Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 157243368X, Hardcover)

When the New York Giants joined the National Football League in 1925, only three teams in the NFL today were already in the football business. Follow one of our oldest football franchises from its fledgling days through the championship dynasty of the '50s and '60s, when the team scored six NFL titles in only eight years, an accomplishment that would forever establish the Giants as having one of the largest and most devoted followings of fans in professional football.

From the Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium to Giants Stadium, the Giants have shaped football as we know it. Whether you're a true Noo Yawker or simply a football fan who still remembers the golden age of the sport, What Giants They Were is sure to entertain, educate, and engross you with first-hand accounts of what it was like to be a member of a supreme football power, a giant in the world of sport, from: * Frank Gifford * Pat Summerall * Tom Landry * Y. A. Tittle * Mel Hein, Rosey Brown, and many others

From the days of leather helmets to the age of multimillion-dollar contracts, the legendary New York Giants have provided unparalleled entertainment and excitement for their fans. What Giants They Were captures the incredible history, with first-hand accounts by the players themselves, of one of the most interesting and successful teams in NFL history.

Richard Whittingham has written 27 books, 14 on football, including the award winning "What a Game they Played" and definitive histories of the New York Giants, Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins.

He is also the author of 2 novels and has appeared on ESPN and in NFL Films productions as a commentator on Pro-football.