New York Giants vs. Cleveland Browns at Yankee Stadium 1956

On December 9, 1956, 27,000 hardy fans turned up in the Bronx, at New York’s Yankee Stadium, to peer through the gloom while the Giants battled the Cleveland Browns and the weather to overcome a seven-point deficit. Players including Giants’ Frank Gifford, Charlie Conerly, and Kyle Rote, and Browns’ Tommy B. O’Connell, and Fred Lew “Curly“ Morrison struggled and sloshed through the rain and mud … and THEN SNOW! Unfortunately, the Browns plus the weather were real spoilers that day for the Giants. But that didn’t stop the NY Giants from becoming being the 1956 NFL Champions. Players & coaching staff for the NY Giants 1956 football season: (8) Ben Agajanian (11) Don Heinrich (12) Bobby Clatterbuck (16) Frank Gifford (20) Jimmy Patton (22) Henry Moore (25) Dick Nolan (27) Herb Rich (29) Alex Webster (30) Bill Svoboda (33) Mel Triplett (34) Don Chandler (40) Gene Filipski (42) Charlie Conerly (44) Kyle Rote (45) Emlen Tunnell (48) Ed Hughes (55) Ray Wietecha (60) Bill Austin (61) Ray Beck (62) Jack Spinks (66) Jack Stroud (65) Gerry Huth (70) Sam Huff (72) Dick Yelvington (75) Jim Katcavage (76) Rosey Grier (77) Dick Modzelewski (78) Walt Yowarsky (79) Rosey Brown (80) Ken MacAfee (81) Andy Robustelli (82) Hank Burnine (84) Harland Svare (85) Bob Schnelker (89) Cliff Livingston Head Coach: Jim Lee Howell Assistant Coaches: Ken Kavanaugh, Ed Kolman, Tom Landry, Vince Lombardi For availability and licensing inquiries, please contact: Ref: S019