Cartoon of the Baltimore Colts by Lou Darvas
date: label: Date made
content: 1956 - 1962
label: date made
content: 1958
name: label: referenced
content: Baltimore Colts
label: Associated Name
content: Unitas, Johnny
label: maker
content: Darvas, Lou
notes: label: Description
content: Print of newspaper comic art by Lou Darvos. The cartoon features members of the National Football League's Baltimore Colts; Coach Weeb Ewbank, quarterback Johnny Unitas, fullback Alan Amache, halfback Lenny Moore, defensive back Carl Taseff and defensive end Gino Marchetti, enroute to an away game against the New York Giants. The Colts and Giants played twice in New York's Yankee Stadium in 1958, a regular season 24-21 loss on November 9, and a 23-17 overtime win in the NFL Championship game on December 17, an event often referred to as <i>The Greatest Game Ever Played<i>.
label: Description
content: Lou Darvas (1913-1987) was an American cartoonist, best known for his work for the Cleveland Press and The Sporting News.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Football
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: Subject
content: Cartoonist
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: E. Michael Swanton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.1114.24
label: catalog number
content: 1977.1114.24
label: accession number
content: 1977.1114
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cartoon
label: Object Name
content: cartoon, football
label: Object Name
content: print, football
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 12 in; 22.86 cm x 30.48 cm