Jim Brown Voted 1963 NFL Player of the Year
Dec. 19, 1963 - Jim Brown of the Cleveland Browns today was voted the 1963 NFL player of the year by United Press International. Brown,...
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Dec 18, 2023
Al Davis of Oakland Raiders Named AFL Coach of the Year
Dec. 18, 1963 - Al Davis, a dynamic young man who lifted the Oakland Raiders from the cellar to a pennant-contending role in one year,...
Dec 18, 2023
Bears’ George Halas Named NFL Coach of the Year
Dec. 18, 1963 - George Halas (pictured with defensive tackle Stan Jones), a stubborn man who taught the youngsters a few new football...
Dec 18, 2023
Bears and Packers Heavily Represented on Western Conference Pro Bowl Team
Dec. 18, 1963 - The Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers landed eight men each today on the Western Conference team in the 14th annual...
Dec 17, 2023
Alex Karras, Suspended Detroit Lion, Quits Bar Business In Hopes of NFL Return in ‘64
Dec. 17, 1963 - Alex Karras (pictured in 1960), the suspended tackle of the Detroit Lions, has quit his bar business, hoping this will...
Dec 17, 2023
Navy’s Staubach Wins Another Collegiate Football Award
Dec. 17, 1963 - What’s Roger Staubach going to do for an encore in 1964? Navy’s All-America quarterback and Heisman Award winner, who...
Dec 16, 2023
NFL Championship Game To Be Presented on Theater Television
Dec. 16, 1963 - An NFL game will be presented on theater television for the first time on Dec. 29 when the New York Giants play the...
Dec 16, 2023
Browns Top Redskins as Jim Brown Passes Mile Mark for 1963
Dec. 16, 1963 - Jimmy Brown went past the mile mark for rushing in a season and Frank Ryan pierced the Washington defense with three...
Dec 16, 2023
Raiders Sneak by Broncos in Oakland
Dec. 16, 1963 - What should have been an easy walk-through for the Oakland Raiders turned out to be a dizzy scramble yesterday at Frank...
Dec 16, 2023
Colts Top Rams as Unitas Sets Record
Dec. 16, 1963 - Johnny Unitas set an NFL pass-completion record yesterday highlighted by a 14-yard touchdown toss to Tom Matte with 33...
Dec 15, 2023
Packers Make No Excuses for Loss of Crown
Dec. 15, 1963 - The NFL crown the Green Bay Packers have worn for two years was taken away today when the division races ended and the...
Dec 15, 2023
Giants Top Steelers, Win East Again
Dec. 15, 1963 - The New York Giants today defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team that had come up to challenge them for the Eastern...
Dec 15, 2023
Cowboys Top Cardinals, End Season 4-10
Dec. 15, 1963 - Tom Landry, coach of the Dallas Cowboys, had a warm smile at the end of the cold day at Busch Stadium and of a long...
Dec 14, 2023
Last Game Played at Polo Grounds is Jets Loss
Dec. 14, 1963 - The end came quietly at 4:36 p.m. today for the grand dame, the Polo Grounds. She was 72. The scoreboard lights atop the...
Dec 14, 2023
Packers Edge 49ers in San Francisco
Dec. 14, 1963 - The Packers kept their championship hopes alive today with long passes that edged the 49ers in San Francisco, 21-17....
Dec 14, 2023
Chiefs Dominate Patriots in Kansas City
Dec. 14, 1963 - Len Dawson passed for 3 touchdowns today and ran 43 yards for another to lead the Chiefs, playing probably their best...
Dec 13, 2023
AFL Commissioner Talks “World Series” of Football
Dec. 13, 1963 - Commissioner Joe Foss of the American Football League says the NFL has refused to meet the AFL in a world championship...
Dec 12, 2023
Tittle Named NFL’s Most Valuable Player
Dec. 12, 1963 - Not only is Y.A. Tittle the most valuable player of the New York Giants, but he is the most valuable player in all of the...
Dec 12, 2023
Some Top NFL Players Retiring
Dec. 12, 1963 - Some fine professional football players will bow out this weekend. The San Francisco 49ers will start Joe Perry (pictured...
Dec 11, 2023
Halas Named NFL Coach of the Year
Dec. 11, 1963 - George Halas, the 68-year-old pro football pioneer and Hall of Fame member whose Chicago Bears are close to another...
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