5 Greatest Giants of All Time

any so-titled list that doesn't start with LT is rendered too silly to be considered seriously.

For fun, here's mine (with caveat, I started following the Giants circa 1980)...with a general criteria of greatness, longevity, how good they were in their prime, meaning to the organization, and playing big when it counted most:

1. LT
2. Eli
3. Strahan
4. Tiki
5. Simms

so I can't compare the players I've seen to the ones who came before I started watching (in the '50s). But I do like your list.

or they consider all the picks equal, but if it's 1 through 5 ranked, then L.T. is not ranked correctly, he is, above and beyond everybody else on the list the greatest Giant player of all time......he's probably the 2nd or 3rd best player to play, regardless of team, and the top defensive player of all-time

No Sam Huff, Mel Hein,...
Nevertheless, a good list.

No Sam Huff, Mel Hein,...
Nevertheless, a good list.

1) Lawrence Taylor
2) Frank Gifford
3) Emlen Tunnell
4) Harry Carson
5) Eli Manning

Needs a new job.

LT is the greatest Giant ever and it's really not close.

Shit, he's one of the best players in history. Period.

Just in my lifetime:
LT
Strahan
Tiki
Eli
Simms
Honorable mention: Carson, Bavaro, Hampton, Banks, Toomer

All time is tough because I didn't see some real greats. Here is my crack:

LT
Strahan
Gifford
Huff
Roosevelt Brown

???

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1. Taylor
2. Strahan
3. Carson
4. Manning
5. Simms

Near misses: Tiki Barber and Mark Bavaro. Tiki had a much longer career, but they are similar in that they were both dominant for about three years - Bavaro at the beginning of his career, Tiki at the end of his.

1. LT
2. Frank Gifford
3. Rosey Brown
4. Michael Strahan
5. Andy Robustelli

This was harder than I thought it would be. Making a list of all time Giants that doesn't include Mel Hein or Sam Huff just seems wrong but if you are drawing the line at 5 this is my 5.

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No Robustelli?? No Carson?? No Huff ???

Mine would be

1. LT
2. Carson
3. Tiki
4. Strahan
5. Eli
Honorable mention: Armstead, Bavaro, Banks, Simms, Toomer, Cruz.

Taylor
Simms
Gifford
Carson
Spider Lockhart

I can't choose 5 but I know Bavaro would be on my list. Granted, he's my favorite Giants of all time - that's for sure.

but I saw an MSN list today that displayed the 25 greatest pro teams of all time. Not just NFL, but pro sports in general.

Guess who made the list....

Yup...you guessed it....the 2007 Pats.

Thanks, try the veal.
Oh those top 25 lists.,... - ( New Window )

Taylor
Eli
Stray
Tiki
Huff

6 - 10
Sims
Carson
Em Tunnell
Rosey Brown
Connerly

hon mention
Toomer
Bavaro

hard to say about the players before the 50's - like Benny Friedman for example

To the garbage with this list.

1. Andre.
2. Baba.
3. Oglas.
4. Goliath.
5. Jolly Green.

# 4 would be to low for all time NFL, let alone all time Giants

1. Jim Brown
2. Lawrence Taylor
3. let the debate begin

got the players right but in the wrong order. At least this wasn't in that annoying slide show format. I'm sure we can all agree on that.

... is like keeping babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig off a Yankees list.

Eight times an All-Pro center, the NFL's MVP in 1938; center of two NFL Championship teams; played in 7 total NFL championship games. First class inductee in pro football HOF in 1963 and member of the NFL's 50th and 75th All time NFL teams. Let's not forget what this guy meant to the franchise.

Probably #2 on list after LT. Throw in Gifford, Manning and Rosy Brown and there's your top 5.

Task!

1-LT

2-Eli

3-Rosy Brown

4-Gifford

5-Tunnell

But I'd be fine putting Eli at #1. The guy came up enormous in the most important spots possible.

ELI
TITTLE
BARBER
BANKS

In comment 12159597 kinard said:

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... is like keeping babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig off a Yankees list. Eight times an All-Pro center, the NFL's MVP in 1938; center of two NFL Championship teams; played in 7 total NFL championship games. First class inductee in pro football HOF in 1963 and member of the NFL's 50th and 75th All time NFL teams. Let's not forget what this guy meant to the franchise. Probably #2 on list after LT. Throw in Gifford, Manning and Rosy Brown and there's your top 5.

saw Mel play

Doesn't anyone remember him? Dryer anyone?

but IMO he's a Viking.

Dryer was a cop and Stepfanie Kramer was da bomb.

Maybe Fran was my second favorite after Joe Morrison.

LT
Eli
Harry
Simms
Bavaro

It did say "all time", right? Meaning "all time", right?

That being stated.

1) Lawrence Taylor
2) Roosevelt Brown
3) Mel Hein
4) Emlen Tunnell
5) Frank Gifford

1) LT
2) Gifford
3) Strahan
4) Huff
5) Eli
5b) Hein (on stats, never saw him obviously).

1) LT
2) Gifford
3) Strahan
4) Huff
5) Eli
5b) Hein (on stats, never saw him obviously).

exercise many times in the past. It should be the top 10, but if limited to 5, I agree with BB 56"s list.

2. Mel Hein
3. Emlen Tunnell
4. Rosey Brown
5. Michael Strahan

YA
ELI
Carson
LT
Strahan

Should have Bavaro, Hampton, Marshall, Simms and if I had enough time I could probably think of another 55

But how does any list with all time Giants not have LT at four.

Mike Sherrard
Zeke Mowatt
Dave Brown
Jarrod Bunch
Cedric Jones

they've never seen play ... it's like saying "Mighty Mouse" belongs on there, because if you haven't actually seen someone play, then he is basically a fictional player you heard about but have no personal basis for making any comparison. None at all.

Further, what makes someone a "great Giant"? Tiki Barber was probably the best running back that ever played for the Giants organization, but he sure as hell was not a great Giant. In fact, imo he was a disruptive force and a fucked up teammate who ruined the lockeroom cohesion of the teams he played on. He was the Terrell Owens of the Giants. Certainly a great running back, but sure as hell not a Great Giant.

To me, to make a list of Great Giants, you must have been a great player as well as a great leader. When I think of leaders, someone like George Martin comes to mind. Or a Van Pelt and Carson. Taylor and Simms. Bavaro and Banks. A Strahan or Mannning.