Scout
"During his 35-odd years in football, Harry Buffington has gained wide experience on virtually every level of the game, experience that he now brings to the Giants' scouting department. In his time, the Pryor, Oklahoma native has been player, coach, scout, recruiter and personnel expert.
His professional playing experience includes one year with the Giants (1942) when he played running back, guard and linebacker; and three years with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the AAC (1946-48). As a collegian, Harry was an all-conference wingback and blocking back for three years at Oklahoma A&M. He received a Master's Degree in secondary school administration there in 1947.
Buffington was head coach and athletic director at Austin College in Texas from 1951-54, and from 1955-62 was defensive coach at Oklahoma State. He filled the same role at Texas Tech in 1963 and then coached the defense for the Edmonton Eskimos in Canada (1964-65). Since 1966, Harry has been an area scout with CEPO."
-1974 New York Giants Media Guide
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
1974 Profile: Sid Moret
Equipment Manager-Assistant Trainer
"For the past 25 years, Sid Moret has been an invaluable contributor to the behind-the-scenes operations of the New York Giants. He has filled a variety of necessary roles, including equipment manager, assistant trainer and director of clubhouse morale. Sid, a New Yorker all the way (via Brooklyn, that is), is a product of New York University.
He joined the staff of the Giants in 1949 (the same year as co-trainer John Johnson) and assumed the dual role of equipment man and part-time trainer. Moret worked with the NYU Athletic Association after leaving school and, during World War II, he was associated with the Gene Tunney physical fitness program in the U.S. Navy (1943-45). In 1946-47, Sid was introduced to professional sports as trainer for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the old All-America Conference. Prior to joining the Giants, Brooklyn-born Moret handled the training chores for Brooklyn College (1948-49).
At various times, Sid has also served as trainer for basketball teams visiting Madison Square Garden."
-1974 New York Giants Media Guide
"For the past 25 years, Sid Moret has been an invaluable contributor to the behind-the-scenes operations of the New York Giants. He has filled a variety of necessary roles, including equipment manager, assistant trainer and director of clubhouse morale. Sid, a New Yorker all the way (via Brooklyn, that is), is a product of New York University.
He joined the staff of the Giants in 1949 (the same year as co-trainer John Johnson) and assumed the dual role of equipment man and part-time trainer. Moret worked with the NYU Athletic Association after leaving school and, during World War II, he was associated with the Gene Tunney physical fitness program in the U.S. Navy (1943-45). In 1946-47, Sid was introduced to professional sports as trainer for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the old All-America Conference. Prior to joining the Giants, Brooklyn-born Moret handled the training chores for Brooklyn College (1948-49).
At various times, Sid has also served as trainer for basketball teams visiting Madison Square Garden."
-1974 New York Giants Media Guide
Monday, February 9, 2015
1974 Profile: John Johnson
Trainer
"John Johnson, a graduate of the Swedish Institute of Physical Therapy, has been a trainer for the Giants for the past 22 years, and during this period has also served as head trainer and physical instructor at Manhattan College.
After serving an internship period at Brooklyn Jewish and Long Island College Hospitals (1937-38), Johnson worked as a physical trainer for the Bedford YMCA and then, from 1942-46, was in charge of physical therapy and rehabilitation at a U.S. Air Force base hospital. His service hitch included duty as a physical therapy instructor, athletic trainer for post teams and as an air-sea rescue medic. From 1946-47, John was a civilian athletic trainer at the U.S. Naval Preflight School at Ottumwa, Iowa.
A member of the Eastern and National Athletic Trainers' Associations as well as the National Physical Therapy Association, Johnson has also served as a trainer for visiting teams at Madison Square Garden (1954-63). He lives in Cresskill, New Jersey."
-1974 New York Giants Media Guide
"John Johnson, a graduate of the Swedish Institute of Physical Therapy, has been a trainer for the Giants for the past 22 years, and during this period has also served as head trainer and physical instructor at Manhattan College.
After serving an internship period at Brooklyn Jewish and Long Island College Hospitals (1937-38), Johnson worked as a physical trainer for the Bedford YMCA and then, from 1942-46, was in charge of physical therapy and rehabilitation at a U.S. Air Force base hospital. His service hitch included duty as a physical therapy instructor, athletic trainer for post teams and as an air-sea rescue medic. From 1946-47, John was a civilian athletic trainer at the U.S. Naval Preflight School at Ottumwa, Iowa.
A member of the Eastern and National Athletic Trainers' Associations as well as the National Physical Therapy Association, Johnson has also served as a trainer for visiting teams at Madison Square Garden (1954-63). He lives in Cresskill, New Jersey."
-1974 New York Giants Media Guide
Friday, February 6, 2015
1974 Profile: John Dziegiel
Physical Fitness Director
"John Dziegiel, one of the best known and widely respected trainers in the sports field, has a career that dates back over 40 years to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
John started in 1928 by assisting the regular West Point trainers with rubdowns; in 1930, he became a full-time assistant trainer and stayed at The Point until 1944. From 1946 through 1967, Dziegiel was head trainer at Fordham University, dividing his time between Rose Hill and Yankee Stadium, where he was co-trainer, along with John Johnson, for the Football Giants, a post he acquired in 1956.
An acknowledged authority on sports injuries and treatment, John helped found the National Association of Athletic Trainers and is also active in the Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association. He and his family live in Nanuet, New York.
Dziegiel now devotes his full time and energies to a year-round physical training and conditioning program for the Giants. Players living in the New York metropolitan area work regularly with John in the off-season."
-1974 New York Giants Media Guide
"John Dziegiel, one of the best known and widely respected trainers in the sports field, has a career that dates back over 40 years to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
John started in 1928 by assisting the regular West Point trainers with rubdowns; in 1930, he became a full-time assistant trainer and stayed at The Point until 1944. From 1946 through 1967, Dziegiel was head trainer at Fordham University, dividing his time between Rose Hill and Yankee Stadium, where he was co-trainer, along with John Johnson, for the Football Giants, a post he acquired in 1956.
An acknowledged authority on sports injuries and treatment, John helped found the National Association of Athletic Trainers and is also active in the Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association. He and his family live in Nanuet, New York.
Dziegiel now devotes his full time and energies to a year-round physical training and conditioning program for the Giants. Players living in the New York metropolitan area work regularly with John in the off-season."
-1974 New York Giants Media Guide
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
1974 Profile: Dr. Rudy Bono
Team Physician
"As they say, Dr. Rudy Bono had a 'tough act to follow' when he joined the medical staff of the New York Giants back in 1967 as the successor to Dr. Francis J. Sweeney, who had died the previous year. Doc Sweeney had been with the ball club for over 35 years and was something of a walking legend in the NFL, and his shoes would be hard to fill. But in the ensuing years, Rudy Bono has left his own mark on the Giants and is now regarded as one of the top team physicians in the league.
The 45-year-old resident of Englewood, New Jersey forms one half of the Giants' medical team. He is responsible for the general health problems of players and coaches while his colleague, Dr. Tony Pisani, concerns himself with the orthopedic problems.
Dr. Bono received a B.S. from Union College in 1950 and his M.D. from Albany Medical College in 1954. He did his surgical internship at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City from 1954-55 and then served for three years as a Navy Lieutenant (1955-57). In 1965, he became Associate Attending Surgeon At St. Vincent's, and the same year was appointed Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery at the New York University-Bellevue Medical Center."
-1974 New York Giants Media Guide
"As they say, Dr. Rudy Bono had a 'tough act to follow' when he joined the medical staff of the New York Giants back in 1967 as the successor to Dr. Francis J. Sweeney, who had died the previous year. Doc Sweeney had been with the ball club for over 35 years and was something of a walking legend in the NFL, and his shoes would be hard to fill. But in the ensuing years, Rudy Bono has left his own mark on the Giants and is now regarded as one of the top team physicians in the league.
The 45-year-old resident of Englewood, New Jersey forms one half of the Giants' medical team. He is responsible for the general health problems of players and coaches while his colleague, Dr. Tony Pisani, concerns himself with the orthopedic problems.
Dr. Bono received a B.S. from Union College in 1950 and his M.D. from Albany Medical College in 1954. He did his surgical internship at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City from 1954-55 and then served for three years as a Navy Lieutenant (1955-57). In 1965, he became Associate Attending Surgeon At St. Vincent's, and the same year was appointed Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery at the New York University-Bellevue Medical Center."
-1974 New York Giants Media Guide
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
1974 Profile: Dr. Anthony Pisani
Team Orthopedic Surgeon
"Dr. Anthony (Tony) Pisani, Chief Orthopedic Surgeon at St. Vincent's Hospitial in New York City, Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Bellvue Medical College and consultant to the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army, has been associated with the Football Giants for the past ten years, the last eight as team orthopedic surgeon. In this capacity, he has prolonged the careers of many top Giant players, among them Tucker Frederickson and Greg Larson, and at the same time has won distinction among his fellow medical practitioners.
As one of the most skilled orthopedic men in professional sports, it is a matter of record that Dr. Pisani's surgical techniques for repairing torn knee ligaments have been copied by doctors from other pro football teams, as well as those from basketball and baseball. Athletes are sent to Tony from all parts of the country by coaches and trainers who are familiar with his great success in this area of surgery.
Dr. Pisani, a native New Yorker, graduated from Fordham University in 1931, received his medical degree from New York University and Bellvue Medical School and then spent five years there specializing in orthopedic surgery. From 1941-45, he was chief orthopedic surgeon for U.S. Army hospitals here and abroad."
-1974 New York Giants Media Guide
"Dr. Anthony (Tony) Pisani, Chief Orthopedic Surgeon at St. Vincent's Hospitial in New York City, Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Bellvue Medical College and consultant to the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army, has been associated with the Football Giants for the past ten years, the last eight as team orthopedic surgeon. In this capacity, he has prolonged the careers of many top Giant players, among them Tucker Frederickson and Greg Larson, and at the same time has won distinction among his fellow medical practitioners.
As one of the most skilled orthopedic men in professional sports, it is a matter of record that Dr. Pisani's surgical techniques for repairing torn knee ligaments have been copied by doctors from other pro football teams, as well as those from basketball and baseball. Athletes are sent to Tony from all parts of the country by coaches and trainers who are familiar with his great success in this area of surgery.
Dr. Pisani, a native New Yorker, graduated from Fordham University in 1931, received his medical degree from New York University and Bellvue Medical School and then spent five years there specializing in orthopedic surgery. From 1941-45, he was chief orthopedic surgeon for U.S. Army hospitals here and abroad."
-1974 New York Giants Media Guide
Sunday, February 1, 2015
1974 Profile: Joe Sulaitis
Assistant Director of Personnel
"Joe Sulaitis brings to his role of Assistant Director of Personnel a broad football background that includes playing, scouting and coaching.
As a player with the Giants from 1943-45 and again from 1947-53, Joe earned a reputation as one of the most versatile men ever to play the game. He was, at various times, a wingback, end, quarterback (blocking back in the A formation) and guard on offense, while on defense he played defensive end, linebacker and defensive back. At any position, he was known as a tough, aggressive 60-minute football player. After his first three-year stint with the Giants, Joe played one year with the Boston Yanks (1946). He returned to the Giants in 1947 and put in seven more productive seasons before retiring in 1953.
Sulaitis' coaching experience included one year (1943) as head coach of North Arlington (New Jersey) High School and two years (1947-48) as backfield coach at Wagner College under Jim Lee Howell, who later became head coach of the Giants and who is now Joe's immediate superior in the club's scouting division. Sulaitis was in private business from 1953 until 1966, when he rejoined his old ball club as an area scout."
-1974 New York Giants Media Guide
"Joe Sulaitis brings to his role of Assistant Director of Personnel a broad football background that includes playing, scouting and coaching.
As a player with the Giants from 1943-45 and again from 1947-53, Joe earned a reputation as one of the most versatile men ever to play the game. He was, at various times, a wingback, end, quarterback (blocking back in the A formation) and guard on offense, while on defense he played defensive end, linebacker and defensive back. At any position, he was known as a tough, aggressive 60-minute football player. After his first three-year stint with the Giants, Joe played one year with the Boston Yanks (1946). He returned to the Giants in 1947 and put in seven more productive seasons before retiring in 1953.
Sulaitis' coaching experience included one year (1943) as head coach of North Arlington (New Jersey) High School and two years (1947-48) as backfield coach at Wagner College under Jim Lee Howell, who later became head coach of the Giants and who is now Joe's immediate superior in the club's scouting division. Sulaitis was in private business from 1953 until 1966, when he rejoined his old ball club as an area scout."
-1974 New York Giants Media Guide
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