| Founded | 1919 (Original) 1921 |
|---|---|
| Folded | 1922 |
| Based in | New York City, New York |
| League | APFA (National Football League) |
| Team history | New York Giants (1921) |
| Team colors | Black, orange, gold, cream [citation needed] |
| Nickname(s) | Brickley's Giants |
| Head coaches | Charles Brickley |
| Owner(s) | New York Giants (1919) Billy Gibson (1921) |
| Named for | Charles Brickley, New York Giants baseball club |
| Home field(s) | Commercial Field (2 games) Ebbets Field (1 game) Polo Grounds (1 game) |
The New York Giants (informally known as Brickley's Giants and Brickley's New York Giants) were a professional American football team with the American Professional Football Association (now the National Football League) whose only season played was in 1921. The team has also been referred to as the Brooklyn Giants and Brickley's Brooklyn Giants. The Brickley's Giants were the first of 17 professional football teams to represent New York City at one time or another. The team was founded in 1919 by Charles Brickley, who received All-American honors while at Harvard. Brickley's Giants played two games in their only season, losing to the Buffalo All-Americans, 55–0, and the Cleveland Tigers, 17–0.[1] It was the second-shortest-lived franchise in APFA/NFL history, behind only another former New York APFA team, the Tonawanda Kardex, who played only one game in the same 1921 season.