Product Description

On December 28, 1958, the New York Giants played the Baltimore Colts at Yankee Stadium for the NFL Championship, the first ever NFL game to go into sudden death overtime. The game was televised nationally, a rarity in 1958, and featured players and coaches whose names are among the most well-known in the legend and lore of football: Frank Gifford, Alan Ameche, Sam Huff, Andy Robustelli, Tom Landry, Johnny Unitas, Rosie Grier, and Alex Webster. For the first edition of the book Klein formed chapters around interviews with twelve prominent players, five of whom have since died. The 50th anniversary edition contains new interviews with players left out of the first edition--Frank Gifford, Art Donovan, and Ray Perkins. As well as a "where are they now?" update on all the players mentioned.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #556223 in Books
• Published on: 2008-11-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

About the Author
Dave Klein was a sports writer for the Newark Star-Ledger until his retirement in 1996. Only one of four sportswriters to have covered all 41 Super Bowls, he currently operates E-GIANTS, subscription-only newsletter that reaches 2500 recipients. The author of over 20 other books, he lives in Newark, New Jersey.

Customer Reviews

Buyer Beware!
I owned a copy of the first edition of this book but since this new edition was advertised to contain new interviews of Frank Gifford, Art Donovan and Ray Perkins(???), and since I like to read anything connected with this great game, I bought it. I was dismayed to find it contained no new material other than the "where are they now" segments attached to each of the interviews from the first edition. The book is 258 pages long, not 288 as advertised. The "where are they now" material can be interesting (Sam Huff's continued rancor against Allie Sherman for the 1964 trade makes for great reading). However, potential customers should be aware that this edition is not as advertised