the new york giants franchise started in 1925.
the new york giants franchise started in 1925.
when did the new york giants franchise start?
1925
in 1925, the nfl was in need of a franchise in a large city market that could be used to showcase the league. to achieve this, nfl president, joseph carr traveled to new york city to offer boxing promoter billy gibson, a franchise. gibson was chosen by carr since he had owned the league's last new york franchise, the new york brickley giants, in 1921. however, gibson refused the offer for a new franchise, but he did refer carr to a friend of his, tim mara. mara, a bookmaker (then a legal profession), businessman, and promoter, with an investment of us$500, then established the modern-day new york giants franchise. other than the name, there is no relation between the brickley giants and the modern new york giants franchise. mara decided to invest the $500 in the giants as opposed to heavyweight boxer gene tunney in a spur-of-the-moment decision, and started the team with the statement, "an exclusive franchise for anything in new york is worth $500." mara owned the team until his death in 1959, when it was passed on to his sons wellington and jack mara. legally named "new york football giants" to distinguish themselves from the baseball team of the same name, the giants played their first game against all new britain in new britain, connecticut, on october 4, 1925. they defeated new britain 26–0 in front of a crowd of 10,000.
history of the new york giants (1925–78)
other than the name, there is no relation between the brickley giants and the modern new york giants franchise.









































both the new york giants of the national football league and the new york jets (then known as the new york titans) of the american football league used the polo grounds as their home field before moving on to other sites. the giants moved initially to yankee stadium in 1956 while the jets, founded in 1960, followed the new york mets to shea stadium in 1964.
polo grounds