How did you end up being a Giants fan?

like so many others. Same with the Yankees and to a lesser extent, the Knicks.

Wasn’t much of a sports fan, but one Sunday he was laying on the couch watching a Giant game so I sat down to watch. Fran Tarkenton did one of his patented scrambles for a big gain and I was hooked.

the Giants were the only team in town. Same as the Yankees. If we had come back a few years later I would have been drawn to the Mets and Jets. As much as I suffered with the Giants, the Jets have been worse. I did like Namath.

I got in on the last glory years of Giants and Yankees before they hit hard times. I remember Yelberton Abraham Tittle and his seven TD passes against the Redskins, who were pretty crappy back then, too. Surprised that quite a few have tied that number, including Peyton, but no one has surpassed it.

My father used to go to Giants' games before football became so popular. He was at the stadium for a game one Sunday in December, 1941 when the public address announcer cut in and told all servicemen to leave the stadium and join up with their assigned military units. He didn't tell them why.

Gifford, originally a running back, had moved to "flanker." Alex Webster was a hard-running fullback. These Giants played for the championship in 61, 62, and 63, but lost them all. In 1964 they finished last, with a 2-10-2 record and
then it was the Wilderness until Lawrence Taylor was drafted 2nd in 1981 and was defensive player of the year. Not just defensive rookie of the year, but defensive player of the year.

One play that has always stuck in my mind as symbolic of their futility was when an obscure QB, whose name I can't remember (but will come to me later tonight) was trying to lead the team down the field in the last two minutes to tie. He threw the ball out of bounds to stop the clock. On 4th down.

My mom used to tell the story of how one Sunday when I was 5 I announced during a Giants-Eagles game that "I like the blue team". She used to say my dad spit out his beer, which he denies. Until recent years I liked to tell my dad and brother "God wanted one of us to know what a Super Bowl feels like".

In comment 16498192 j_rud said:

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My mom used to tell the story of how one Sunday when I was 5 I announced during a Giants-Eagles game that "I like the blue team". She used to say my dad spit out his beer, which he denies. Until recent years I liked to tell my dad and brother "God wanted one of us to know what a Super Bowl feels like".

That is a pretty cool story. I’m sorry that that line no longer works.

I blame him entirely.

What a great fuckin guy he was.

and played Aussie rules football until I was 25 and came to NY/NJ for a job (thinking I would stay 2-3 years) in 1980.

I spent many Sundays that first fall/winter watching both the Jets and Giants while trying to figure out what I was watching. The Jets had a better winning record but I was more taken by the Giants and of course LT in particular. I knew that I was hooked a few years later (1983) when I stayed up till almost 1 AM watching a mistake filled Giants - SL Cardinals game that went to overtime.

Been a Giants fan ever since though I moved to Colorado in 1988 (and got to see the game that had the infamous Gary Reasons-Bobby Humphrey hit).

Met Brad Van Pelt....the original 10...I wanted to be him...when I could afford it, because a season ticket holder.

started watching the Giants as it was the local team. I fell in love with Phil Simms. He would get booed incessantly (not by me) but I saw a tough QB that gave it everything he had. I really liked his game and the person. Along came LT and later Mark Bavaro. Just all tough hard nosed football players. I was hooked. Then the Super Bowl. Forgetaboutit!! Been a die
hard fan ever since - good or bad I always watch and root for th win.

Is Giants,Knicks,Rangers and Yankees.i passed it down to my son.

Finger Lakes region. We got 3 channels on our TV - ABC, CBS, NBC. The Giants were always on CBS. NBC carried the minor league AFL. I watched the Giants every Sunday.

Grandpa and Dad. And they had season tickets so that’s all I knew.

It was tough watching Dallas and Steelers in the 70s when I was young always winning. But that all changed when LT came on board.

Was born in late ‘50s in upstate NY (Albany area). Early memories of me sitting with my dad a few years later watching the late Sunday games. YA, Earl Morrell, and Tark were QBs. Jim Katkavage, Homer J etc….I was hooked !!!
Aw…days gone by 🙁

….Ray Scott was the announcer on 5h3 national game !

At least not of the American variety. I thought football was boring but I turned on the Eagles playoff game in 2000 and saw Dixon take the opening kickoff to the house and thought "maybe it's not that boring". I think I turned the game off right after that. But then I tuned in for a good portion of the Vikings game (missed the start). I ended up watching some of the Super Bowl as well. The shitty Super Bowl didn't prevent me from turning on the Giants against the Broncos the day before 9/11. And even that horrible loss to the Broncos didn't prevent me from watching that frustrating 7-9 team. I guess was hooked at that point.

...and a baseball fanatic. 1970's yankees. For years I would also watch football with my dad, whatever national game was on sunday and MNF was an excuse I could use to stay up late.

One day, in my 11th year, I asked "Father, why are the Giants so bad?" and he said "Well son, they used to be champions and are one of the founding NFL teams. They have a long and heroic history, lots of superstars. They were the "yankees" of football in their day. But a decade of mismanagement has brought them low." He went on to explain about the ownership power struggle, the hiring of George Young the year before, and with that change, plus the hire of Ray Perkins, my dad predicted the Giants were about to return to respectability, riding a strong defense.

Honestly, I was getting a little bored with all of the winning I got with the Yankees, and I thought how cool would it be to be a fan of a winning Giants franchise, if I had gotten in while they were still low, instead of a bandwagon jumper. Plus I loved good defense whether baseball or football, so that sounded good to me. Gave my allegiance that year and it's been ever since. I've been rewarded with multiple epic superbowl runs, a lot of winning, a lot of superstars. This post Eli period is just killing me.

My grandpa, as a boy, saw Mel Hein and Tuffy Leemans at the Polo Grounds.

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Match made in Heaven

was a giants fan...

play preseason games at Cornell's Schoellkopf Field in the mid 1960's. Still have autographs of Y.A. Tittle, Earl Morrall, Frank Gifford, Fran Tarkenton and Homer Jones from the games.

I was born in 1951 and followed all the original NY teams and became a Yankee, Giants, Knicks and Rangers fan as far back as I can remember moments in time.
In the early sixties my uncle worked for the same company as Dick Lynch and they became very close friends. Dick became a close family friend and he actually got me my first job at a brokerage firm he was a limited partner in.
The Giants became number 1 way back then and nothing has changed since.
No regrets spending my life as a Giants fan.
They will always feel like family to me.

Was the 1990 NFC title game in San Francisco.

Enough said.

and that’s all we watched. The funny thing was that I was very young around age 4 or 5 and became a Ron Johnson fan,,suffering in the early and late 70s. Man, I didn’t really know what winning was being a giant fan in the 70s. My dad never gave up and the same could be said for me.

I literally can not remember ever not being a fan. My dad used to sit me on his knee to watch the games with him. Rooting for the Giants goes as far back as my memories go.

Aunt had on the game and Lawrence Taylor dominated and I became a fan

Grew up in Binghamton which was/is outside NYC media market but definitely inside NYC team fan zone. We had a Yankees farm team at the time, too, and our family was all Yankee fans including little kid me, so we were pre-disposed towards the City and its sports teams.

Anyway, I came home from some sandlot football on a dreary, damp Sunday afternoon in 1955 to find my father watching PROFESSIONAL football, something I had not known even existed. WNBF-TV, the local CBS affiliate was carrying a game featuring the New York Football GIANTS. I was immediately hooked and began watching every week.

Even after living in western New York for 55 years, I remain a GIANTS (and Yankees) fan. There are a lot of us out here.

He was a diehard. Never missed a game even a preseason game that wasn’t on live , it was on a tape delay at midnight. He would take a nap, set his alarm and then get up in time to watch.
When I was a young boy in the 70’s he would make me sit with him for at least a half and watch the game with him. I could still see him rubbing his hands in excitement when the Giants made a play or a score.
Unfortunately he passed away never seeing them win a SB in 1978. For some crazy reason my passion and can’t miss game mentality was born in 1978 from the infamous fumble game. From that game forward I never have missed a Giants regular season game.
Can’t wait for the day me and him watch a game together again.

Drew Pearson came to our elementary school we had a teacher with a South River connection.

My mom always rooted for the Giants because they were so bad. The Miracle at the Meadowlands turned me to the Giants because they were just so bad and I've been onboard ever since.

fan...I was born and raised at the other end of Cayuga Lake Where a Syracuse station provided the feed in the late 40s.

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In comment 16498192 j_rud said: Quote: My mom used to tell the story of how one Sunday when I was 5 I announced during a Giants-Eagles game that "I like the blue team". She used to say my dad spit out his beer, which he denies. Until recent years I liked to tell my dad and brother "God wanted one of us to know what a Super Bowl feels like". That is a pretty cool story. I’m sorry that that line no longer works.

Yeah, I was really sorry to see that one go...

Always had the Giants game on every Sunday.

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been a fan-addict ever since.

Who was essentially the father figure in my life.

I grew up watching the Giants always hated anything from Philadelphia. the jets were not an option

His shop was on 59 Street between Park and Madison in Manhattan. Some of his customers were Giant players. They gave him tickets to some games at Yankee Stadium and I was hooked for life.

Attended my first game when I was 10 years old 58 years ago. I started taking my sons when they were 10 as well. Perpetuation of the species.

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play preseason games at Cornell's Schoellkopf Field in the mid 1960's. Still have autographs of Y.A. Tittle, Earl Morrall, Frank Gifford, Fran Tarkenton and Homer Jones from the games.

When exactly did they play there? I am Cornell class of '69 so was first there in the fall of 1965. I do not remember them being there. I would definitely have gone to see them.

And giants games for the first time in 1983. Fell in love with the grit and determination of that defense. LT and Carson specifically.

and the Giants blue uniforms. Became a huge fan.

Ironically, all my favorite pro sports teams have blue and red (Giants, Braves, and Barca).

My grandfather had season tickets at Old Yankee Stadium (I believe starting in 1961) and they were passed down to my father and eventually me (had to give them up after 2009 with the move to MetLife and the PSLs).
I grew up going to the games at Giants Stadium with my father and 2 sisters (mother had no interest in football).

My Grandfather only watched college football. So as a little kid in the early to mid 80's I was watching Mark Gastineau, Ken O'Brien and the Jets and LT, Simms and the Giants. The Giants just felt like a real team to me as a little kid. The incredible play off games resonated with me and I got on the Giants bus and never left.

Having said that, as silly as it sounds, even at 48 years old, I still feel some guilt having rooted for the Jets as a little kid. LOL.

and the team was ascending. I got hooked watching games on TV in my living room. I got caught up in the drama and the excitement.

That season, they qualified for the playoffs and played the Bears at frigid soldier field. They lost big time. That was all a prelude to the incredible 86 season.

I was hooked for life.

both baseball and football. However, by the time I was born the baseball Giants were almost twenty years in SF and I went over to the dark side of the Yankees. But we had season tickets to the football Giants and I went every home game with my dad.

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In comment 16498395 GFAN52 said: Quote: play preseason games at Cornell's Schoellkopf Field in the mid 1960's. Still have autographs of Y.A. Tittle, Earl Morrall, Frank Gifford, Fran Tarkenton and Homer Jones from the games. When exactly did they play there? I am Cornell class of '69 so was first there in the fall of 1965. I do not remember them being there. I would definitely have gone to see them.

I went to both games. 1963 played the Bears and 1964 played the Redskins.

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In comment 16498695 jeffusedtobeonwebtv said: Quote: In comment 16498395 GFAN52 said: Quote: play preseason games at Cornell's Schoellkopf Field in the mid 1960's. Still have autographs of Y.A. Tittle, Earl Morrall, Frank Gifford, Fran Tarkenton and Homer Jones from the games. When exactly did they play there? I am Cornell class of '69 so was first there in the fall of 1965. I do not remember them being there. I would definitely have gone to see them. I went to both games. 1963 played the Bears and 1964 played the Redskins.

I might add that they played two more games there. They skipped 1965 and played I think the Steelers in 1966. I missed that one and in 1967 played the Falcons.

inherited from my father and his father
My mother marrried into it and she was complicit too.

Started watching in 1978 and man did I parachute in at a bad time.
Doug Kotar, Carpenter, Mendenhall, Taylor, Pisarcik, Clack...I had no idea the journey I was about to go on over the course of my lifetime.

Attended many a game before he became a season ticket holder in 1953. He got my mom hooked too. They got married on Saturday Oct.24th, 1953 and started their honeymoon on Monday so they could attend the game on Sunday! I was 8 years old when he took me to my first game at Yankee Stadium---Tittle threw 7 TD passes and I was hooked. Seen all the highs and lows ever since. Then had the good fortune to become the photographer for Inside Football. I met David Oliver and we became like brothers as we travelled around shooting the games