The Glory Game: How the 1958 NFL Championship Changed Football Forever

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In 1958 Frank Gifford was the golden boy on the glamour team in the most celebrated city in the NFL. When his New York Giants played the Baltimore Colts for the league championship that year, it became the single most memorable contest in the history of professional football. Broadcast to an audience of millions, it was the first title game ever to go into sudden-death overtime. Its drama, excitement, and controversy riveted the nation and helped propel football to the forefront of the American sports landscape.

Now, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of "The Greatest Game Ever Played," New York Giants Hall of Famer and longtime television analyst Frank Gifford provides an inside-the-helmet account that will take its place in the annals of sports literature. Drawing on the poignant and humorous memories of every living player from the game—including fellow Hall of Famers Sam Huff, Andy Robustelli, Art Donovan, Lenny Moore, and Raymond Berry—as well as the author's own experiences and reflections, The Glory Game captures a magnificent moment in American sports history. It is the story of two very different cities and teams, filled with the joy, the disappointment, and the eternal pride of a day that will forever symbolize all that is great about sports.

Told with gripping immediacy, The Glory Game is an indelible portrait of the NFL's most transcendent hours—a winter version of The Boys of Summer, told by one of football's true legends.

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He tells about what some of the guys on both sides are now doing and about the deaths of others like the great Johnny Unitas. I have read 2-3 books on the subject of the "Greatest Game Ever Played," but most of them from the Colts' point of view. He tells what happened before, during and after the game. You will miss out on a whole lot if you do not.

What a wonderful book to bring back memories of a little kid, sitting in front of his family's black and white TV set, watching the greatest game ever played. Read it. It was Unitas to Berry over and over and over again that beat the Giants that day. It's not Frank's fault.

Toots Shorr's, The 21 Club to name a few. Gifford talks a lot about it being his fault that the Giants lost the game, as he fumbled a couple balls that would have turned into scores. Gifford gives us both sides. "Unite Us We Stand." There is a wonderful statue of Johnny U in front of the stadium in Baltimore where the Ravens play.

I can read parts of the game and then go to my tape of the game and see the exact play in which Gifford writes. He talks of many of the night spots that he and the Giants went to, to have an adult beverage and relax. This is one of the best reads on the game that I have read.

Both teams did themselves proud that day; a day never again to be repeated. He finds fault where criticism is no doubt also due. He gives credit where credit is due.

The Colts were a special team back then. Frank Gifford writes a great story of times past. During the mid-50's I attended high school across the street from memorial stadium.

This is a story told with passion but magnanimously. Well done Frank. How well I remember "the glory game".

Johnny U, Lenny Moore, Ray Berry, Artie Donovan and Gino Marchetti - ah, what a team.

What a Game it was. and every T.O. and my beer drinkin' buddy Bob - up on a rooftop in Sayville NY. The game was BLACKED OUT in NY and I think New Haven.

And Fred's 'A Fan's Notes' was a helluva football book about those great times. up topside we would go again.+ And the tears did flow.Yeah. his wife I hear has a pretty good job. Gone too soon, but oh the shaken martinis he and I shared.BTW - those of you too young to know. and Giff - I hope you drop a kudo to Fred "The Earl" Exley. Me.

I'll order the book today - not that Frank needs the bucks. I believe Giff and J.C.Caroline were the only persons to make All Pro on Offense AND defense.We wont mention Bednarik, though. Turning a TV antenna trying to get SOMETHING from (I think) WTOP in Washington. Glimpses came in.

A pleasure to read. I bought this book to relive the game I saw on TV when I was a 9 year old Johnny Unitas fan. The details that Frank included in the book gave me insight into the participants and strategies that were part of this game and why it really started it all.

They are all winners and the book is too.Norman Jones, Ed. Thank you Frank for taking those of us who were there back to the glory years once again. Few books about sports have been written that break down a famous game in the play-by-play fashion this book does and it is nostalgic for those who lived in the era the book describes so vividly. D. This is a book about football and men who played it for the love of playing and trying to make a living. The Glory Game is a must read for anyone who likes pro football and the excitement it brings to the American public.

Gifford about those events. The Glory Game will be around for a long time and the names of players found in it are truly those who built the NFL into the sport it is today. Having seen this game on TV at age 22 I am well aware of the history involved and thank Frank Gifford for taking the time to make an in-depth report. Today's players do not have to get part time jobs after the season is over to support a family as these palyers did. author of Growing Up in Indiana: The Culture & Hoosier Hysteria Revisited Several of the passages hit close to home for me and I hope to contact Mr.

Frank Gifford reveals interesting facts about himself, his teammates and opponents that most any football fan would enjoy knowing about it.