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Giants’ Manager Al Dark Wins Sportsmanship Award

Jan. 24, 1963 - Alvin Dark (pictured) joined some of baseball’s most famous figures today as a winner of the Sportsmanship Award of the Sportsmanship Brotherhood. Dark, who piloted the Giants to the National League pennant in his second year as manager and who was one of the best shortstops of his era, is the sixth baseball figure to win the Sportsmanship Award. The others were Walter Johnson, Connie Mack, Lou Gehrig, Mel Ott, Billy Southworth, and Stan Musial. #MLB #baseball

Dec 30, 2022

Packers’ Jim Taylor: “I Never Took a Worse Beating”

Dec. 30, 1962 - “I never took a worse beating on a football field,” said Green Bay fullback Jim Taylor (#31) in the dressing room following the Packers’ 16-7 win over the Giants in the NFL championship game today at Yankee Stadium. Taylor, whose seven-yard run in the second period gave the Packers their only touchdown, added, “The Giants hit me hard, and then I hit the ground hard. I got it both ways.” Taylor, the league’s leading rusher this year, said Giant defenders hurled

Dec 30, 2022

🚨Packers Top Giants in NFL Championship Game for Second Consecutive Year

Dec. 30, 1962 - Yankee Stadium was no place for a warm-blooded mammal today — especially Y.A. Tittle of the New York Giants. His passing arm was as cold as a popsicle. As a result, the Green Bay Packers scored a 16-7 triumph and captured the NFL crown for the second straight year. Field goals of 26, 29, and 30 yards — all by Jerry Kramer — provided the margin of victory. A capacity gathering of 64,892 witnessed this closely contested affair. The most conspicuous witness in at

Dec 29, 2022

Frigid Weather Forecast for NFL Championship Game at Yankee Stadium

Dec. 29, 1962 - Snow and frigid temperatures are threatening to complicate tomorrow’s NFL championship game at Yankee Stadium between the Green Bay Packers and the New York Giants. Odds on the Packers to retain the championship held fast at six-and-a-half points when official forecasts predicted two inches of snow. The Giants, beaten in last December’s frosty championship game in Green Bay, 37-0, are expected to be hampered more by unfavorable playing conditions than the Pack

Dec 24, 2022

Giants and Packers Prepare for Championship Game Dec. 30

Dec. 24, 1962 - The New York Giants relaxed with family and friends today during a three-day break for Christmas, and Coach Allie Sherman said he expected every player to be in shape for Sunday’s championship game against the Green Bay Packers. When the Giants resume practice Wednesday, it will be at Bear Mountain, approximately 40 miles north of New York City. In the event of inclement weather, the Giants will work out in the U.S. Military Academy fieldhouse at nearby West P

Dec 23, 2022

🚨Dallas Texans Beat Houston Oilers in OT Thriller to Win 1962 AFL Championship

Dec. 23, 1962 - A 24-yard field goal by rookie Tom Brooker (#81) in the second overtime period brought the Dallas Texans a 20-17 victory over the Houston Oilers in the American Football League championship game today. Houston, league champions for the first two years of AFL history, came back from a 17-0 deficit to tie the game and send it into sudden death overtime. The only other overtime game in professional history involved the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants in the N

Dec 22, 2022

Lombardi and Sherman to Coach NFL Pro Bowl Jan. 13 at Los Angeles Coliseum

Dec. 22, 1962 - Vince Lombardi (right) of the Green Bay Packers and Allie Sherman (left) of the New York Giants, pro football’s winningest coaches, today accepted positions as head coaches of the West and East respectively for the NFL Pro Bowl game Jan. 13 in the Los Angeles Coliseum. It will be a rematch of their world championship meeting next Sunday at Yankee Stadium, and for the title game loser, a chance for a measure of revenge. This is the second time as head Pro Bowl

Dec 17, 2022

Giants’ QB Tittle Has Bruised Back, X-Rays Negative

Dec. 17, 1962 - Y.A. Tittle (right), the New York Giants’ great passer, had a bruised back today, the result of a fall in Sunday’s game against Dallas. “I was worried last night,” said Tittle, “but the X-rays were negative. I’ll be all right for Green Bay.” The mishap came in the final minutes of the 41-31 victory over the Cowboys. Tittle already had tied the NFL record of 32 touchdown passes in a season and was trying to break the record. On fourth down, he rolled out and bo

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 ended their regular season. They beat the Dallas Cowboys, 41-31, with quarterback Y.A. Tittle leading the way. Tittle hurled 6 touchdown passes and increased his season total to 33, surpassing the old NFL record of 32 set by John Unitas of the Colts in 1959 and equaled last year by Sonny Jurgensen of the Eagles. However, Unitas established the m

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 early from Chicago that the Bears had beaten the Detroit Lions, 3-0, on a last-period field goal, and that result clinched the 1962 Western Conference championship for the Packers. So, the suspense has ended: the championship game at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, Dec. 30, will be between the New York Giants and the Packers, the three-years-in-a-ro

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 the second straight year today in the AP balloting by a committee of sportswriters and broadcasters from the 14 league cities. Sherman shaded the Washington Redskins’ Bill McPeak by three votes. Vince Lombardi of Green Bay and Tom Landry of Dallas were close behind, followed by George Wilson of the Detroit Lions. “I am very grateful for this h

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 Packers had 10 of the 22 players selected on the offensive and defensive units. Paul Hornung, the player of the year in 1961, did not make the team selected by sportswriters and broadcasters from the 14 league cities. Green Bay’s star halfback missed about half the season because of a knee injury. Jim Taylor, a fullback; Ron Kramer, end; Forre

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 total distance of 126 yards — for field goals that brought the New York Giants the Eastern Conference title of the NFL. The last 3-pointer counted the most. It gave the Giants the points that beat the big bad Chicago Bears, 26-24, in one of the roughest games of the season. It was New York’s seventh straight triumph, matching the previous Gia

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 physical condition today as he left San Francisco’s Mount Zion Hospital. Dr. Harold H. Rosenblum (right), chief of medicine at the hospital, made the pronouncement at a news conference following three days of tests on baseball’s highest-paid player. Willie said the results were no surprise. “I knew what was wrong,” Mays said. “I was just tir

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 welcome home the pennant-winnning San Francisco Giants. The surging mass disrupted air traffic and forced the team’s plane to land a mile away at a maintenance base. The mob, pushing and tugging and spilling over onto runways and aprons, halted incoming and outgoing air traffic. “We had seven or eight flights disrupted,” said a spokesman from the

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 Giants vanquished the Dodgers, 6-4, in the third and deciding game of the National League playoff. Before an incredulous Los Angeles crowd of 45,693, the Dodgers, holding a 4-2 lead in the ninth inning, simply fell apart. Al Dark’s San Franciscans jammed four runs across the plate that inning on two singles, four walks, and a Dodger error. Th

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 their touch at the plate, Yankee manager Ralph Houk said, “The club is in fine shape, and I couldn’t be happier. In fact, we’re in better shape than we were for the series last year.” The Yankees are still in the dark regarding their opponent in the World Series. Many on the club were rooting for the Dodgers to beat the Giants in their playoff s

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 race into a deadlock, were still rolling today. Gaining momentum with each passing moment, the suddenly inspired San Franciscans unloaded four home runs, two by the amazing Willie Mays. With these lethal blows, they crushed the Los Angeles Dodgers at Candlestick Park, 8-0, in the opener of their two-of-three-game playoff series. Thus the Gian

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 the Giants. Of the three playoffs in which the Dodgers have appeared to date, they have won only one. That was in 1959 (pictured), when they downed the Milwaukee Braves in two straight games. In the first National League playoff in 1946, the Dodgers, then under Leo Durocher, bowed to the Cardinals. In 1951, they were to lose again, only this

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 National League pennant race into its fourth playoff series in 17 years. Minutes after the scoreboard in Los Angeles revealed that Willie Mays’s homer in San Francisco had resulted in a victory over Houston, Gene Oliver of the Cardinals belted a homer that jarred a gathering of 42,325 into stunned silence. The blow, coming in the top of the