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The '''New York Giants''' are a [[National Football League]] team originating in [[New York City]], but currently based in [[New Jersey]].

(For the major league [[baseball]] team once known as the '''New York Giants''', see [[San Francisco Giants]].)

:Founded:The current Giants team started in [[1925]].
:Formerly known as:
:Home stadium:  [[Giants Stadium]], [[East Rutherford, New Jersey]]
:Uniform colors:  Dark blue with red trim
:Helmet design:  Dark blue, with a white lower-case sans-serif "ny" logo
:League championships won: [[1927]], [[1934]], [[1938]], [[1956]], [[1986]], [[1990]], others
:[[Super Bowl]]s: [[Super Bowl XXI|XXI]] (won), [[Super Bowl XXV|XXV]] (won), [[Super Bowl XXXV|XXXV]] (lost)

=== Franchise history ===
The Giants were created in [[1925]] by original owner [[Tim Mara]].

In [[1934]], the team defeated the [[Chicago Bears]] 30-13 at the [[Polo Grounds]] in icy nine degree temperatures.  At half time, coach [[Steve Owen]] provided the team with basketball shoes for better traction on the icy turf, and the game came to be known as the "Sneakers Game".

In [[1958]], the Giants played the [[Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]] for the NFL championship, in what came to be known as "The Greatest Game Ever Played".

In [[1976]], the Giants moved over to their new stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey from [[Yankee Stadium]]. The stadium is shared with the [[New York Jets]].

In [[1990]], the Mara family sold a 50% interest in the team to [[Preston Robert Tisch]].

=== Players of note ===
'''[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]rs:'''
*[[Sam Huff]]
*[[Steve O'Neill]]
*[[Ken Strong]]
*[[Lawrence Taylor]]
*[[Y.A. Tittle]]
*[[Emlen Tunnell]]

'''Current stars:'''
*[[Tiki Barber]]
*[[Kerry Collins]]
*[[Ron Dayne]]
*[[Michael Strahan]]

'''Retired numbers:'''

:'''Not to be forgotten:'''
*[[Jason Sehorn]]
*[[Phil Simms]]

=== External links ===
* [http://www.giants.com/ New York Giants official web site]
* [http://www.nfl.com/news/story/5706748 NFL article about "The Greatest Game Ever Played"]

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* Adapted from the [[Wikipedia]] article, "New_York_Giants" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Giants http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Giants], used under the [[GNU Free Documentation License]]