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The 1934 NFL Championship Playoff, popularly remembered as "The Sneakers Game", [2] was the second scheduled National Football League (NFL) championship game. Played at the Polo Grounds in New York City on December 9, [3] it was the first title game for the newly created Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy. With a remarkable fourth quarter, the New York ...
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NFL teams: West, East. The 1934 NFL season was the 15th regular season of the National Football League (NFL). Before the season, the Portsmouth Spartans moved from Ohio to Detroit, Michigan, and were renamed the Detroit Lions. The season ended on December 9 with the NFL Championship Game played for the new Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy.
Hall of Fame team owner George Preston Marshall then permanently relocated his franchise to Washington, D.C. the following season. One of the odder iconic games in league annals was the 1934 NFL Championship Game that is now referred to as “The Sneakers Game.”. The Giants hosted the Chicago Bears in a rematch of the previous season’s ...
The outcome of the 1934 NFL Championship Game, played at the Polo Grounds in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, was perhaps determined by an unusual x-factor: basketball sneakers ...
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The 1934 NFL Championship winner was the New York Giants, who defeated the Chicago Bears by a 30-13 score in the NFL Championship. When was the 1934 NFL Championship? The 1934 NFL Championship was played on Dec 9, 1934.
