In a 14-10 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles at the Polo Grounds in 1952, The Philadelphia Daily News reported that Conerly had been sacked 17 times. record for being tackled while attempting to pass. But if quarterback sacks were recorded in his early seasons when the Giants seldom had good teams, he might hold the N.F.L. The only Giants record he still holds is one he would prefer not to have: most career interceptions, 167. "He brought us home each time."ĭuring his 14 seasons, Conerly established Giants records for career touchdown passes (173), completions (1,418), passing yardage (19,488) and attempts (2,833). "I went to Charlie four times that year," recalled Allie Sherman, then the Giants' coach. Tittle, the bald quarterback who had been obtained from the San Francisco 49ers shortly before the season opened. At age 40 in 1961, his final season, he was the backup to Y. In 1959, Conerly, then 38 years old, was the N.F.L.'s top-ranked passer, but the Giants lost the title game in Baltimore, 31-16. "I don't think we were as good as them, but it was a letdown to lose." "The Colts had a great team," Conerly would say years later.
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But the Colts forced overtime on Johnny Unitas's passes to Raymond Berry that positioned Steve Myhra's tying 17-yard field goal, then won on Alan Ameche's 1-yard touchdown in in what some people still consider to be pro football's most historic game. In the 1958 title game, Conerly collaborated with Gifford on a 15-yard touchdown pass for a 17-14 lead late in the fourth quarter.
Those Giant teams also finished first in the Eastern Conference in 19 before losing both championship games to the Baltimore Colts. "Charlie was the biggest reason for that."Ĭonerly, Gifford, Ky'e Rote, Alex Webster, Roosevelt Brown, Andy Robustelli, Sam Huff, Emlen Tunnell, Jim Patton and Pat Summerall were suddenly the toast of New York football fans. "The next year, the Giants had a sellout every game because of what we did in 1956," Frank Gifford, a teammate, once said. With silver-streaked black hair and a ruggedly handsome face that would later be seen in the "Marlboro man" cigarette advertisements, Conerly was the quiet leader of the Giant team that popularized pro football in New York in 1956 with an 8-3-1 record and a 47-7 rout of the Chicago Bears in the N.F.L. 19, his birthday, when he underwent triple-bypass heart surgery. He was 74.Ĭonerly, who lived in Clarksdale, Miss., not far from Memphis, died of heart failure after a long illness, according to his wife, Perian. Charlie Conerly, the quarterback who led the New York Giants to the 1956 National Football League championship and held virtually all of the club's career passing records until Phil Simms surpassed them, died yesterday in Methodist Hospital in Memphis.
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