Lot # 222: 1956 N.Y. Football Giants Photo Pack (7 signed including Frank Gifford)

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Item was in Auction "Inaugural Auction",
which ran from 10/5/2012 4:00 PM to
10/28/2012 3:27 AM



Led by league MVP Frank Gifford Rookie of the Year Sam Huff and All-Pros Rosey Brown Rosey Grier Andy Robustelli and Emlen Tunnell the 1956 Giants led the Eastern Conference with an 8-3-1 record and went on to defeat the Chicago Bears 47-7 in the championship game. Coached by Jim Lee Howell with assistants Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry along with a roster strewn with Hall of Famers many football scholars rank the 1956 Giants team among the greatest of all-time.Presented is a complete team-issued photo pack in its original mailing envelope. Printed on thin 5x7" glossy paper each card contains a black and white photo of a Giants player along with facsimile signature at the bottom. The reverse of each card contains biographical information on the player. The set issued by the team in 1957 to commemorate their championship season includes 34 players along with coach Howell and broadcaster Chris Schenkel. As an added bonus the owner of this photo pack obtained seven signatures including Frank Gifford (HOF) Bob Schnelker Harland Svare Dick Nolan Ed Hughes Dick Modelewski and Bill Austin. The photos themselves exhibit wear consistent with their age grading roughly VG on average with some better. The envelope is worn with tears at the edges consistent with the photos being stored inside for some time. Overall this is an outstanding document of one of the greatest teams in pro football history along with some key signatures (including a Hall of Famer and several players who would go on to become NFL coaches).

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