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NY GIANTS HISTORY 1920 - 1929
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New York Giants 1925
● Tim Mara purchased a National Football League franchise for New York for $500.

●Bob Folwell was named head coach.

● All-time great Jim Thorpe was signed. Thorpe was later released by the team after the third game of the season.

●The Giants played their first game at the Polo Grounds, losing to the Frankford Yellow Jackets, 14-0. Later that season, more than 70,000 jammed the Polo Grounds to see the Giants play Red Grange and the Chicago Bears. The Giants went 8-4 in their first season.
1926
Joe Alexander 1927
Doc Alexander
●Bob Folwell left and was replaced by Dr. Joseph Alexander as head coach. Despite an 8-4-1 record in 1926, Tim Mara lost $40,000.

●After the season concluded, the seventh place Giants faced the American Football League champion Philadelphia Quakers. The Giants won convincingly, 31-0.
1927 ● Earl Potteiger replaced Dr. Joseph Alexander in 1927 and the Giants won their first title with an 11-1-1 record. (Note: until the NFL’s playoff system was established in 1933, the team with the league’s best record was awarded the championship title.)

●In the 13-game season the Giants defense posted ten shutouts and allowed only 20 points all year.
1928 ● After a dismal 4-7-2 season in 1928, Tim Mara decided it was best to clean house. Head coach Earl Potteiger and eighteen players were not asked to return for the following season. Tackle Steve Owen would be the only returning starter from that season. It still ranks as one of the most massive turnovers in football history.
1929
 ● Before the season began, Tim Mara purchased a struggling Detroit Wolverines franchise in order to obtain the rights to quarterback Benny Friedman and the best of the Detroit players for the Giants. LeRoy Andrews became the new head coach.

●The 13-1-1 Giants averaged 25,000 fans, turned a small profit and narrowly lost the NFL title to the Green Bay Packers, who finished 12-0-1.


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revmoran Tickets and Season Pass 0 Jan 27 2010, 6:57 PM EST by revmoran
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Does anyone have tickets, stubs, or season passes from the Giants in the 1920s - I picked up a season pass from 1926 - it says "admit bearer plus one" and I'm wondering if it was complimentary or were these for sale? I have a photo of the pass at http://history.giants.com/photo/8822658/1926+Giants+Season+Pass It's about an inch and a half across and shaped like half a football. In later years the Giants would advertise tickets and their prices in the programs - and at the end of the year they advertise for the following year - but I don't see that in any programs I have from 1925 and 1926.
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Martin75 Corrections 1 Mar 21 2009, 11:30 AM EDT by revmoran
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1925-Thorpe,being well at the end of his career,was signed for his name recognition.He was paid $200 for a 1/2 game of play(avg pay was $75 per game).He couldn't make it through 1/2 of the FOURTH game & retired afterwards.
1929-Five other veterans (besides Owen) returned to the GIANTS after '28:Murtagh,Hagerty,Wilson,Moran & Plansky who was also a starter.As for the other 4,I'm not sure if any of them started.
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Martin75 1927 Defense 0 Mar 21 2009, 8:57 AM EDT by Martin75
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In addition to the 10 goose eggs sqeezed out of the GIANTS opponents they also played 3 exhibition games & racked up another 3 shutouts!
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