1977 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.
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."

-1977 New York Giants Media Guide

1977 Profile: Pop Ivy

Scout
"With the start of the 1972 NFL season, Frank (Pop) Ivy began his second tour of duty as a scout for the Giants. A veteran of head coaching assignments in three major professional leagues (NFL, AFL and Canada), Ivy first joined the New York organization as defensive line coach in 1965. He held that post through the 1966 season and then left to head up scouting operations in the Southwest. Coach Alex Webster talked Pop back into coaching in 1971 and he returned to New York from his home in Norman, Oklahoma to tutor the offensive line. Now, for the second time in his Giant career, the veteran football man is once again the club's chief talent hunter in the Southwest.
Ivy has a broad background in pro football. He was head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos in Canada (1954-57), head coach of the Chicago Cardinals in the NFL (1958-61) and then head coach of the Houston Oilers of the AFL (1962-63). An All-American college player at the University of Oklahoma, Pop saw NFL service as an end with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Cardinals."

-1977 New York Giants Media Guide

1977 Profile: Roosevelt Brown

Scout
"Roosevelt Brown's appointment to the Giants' scouting staff in 1971 signaled the beginning of yet another era in his outstanding career with the New York ball club. From 1953 through 1965, Rosey ranked as one of the all-time great offensive linemen in the National Football League. He was a big, fast, wide-ranging tackle who earned All-Pro honors six times, was selected to play in the Pro Bowl on eight occasions, and in 1956 was voted Lineman of the Year in the NFL. When a phlebitis condition forced him to retire in 1966, Brown was immediately named assistant line coach by the Giants, a post he held until 1969 when he became head line coach, replacing Jim Trimble.
In 1971 Brown, along with another coaching aide, Ken Kavanaugh, left Alex Webster's staff to assume new responsibilities under Jim Lee Howell, his onetime coach, in the scouting department. Rosey, now 46, is a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey but spends a good deal of his time on the road in search of fresh talent for the Giants."

-1977 New York Giants Media Guide

1977 Profile: Ken Kavanaugh

Scout
"Ken Kavanaugh, one of the most famous names in National Football League history, joined the Giants' scouting staff in 1971 and brought with him a wealth of experience as both a professional player and a coach. Actually, Kavanaugh moved into the Giants' scouting department from the coaching staff, where he had been offensive end coach from 1955-68 and offensive coach from 1969-70, a total of 16 years under three head coaches, Jim Lee Howell (his current scouting superior), Allie Sherman and Alex Webster. Prior to becoming a Giant aide, the Pro Football Hall of Fame end had spent one season (1951) as end coach for his old club, the Chicago Bears, and one season (1954) at Villanova in his hometown of Philadelphia.
As a player, Ken was one of the Bear greats. He starred at end in 1940-41, left for an Air Force tour of duty and returned to make All-Pro again in 1946-47. At LSU, Kavanaugh was a four-year regular (1936-40), twice earning All-American honors."

-1977 New York Giants Media Guide

1977 Profile: Jerry Shay

Chief Scout
"Former Giants defensive tackle Jerry Shay was named as Chief Scout this past year and as such had much to do with the 1977 collegiate draft. Jerry joined the Giants scouting department in 1972 and served as the club's scout in the Western States area, including the West Coast as well as Wyoming, Montana and the Dakotas.
Born in Gary, Indiana (family name Dzedzeji), the 33-year-old Shay was an All-American star at Purdue University and was the No. 1 draft choice of the Minnesota Vikings in 1966. He was a starting defensive tackle for the Vikes for two years, then was traded to the Atlanta Falcons in 1968 where he again started for two seasons before coming to the Giants in a trade in 1970. Jerry was a key performer that season as the Giants finished 9-5 and missed the playoffs by one game. A year later, he suffered a broken leg and retired after the 1971 season after appearing in only six games and became a scout the following season."

-1977 New York Giants Media Guide

1977 Profile: Dr. John Marshall

Orthopedic Surgeon
"Dr. Marshall has an extensive sports background. A native of Scotia, New York in the Adirondacks, he played football, basketball and tennis at Vermont Academy, and later at Cornell University lettered in basketball, rugby and boxing and was also a ski racer. With a degree in veterinary medicine, Dr. Marshall worked with thoroughbred racehorses before he decided to return to college for a degree in medicine which he obtained at Albany Medical College, later doing post-graduate training in surgery in Boston and at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.
He now heads the Department of Sports Medicine at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, is the orthopedic consultant for the 35,000 students in the New York City Public School Athletic League as well as the orthopedic consultant for the Cornell University Athletic Department, the United States Ski Team and the New York Nets of the NBA as well as the Giants. Dr. Marshall is also an Associate Professor of Surgery at Cornell Medical College, co-chairman of the New York State Medical Society's Committee on Sports Medicine and has authored some 45 articles on sports medicine topics.
Dr. Marshall has appeared frequently on television discussing subjects related to sports injuries and has won numerous service awards."

-1977 New York Giants Media Guide

1977 Profile: Dr. Allan Levy

Team Physician
"Dr. Levy joined the Giants prior to the 1976 season and brings impressive credentials with him to the job.
In private practice for 23 years in Westwood, New Jersey, Dr. Levy has been involved in sports medicine for 20 of those years, initially as team physician for Westwood High School. He moved into professional baseball as team physician for the Newark Bears, and then into football with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the old Continental Football League. He continued in football as team physician for the Westchester Bulls, a Giant affiliate in the late 1960s, and was the first team doctor for the New York Nets when they began play originally as the New Jersey Americans. Dr. Levy has continued as team physician for the Nets and has also worked as the team doctor for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League.
Born in Saranac Lake, New York, Dr. Levy received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1947 and his M.D. from Cornell University in 1951."

-1977 New York Giants Media Guide