This is a magnificent looking bank from our Gibbs-Conner estate find. This is from the 1956 NFL season and declares the Giants as World Champions.It shows the Giants mascot standing on a half globe of the world and also on a Bears head(they beat the Bears that year in the Championship game 47-7). It stands 7.5" tall and is in superb near mint condition. We have seen only one other of this style Giants bank.

THE 1956 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:

In the 1956 National Football League Championship Game played at Yankee Stadium in New York City on 30 December 1956, the New York Giants defeated the Chicago Bears 47-7. It was the 24th annual NFL championship game.

The game was played on an icy field. To adjust to the conditions, the Giants opted to wear sneakers instead of traditional football cleats. The advantage the sneakers provided in footing was cited as a major factor in New York's romp. Twenty-two years earlier on an icy Polo Grounds field, the Giants had employed the same tactic and beat the Bears to win the 1934 NFL Championship in the famous "Sneakers Game."

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