You will not get this list anywhere else! The NY Giants will pay tribute to 30 Big Blue legends Sunday night during halftime. The team has released 6 names and the full list will not be known until the game, unless of course you are the Ghost of Lombardi. Without further delay, here's the full list...
Harry Carson- Linebacker
Benny Friedman- Quarterback
Roosevelt Brown- Tackle
Frank Gifford- Halfback
Alphonse (Tuffy) Leemans- Halfback, Fullback
Morris (Red) Badgro- End
Sam Huff- Linebacker
Arnold Weinmeister- Defensive Tackle
George Martin- Defensive end
Wellington Mara- Co-Owner
Lawrence Taylor- Linebacker
Tim Mara- Founder
Mel Hein- Center
Cal Hubbard- Tackle
Steve Owen- Coach
Ken Strong- Halfback
Emlen Tunnell- Defensive Back
Amani Toomer- Wide Receiver
Andy Robustelli- Defensive End
Y.A. Tittle- Quarterback
Phil Simms- Quarterback
Michael Strahan- Defensive end
Tiki Barber- Running Back
Bill Parcells- Head Coach
Otis Anderson- Running Back
Robert Tisch- Co-owner
Ray Flaherty- Coach, (first number to be retired by any team in major league sports)
Al Blozis- Tackle
Charlie Conerly- Quarterback
Joe Morrison- Running Back
12 comments:
I would have added Leonard Marshall, Alex Webster, Del Shofner and a few others.
Is it true that Tuffy Leemans used to play guitar on the team bus? I imagine with his given first name, all songs were in the key of A!
Dr.Jeff-I agree mostly. Especially Alex Webster. He always popped up in big game stories. Marshall, not so much. Don't get me wrong, he was really good but if it wasn't for LT, there is no Marshall.
Steven- That's the first I ever heard about Tuffy playing guitar on the bus. Interesting tidbit if it's true. Also, nice inside joke.
Only the inside joke part was real. Not too many people have that first name, and of course I thought of you know who. Had Tuffy actually played guitar, I'm sure the Ghost of Lombardi would have been aware.
Ghost, here is who I had:
7 LT
8 Huff
9 Emlen Tunnell
10 Flaherty (retired number)
11 Morrison (retired number)
12 Tittle (retired number)
13 Conerly (retired number)
14 Strong (retired number)
15 Blozis (retired number -- died in WWII)
16 Steve Owen (coach from 1930 to 1953)
17 Leemans (retired number)
18 Rosey Brown
19 Carson
20 Wellington Mara
21 Tim Mara (Wellington's father)
22 Spider Lockhart
23 Kyle Rote
24 Del Shofner (stretch.....)
25 Toomer
26 Bavaro
27 Armstead (moment of silence...)
28 Benny Friedman
29 Andy Robustelli
30 Arnie Weinmeister
The over under for me on the remaining 24 was 18.....so I think I hit that number. Love the blog, pal. The 12th Man.
Steve- haha ok. I thought you had some underground info on Tuffy. Our "Tuffy" sure does love that A chord.
12th Man- Awesome man. Thanks for stopping by. Please sign up as a follower, lord knows I need em'I like your list. You think Spider and Armstead make it? Could happen. One that I'm not sure of is George Martin. He was a 70's early 80's fan fav but his sack number is only 46 as they didn't count sacks for his first 7 years. Hope he makes it.
Will do, Ghost. I hate you for remembering Badgro!!! He's on my wall and I left him off. DAMN!!!! Armstead is wishful thinking (I think) and I threw Spider on because I thought he deserved it for playing well on some horrifying teams. He was a bit before my time so I'm going off what my dad would say about him. Great blog, pal. The 12th Man.
Spider Lockhart was my favorite Giant on defense. When I was a little kid playing football on the streets of Brooklyn, if I ever made a pick, I'd say I was like Spider.
The Giants were god-awful in those days, and he was one of their few good players.
...my favorite defensive player when i was 10 years old, not all time. Don't want you to think i'm a numbskull. Obviously, LT is the greatest defensive player in the history of the NFL.
12th man-Thanks again.
Steven- I could actually picture you as a little kid, running around Brooklyn as "Spider". That's your new nickname now, hope you like it. Funny though, when I was a kid, everybody was into "tagging". Tagging is writing your "nickname" on public property. My tag name was Spider. Ahh youth, so dumb.
Ghost!!! Armstead made it. I actually only saw his name while watching the game. George Martin made it as well.
12th Man - 1
Ghost of Lombardi - 1
Jerry- Haha man. Wow Armstead made it! I'm surprised. I wonder how Armstead made it but they left off Carl Banks? Banks should've made the cut.
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