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New York Giants

This is for the current NFL football team, the New York Giants. For the original football team to take the name, see Brickley's Giants. For the professional baseball team of that name that played in New York from 1883 through 1957, see San Francisco Giants.

Conference NFC
Division East
Founded 1925
Home Field Giants Stadium
City East Rutherford, New Jersey
Colors Dark blue, red, and white
Head Coach Tom Coughlin
All-Time Record (W-L-T)
(At Start of 2005 Season)
593-508-33

The New York Giants are a National Football League team originating in New York City, but currently based in New Jersey. They currently play in the NFC East Division.

Founded: The current Giants team started in 1925.
Formerly known as: The New York Football Giants (still the legal name of the corporate entity which owns the team)
Home field: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey (1976-)
Previous home fields:
Polo Grounds (1925-1955)
Yankee Stadium (1956-1973)
Yale Bowl (1973-1974)
Shea Stadium (1975)
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
Super Bowls: XXI (won), XXV (won), XXXV (lost)

Franchise history

Giants primary logo (1976-1999); alternate logo (2000-Present)

The Giants were created in 1925 by original owner Tim Mara.

The Giants are one of the original teams of the NFL.

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 Baltimore Colts for the NFL championship, in what came to be known as "The Greatest Game Ever Played".

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

In 1987, the Giants defeated the Denver Broncos 39-20 in Super Bowl XXI. Phil Simms was named MVP after completing 88% of his passes. This Giants team began the recent football tradition of dousing the head coach with a cooler of ice cold water near the end of a victorious game that clinches some sort of championship.

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

In 1991, the Giants defeated the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV 20-19 in one of the most dramatic Super Bowls ever played, which culminated in Scott Norwood's missed FG. Ottis Anderson was named MVP.

In 2001, the Giants were defeated by the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV by the score of 34-7. Ray Lewis was named MVP.

In 2004, the Giants fired head coach Jim Fassel after a 4-12 season and signed Tom Coughlin to the position.

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Players of note

Pro Football Hall of Famers

Current players

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Tight Ends

Tackles

Guards

Centers

Defensive Ends

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Linebackers

Cornerbacks

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In 2004, the Giants fired head coach Jim Fassel after a 4-12 season and signed Tom Coughlin to the position. Previously, people entered the movie theater whenever they showed up and left whenever they wanted; after Psycho, movie theaters quickly began adopting a policy of setting specific times for showing films and (generally) not letting people in afterwards. Ray Lewis was named MVP. This was so the surprises of the film would remain surprises. In 2001, the Giants were defeated by the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV by the score of 34-7. In the advertising campaign in its original run, Hitchcock told movie theater owners not to allow seating after the movie began. Ottis Anderson was named MVP. Psycho is often considered to be the first of the slasher movie genre.

In 1991, the Giants defeated the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV 20-19 in one of the most dramatic Super Bowls ever played, which culminated in Scott Norwood's missed FG. Its box office success helped propel Hollywood toward more graphic displays of previous censorsed themes. In 1990, the Mara family sold a 50% interest in the team to Preston Robert Tisch. It was unprecedented in its depiction of sexuality and violence (in addition, it was the first film ever to depict a flushing toilet onscreen). This Giants team began the recent football tradition of dousing the head coach with a cooler of ice cold water near the end of a victorious game that clinches some sort of championship. Psycho is an example of the types of film that appeared in the 1960s after the erosion of the Production Code. Phil Simms was named MVP after completing 88% of his passes. Part of its effect was due to the use of startling editing techniques borrowed from the Soviet Montage filmmakers, and to Bernard Herrman's bizarre but effective musical score.

In 1987, the Giants defeated the Denver Broncos 39-20 in Super Bowl XXI. The most original and influential moment in the film is the "shower scene", which became iconic in pop culture because it was one of the most terrifying scenes ever filmed. The stadium is shared with the New York Jets. One example of the radicalism of Psycho is its storyline: by repeatedly setting up protagonists and then killing them off, Hitchcock plays on audience expectations of Classical storylines, which are then violated. In 1976, the Giants moved to Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey from Yankee Stadium. Psycho's unconventional storytelling and stylized photography and editing show the influence of the French New Wave and the European art films that Hitchcock admired. In 1958, the Giants played the Baltimore Colts for the NFL championship, in what came to be known as "The Greatest Game Ever Played". Psycho is often seen as a turning point in film history, representing the shift from Classical to the more experimental "Post-Classical" film.

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". The last scene shows Bates totally taken over by his "mother.". In 1934, the team defeated the Chicago Bears 30-13 at the Polo Grounds in icy nine degree temperatures. At the end of the film a forensic psychiatrist (Oakland) explains to Lila, Sam and the police that Bates' mother is really dead and that Bates periodically assumes her personality; the dominant half of his personality is his re-imagining of his mother. The Bates personality has no idea that his mother is dead, so has no knowledge of "her" crimes. The Giants are one of the original teams of the NFL. Only at that moment is the killer revealed to be Norman Bates himself (cross-dressed in his mother's clothing, complete with wig). The Giants were created in 1925 by original owner Tim Mara. Lila goes up to the basement of the Bates' adjacent home only to find the corpse of Bates' mother.

They currently play in the NFC East Division. Lila and Sam next go to the motel to follow up when the private detective disappears. The New York Giants are a National Football League team originating in New York City, but currently based in New Jersey. Arbogast traces her to the Bates Motel and eventually meets the same fate as Marion. Lawrence Taylor #56. Marion's sister Lila (Miles) and boyfriend hire a private detective, Milton Arbogast (Balsam), to find her. Ken Strong #50. The rest of the film deals with the search for Marion.

Charlie Conerly #42. Bates is horrified when he finds the corpse, but cleans up as if he has done this several times before. Joe Morrison #40. Unlike Mary from the novel, Marion is not decapitated in the scene. Al Blozis #32. She stabs Marion to death in the famous shower scene (with its now trademark score by Bernard Herrmann, featuring the screeching violins). Tittle #14. It turns out that Bates' mother is not ill physically, but mentally.

Y.A. Although the motel receives few visitors, Norman keeps it open to give him some relief from taking care of his ill mother. Norman's other hobby is taxidermy: birds are his favorite subject. Phil Simms #11. She stops in at the Bates motel, run by Norman Bates (Perkins) because it is raining and she keeps drowsing off. Mel Hein #7. This road was originally the main route, so it has an old motel on it. Tuffy Leemans #4. Just across the state line in California, she trades her car and some cash with a new car because she believes she is being followed; on the way back to Phoenix she misses a turnoff and eventually ends up on a nearly-deserted road.

Ray Flaherty #1. Instead of depositing the money she leaves town with it with the intention of asking Sam to marry her. Ryan Kuehl. Marion returns to work and receives $40,000 in cash from her boss to deposit at the bank. Willie Ponder. The movie's first scene takes place in a cheap hotel room and shows Marion Crane (Leigh) and her boyfriend Sam Loomis (Gavin) in their undergarments after a Friday afternoon tryst. Jeff Feagles. The first movie starred Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, Martin Balsam, John Gavin, Vera Miles, and Simon Oakland.

Jay Feely. The book had Mary Crane from Dallas, Texas as the leading lady. Since a real Mary Crane exists, Alfred Hitchcock changed her into Marion Crane from Phoenix, Arizona. Jack Brewer. In 1998 a remake was directed by Gus van Sant, for which he was awarded a Golden Raspberries Award. Brent Alexander. The affecting, subtly humorous screenplay was written by Joseph Stefano, who later went on to be the producer of (and frequent episode writer for) the pioneering mid-1960s science fiction television series The Outer Limits. Gibril Wilson. Robert Bloch's pulp novel Psycho was made into a black-and-white feature film in 1960 by Alfred Hitchcock.

Shaun Williams. In order to get Psycho made, Hitchcock had to put up the cash himself. Mark Jones. In 1993, the video-artist Douglas Gordon exhibited a version of Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film which was slowed down so that it lasted for 24 hours. Frank Walker. Her killing remains a mystery. Will Peterson. Despite a US$50,000 reward and an international investigation, the case is still unsolved.

Will Allen. Valerie was killed at night at home by an unknown intruder with a hammer and a knife. Kevin Lewis. Percy (R, Il) days before its scheduled airing caused CBS to cancel this plan. Nick Greisen. Senator Charles H. Reggie Torbor. In 1966, CBS had planned to air Psycho. However, the September 18 murder of Valerie Percy, 21, one of the twin daughters of then-U.S.

Carlos Emmons. Psycho is consistently in the top 25 on the Internet Movie Database's list of top 250 films, was #18 on American Film Institute's 100 Years, 100 Movies and #1 on its 100 Years, 100 Thrills, and has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Barrett Green. A knife, wielded by Hitchcock himself, plunging into a melon was the source of the sound effect. Antonio Pierce. Chocolate sauce, which shows up better than stage blood on black-and-white film, was used as the blood for the infamous shower scene. Norman Hand. To test the scare factor of the "mother's corpse" prop, Hitchcock placed it in Janet Leigh's dressing room and listened for how loud she screamed when she discovered it.

Fred Robbins. Although there is little visible gore portrayed on the screen, the infamous "shower scene" is often regarded as one of the most frightening sequences in cinema history. Kendrick Clancy. Psycho was the first film to show a toilet being flushed onscreen. Lorenzo Bromell. Psycho was the first film to introduce a single main character and then kill her halfway into the film - a rather shocking turn of events in 1960, with no apparent indication of where the story might go afterwards. Osi Umenyiora. Bloch states that he did not realize "how closely the imaginary character I'd created resembled the real Ed Gein both in overt act and apparent motivation" until years later.

Michael Strahan. The idea that "the man next door may be a monster unsuspected even in the gossip-ridden microcosm of small-town life" [1] (http://www.darkecho.com/darkecho/horroronline/bloch.html) took root in Bloch's subconscious at that time. Wayne Lucier. Robert Bloch lived in Weyauwega, Wisconson, close to Ed Gein's stalking grounds in 1957, when the Gein murders were discovered. Shaun O'Hara. Macy as Arbogast, Viggo Mortensen as Sam Loomis, Julianne Moore as Lila Crane, and Robert Forster as the psychiatrist. Chris Snee. Anne Heche plays Marion Crane, with Vince Vaughn as Norman, William H.

Rich Seubert. A few small changes are introduced to make explicit the original movie's sexual subtext. Jason Whittle. The remake is in colour and features a different cast, but aside from this it is a virtually shot for shot remake that copies Hitchcock's camera movements and editing. Ed Ellis. In 1998, Gus Van Sant remade Psycho. David Diehl. Bates Motel (1987) is a TV movie in which the motel is taken over by a new, equally psychotic owner.

Luke Petitgout. The sequels are generally considered weak and unimaginative in comparison to the original. Kareem McKenzie. Anthony Perkins returned to his role in all three sequels, and Vera Miles returned to hers in Psycho II. Psycho IV was written by Joseph Stefano, who wrote the original film. Visanthe Shiancoe. The film spawned four sequels: Psycho II (1983), Psycho III (1986), and Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990); the latter was a TV movie. Marcellus Rivers.

Jeremy Shockey. David Tyree. Willie Ponder. Jamaar Taylor.

Tim Carter. Plaxico Burress. Amani Toomer. Jim Finn.

Derrick Ward. Mike Cloud. Tiki Barber. Jared Lorenzen.

Jesse Palmer. Tim Hasselbeck. Eli Manning. Emlen Tunnell.

Tittle. Y.A. Lawrence Taylor Linebacker (1999). Ken Strong.

Steve O'Neill. Wellington Mara Co-Owner (1997). Tom Landry Coach (1990). Arnold Weinmeister Defensive End (1984).

Sam Huff Linebacker (1982). Morris 'Red' Badgro End, (1981). Alphonse 'Tuffy' Leemans halfback, Fullback (1978). Frank Gifford Halfback (1977).

Roosevelt 'Rosey' Brown Tackle (enshrined in 1975). Tom Coughlin 6-10-0 2004-present. Jim Fassel 60-55-1 1997-2003. Dan Reeves 32-34-0 1993-1996.

Ray Handley 14-18-0 1991-1992. Bill Parcells 85-52-1 1983-1990. Ray Perkins 24-35-0 1979-1982. John McVay 14-23-0 1976-1978.

Bill Arnsparger 7-28-0 1974-1976. Alex Webster 29-40-1 1969-1973. Allie Sherman 57-54-4 1961-1968. Jim Lee Howell 55-29-4 1954-1960.

Steve Owen 153-108-17 1931-1953. Benny Friedman and Steve Owen 2-0-0 1930. LeRoy Andrews 24-5-1 1929-1930. Earl Potteiger 15-8-3 1927-1928.

Joe Alexander 8-4-1 1926. Bob Folwell 8-4-0 1925.