Giants Top Cowboys, 41-31, as QB Tittle Sets Touchdown Mark
Dec. 17, 1962 - At Yankee Stadium yesterday before a sellout crowd of 62,694, the Giants ran their winning streak to 9 games as they...
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Dec 16, 2022
Packers Clinch Western Conference, Will Face Giants in NFL Championship Game Dec. 30
Dec. 16, 1962 - The Green Bay Packers had no worries as they went to work against the Rams in Los Angeles this afternoon. Word arrived...
Dec 12, 2022
Giants’ Allie Sherman is NFL Coach of the Year
Dec. 12, 1962 - Allie Sherman (pictured left with Kyle Rote), coach of the New York Giants, was voted Coach of the Year in the NFL for...
Dec 11, 2022
10 of 22 NFL All-Stars are Packers
Dec. 11, 1962 - The Green Bay Packers are heavily represented on the A.P. All-Star team of the NFL. The roster was released today. The...
Dec 3, 2022
New York Giants Clinch NFL Eastern Conference with Victory over Bears
Dec. 3, 1962 - Four times yesterday Don Chandler (pictured) swung his right leg and four times the ball sailed through the uprights — a...
Nov 2, 2022
Willie Mays Gets Clean Bill of Health
Nov. 2, 1962 - Willie Mays (pictured today at Mount Zion Hospital), center fielder of the San Francisco Giants, was declared in superior...
Oct 3, 2022
Screaming Mob of Delirious Giant Fans Disrupts S.F. International Airport
Oct. 3, 1962 - A screaming mob of 50,000 broke through police lines at San Francisco International Airport tonight while waiting to...
Oct 3, 2022
🚨Giants Take Series Against Dodgers with Stunning Ninth-Inning Comeback
Oct. 3, 1962 - One of the most dramatic and nerve-racking pennant races in years came to an astounding end today when the San Francisco...
Oct 2, 2022
Yankees Wait for World Series Opponent
Oct. 2, 1962 - After a batting drill today, during which Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and other Bombers demonstrated they hadn’t lost...
Oct 1, 2022
Giants Take Opener of Three-Game Playoff with Dodgers
Oct. 1, 1962 - The San Francisco Giants, who only 24 hours earlier had come whirling out of nowhere to toss the National League pennant...
Sep 30, 2022
Dodgers 1-2 in Past Playoff Series
Sept. 30, 1962 - The Dodgers have been in all four of the National League’s playoffs. This forthcoming meeting will be their second with...
Sep 30, 2022
Dodgers Lose, Will Face Giants in Three-Game Playoff
Sept. 30, 1962 - Unable to halt one of the most amazing crackups by a front-runner in major league history, the Dodgers today plunged the...
Sep 30, 2022
Mays Propels Giants Into First-Place Tie with Dodgers
Sept. 30, 1962 - Wonderful Willie Mays smashed his 47th home run of the season today to propel the San Francisco Giants into a...
Sep 29, 2022
Colts Top Giants, Guaranteeing Dodgers at least Tie for Pennant
Sept. 29, 1962 - The Houston Colts beat the San Francisco Giants, 4-2, in the second half of a doubleheader tonight, assuring the...
Sep 27, 2022
Dodgers Blow Chance to Clinch Tie for Pennant
Sept. 27, 1962 - With a chance to clinch a tie for the National League pennant, the Dodgers frittered away leads of 3-0 and 4-2 tonight,...
Sep 27, 2022
Cards Top Giants in Big Jolt to S.F. Pennant Hopes
Sept. 27, 1962 - Gene Oliver’s 3-run homer capped an early St. Louis Cardinal outburst today that stood up for a 7-4 victory over San...
Sep 26, 2022
Dodgers Annihilate Colts, 13-1, Hondo Leads Attack
Sept. 26, 1962 - The Los Angeles Dodgers, faced with the prospect of having their league lead cut to one game if they lost, today...
Sep 20, 2022
Giants Lose Roosevelt Brown to Injury
Sept. 20, 1962 - The New York Giants will be without the services of Roosevelt Brown (pictured with Tom Landry in 1959), their 260-pound...
Sep 19, 2022
Giants Top Cards, Remain 3 and 1/2 Back
Sept. 19, 1962 - A 3-run homer by Willie Mays led the Giants to their first victory in 7 games, a 7-4 decision over the Cardinals in St....
Sep 17, 2022
Braves Top Dodgers, 2-1, L.A. Remains 4 Games Up on S.F.
Sept. 17, 1962 - The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-1, today on Warren Spahn’s 5-hit pitching. The defeat left the...
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