Old Print Ad: Pro Football Game Tickets (1947)

The New York Giants finished 2-8-2 that season.

This very bare-bones print ad appeared in the same 1947 Bronx high school newspaper that I posted from earlier. It was a special offer to students who wanted to see the New York Giants play pigskin. The game–as well as the Giants’ season–ended up a disappointment, with the New York squad being shut out 14-0. But the price was right. The ad copy in full:

“FOOTBALL

Polo Grounds
Sunday
October 19 2:05pm

New York Football Giants

vs.

Boston Yanks

School students will be admitted for 50 cents at special entrance. 159th Street and 8th Avenue only.”

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