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Dec 17, 2022

Giants Top Cowboys, 41-31, as QB Tittle Sets Touchdown Mark

Dec. 17, 1962 - At Yankee Stadium yesterday before a sellout crowd of 62,694, the Giants ran their winning streak to 9 games as they...

Dec 16, 2022

Packers Clinch Western Conference, Will Face Giants in NFL Championship Game Dec. 30

Dec. 16, 1962 - The Green Bay Packers had no worries as they went to work against the Rams in Los Angeles this afternoon. Word arrived...

Dec 12, 2022

Giants’ Allie Sherman is NFL Coach of the Year

Dec. 12, 1962 - Allie Sherman (pictured left with Kyle Rote), coach of the New York Giants, was voted Coach of the Year in the NFL for...

Dec 11, 2022

10 of 22 NFL All-Stars are Packers

Dec. 11, 1962 - The Green Bay Packers are heavily represented on the A.P. All-Star team of the NFL. The roster was released today. The...

Dec 3, 2022

New York Giants Clinch NFL Eastern Conference with Victory over Bears

Dec. 3, 1962 - Four times yesterday Don Chandler (pictured) swung his right leg and four times the ball sailed through the uprights — a...

Nov 2, 2022

Willie Mays Gets Clean Bill of Health

Nov. 2, 1962 - Willie Mays (pictured today at Mount Zion Hospital), center fielder of the San Francisco Giants, was declared in superior...

Oct 3, 2022

Screaming Mob of Delirious Giant Fans Disrupts S.F. International Airport

Oct. 3, 1962 - A screaming mob of 50,000 broke through police lines at San Francisco International Airport tonight while waiting to...

Oct 3, 2022

🚨Giants Take Series Against Dodgers with Stunning Ninth-Inning Comeback

Oct. 3, 1962 - One of the most dramatic and nerve-racking pennant races in years came to an astounding end today when the San Francisco...

Oct 2, 2022

Yankees Wait for World Series Opponent

Oct. 2, 1962 - After a batting drill today, during which Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and other Bombers demonstrated they hadn’t lost...

Oct 1, 2022

Giants Take Opener of Three-Game Playoff with Dodgers

Oct. 1, 1962 - The San Francisco Giants, who only 24 hours earlier had come whirling out of nowhere to toss the National League pennant...

Sep 30, 2022

Dodgers 1-2 in Past Playoff Series

Sept. 30, 1962 - The Dodgers have been in all four of the National League’s playoffs. This forthcoming meeting will be their second with...

Sep 30, 2022

Dodgers Lose, Will Face Giants in Three-Game Playoff

Sept. 30, 1962 - Unable to halt one of the most amazing crackups by a front-runner in major league history, the Dodgers today plunged the...

Sep 30, 2022

Mays Propels Giants Into First-Place Tie with Dodgers

Sept. 30, 1962 - Wonderful Willie Mays smashed his 47th home run of the season today to propel the San Francisco Giants into a...

Sep 29, 2022

Colts Top Giants, Guaranteeing Dodgers at least Tie for Pennant

Sept. 29, 1962 - The Houston Colts beat the San Francisco Giants, 4-2, in the second half of a doubleheader tonight, assuring the...

Sep 27, 2022

Dodgers Blow Chance to Clinch Tie for Pennant

Sept. 27, 1962 - With a chance to clinch a tie for the National League pennant, the Dodgers frittered away leads of 3-0 and 4-2 tonight,...

Sep 27, 2022

Cards Top Giants in Big Jolt to S.F. Pennant Hopes

Sept. 27, 1962 - Gene Oliver’s 3-run homer capped an early St. Louis Cardinal outburst today that stood up for a 7-4 victory over San...

Sep 26, 2022

Dodgers Annihilate Colts, 13-1, Hondo Leads Attack

Sept. 26, 1962 - The Los Angeles Dodgers, faced with the prospect of having their league lead cut to one game if they lost, today...

Sep 20, 2022

Giants Lose Roosevelt Brown to Injury

Sept. 20, 1962 - The New York Giants will be without the services of Roosevelt Brown (pictured with Tom Landry in 1959), their 260-pound...

Sep 19, 2022

Giants Top Cards, Remain 3 and 1/2 Back

Sept. 19, 1962 - A 3-run homer by Willie Mays led the Giants to their first victory in 7 games, a 7-4 decision over the Cardinals in St....

Sep 17, 2022

Braves Top Dodgers, 2-1, L.A. Remains 4 Games Up on S.F.

Sept. 17, 1962 - The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-1, today on Warren Spahn’s 5-hit pitching. The defeat left the...