Sep 21st 2008 4:42PM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Colts, Giants, NFL Fans

Anyone who has ESPN clearly knows that Yankee Stadium will hold its final baseball game today. I’m not as awed about the place closing as others are … but it did remind me what the stadium meant to the history of the NFL.

People forget that Yankee Stadium was also an NFL field. The New York Football Giants played their home games there from 1956 to 1973.

In the 1956 NFL Championship Game, the Giants offensive assistant was Vince Lombardi. The defensive assistant was Tom Landry. Pretty strong.

Yankee Stadium was the site of “The Greatest Game Ever Played” — the 1958 NFL Championship game between the Giants and the Baltimore Colts. The Colts won in overtime, 23-17, the first time the NFL title was won by sudden death (above is the audio from that game).

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