolphins at Wembley Stadium, in London on Sunday, October 28, 2007.
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Trent Dilfer of the Baltimore Ravens and Kerry Collins of the New York Giants
Against the odds, the New York Giants defeated the previously unbeaten New England Patriots 17-14. Relive the memories from a classic Super Bowl right here.
