The Glory Game: How the 1958 NFL Championship Changed Football Forever

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In 1958 Frank Gifford was the golden boy on the glamour team in the most celebrated city in the NFL. When his New York Giants played the Baltimore Colts for the league championship that year, it became the single most memorable contest in the history of professional football. Broadcast to an audience of millions, it was the first title game ever to go into sudden-death overtime. Its drama, excitement, and controversy riveted the nation and helped propel football to the forefront of the American sports landscape.

Now, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of "The Greatest Game Ever Played," New York Giants Hall of Famer and longtime television analyst Frank Gifford provides an inside-the-helmet account that will take its place in the annals of sports literature. Drawing on the poignant and humorous memories of every living player from the game—including fellow Hall of Famers Sam Huff, Andy Robustelli, Art Donovan, Lenny Moore, and Raymond Berry—as well as the author's own experiences and reflections, The Glory Game captures a magnificent moment in American sports history. It is the story of two very different cities and teams, filled with the joy, the disappointment, and the eternal pride of a day that will forever symbolize all that is great about sports.

Told with gripping immediacy, The Glory Game is an indelible portrait of the NFL's most transcendent hours—a winter version of The Boys of Summer, told by one of football's true legends.

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He talks of many of the night spots that he and the Giants went to, to have an adult beverage and relax. Gifford talks a lot about it being his fault that the Giants lost the game, as he fumbled a couple balls that would have turned into scores. He tells what happened before, during and after the game. I have read 2-3 books on the subject of the "Greatest Game Ever Played," but most of them from the Colts' point of view. Read it. "Unite Us We Stand." There is a wonderful statue of Johnny U in front of the stadium in Baltimore where the Ravens play.

He tells about what some of the guys on both sides are now doing and about the deaths of others like the great Johnny Unitas.

Toots Shorr's, The 21 Club to name a few.

It was Unitas to Berry over and over and over again that beat the Giants that day.

Gifford gives us both sides.

It's not Frank's fault.

This is one of the best reads on the game that I have read.

I can read parts of the game and then go to my tape of the game and see the exact play in which Gifford writes.

What a wonderful book to bring back memories of a little kid, sitting in front of his family's black and white TV set, watching the greatest game ever played.

You will miss out on a whole lot if you do not.

Both teams did themselves proud that day; a day never again to be repeated. He gives credit where credit is due.

The Colts were a special team back then. How well I remember "the glory game".

During the mid-50's I attended high school across the street from memorial stadium. This is a story told with passion but magnanimously.

Johnny U, Lenny Moore, Ray Berry, Artie Donovan and Gino Marchetti - ah, what a team. Frank Gifford writes a great story of times past.

He finds fault where criticism is no doubt also due. Well done Frank.

and my beer drinkin' buddy Bob - up on a rooftop in Sayville NY. I'll order the book today - not that Frank needs the bucks. What a Game it was. Glimpses came in. Gone too soon, but oh the shaken martinis he and I shared.BTW - those of you too young to know. Turning a TV antenna trying to get SOMETHING from (I think) WTOP in Washington. up topside we would go again.+ And the tears did flow.Yeah.

and Giff - I hope you drop a kudo to Fred "The Earl" Exley. Me. his wife I hear has a pretty good job. The game was BLACKED OUT in NY and I think New Haven. and every T.O. And Fred's 'A Fan's Notes' was a helluva football book about those great times. I believe Giff and J.C.Caroline were the only persons to make All Pro on Offense AND defense.We wont mention Bednarik, though.

I bought this book to relive the game I saw on TV when I was a 9 year old Johnny Unitas fan. The details that Frank included in the book gave me insight into the participants and strategies that were part of this game and why it really started it all. A pleasure to read.

Today's players do not have to get part time jobs after the season is over to support a family as these palyers did. The Glory Game is a must read for anyone who likes pro football and the excitement it brings to the American public. Several of the passages hit close to home for me and I hope to contact Mr. This is a book about football and men who played it for the love of playing and trying to make a living. D. Gifford about those events.

The Glory Game will be around for a long time and the names of players found in it are truly those who built the NFL into the sport it is today. Having seen this game on TV at age 22 I am well aware of the history involved and thank Frank Gifford for taking the time to make an in-depth report. Thank you Frank for taking those of us who were there back to the glory years once again. Few books about sports have been written that break down a famous game in the play-by-play fashion this book does and it is nostalgic for those who lived in the era the book describes so vividly. Frank Gifford reveals interesting facts about himself, his teammates and opponents that most any football fan would enjoy knowing about it. They are all winners and the book is too.Norman Jones, Ed.

author of Growing Up in Indiana: The Culture & Hoosier Hysteria Revisited