Del Shofner NY Giants vs Redskins 11.7.1965 Yankee Stadium Daily News Photograph

  

An original darkroom color print capturing Del Shofner #85 of the New York Giants in game action against the Washington Redskins, November 7, 1965, Yankee Stadium - definitively dated to one specific game. Packed house of 62,788 fans visible in the background. Full contact action shot, period Yashica advertising board clearly visible along the sideline. A vivid document of the Giants' Yankee Stadium era in their final years at the historic venue. From the personal archive of NY Daily News staff photographer Joseph McKenna, active at the Daily News from approximately 1958 through the 1990s.

McKenna is documented at the Daily News during the landmark 1962-63 newspaper strike. Format: Original darkroom color print. Subject: Del Shofner #85, NY Giants vs Washington Redskins.

Date: November 7, 1965 - confirmed, one specific game. Venue: Yankee Stadium, New York. Origin: Personal archive of NY Daily News staff photographer Joseph McKenna. Condition: Print vivid, strong color, intact.

Del Shofner was one of the most electrifying wide receivers of his era - the Tittle-to-Shofner. Connection is among the most celebrated in Giants history.

Yankee Stadium era Giants material from this period is increasingly scarce.