Offseason
A familiar figure on the offensive line, four-time Pro Bowl selection Wietecha, retired after a decade of service, and Greg Larson took over his job at center. Other new faces included third-string quarterback Glynn Griffing (who would spend just a single season in the NFL), linebacker Jerry Hillebrand, and tackles Lane Howell and Lou Kirouac. There was nothing new about the face of Hall of Fame bound Hugh McElhenny, who put on a Giants uniform for the first time in 1963 after 11 years as a star fullback with San Francisco and Minnesota. McElhenny stayed with the Giants for just a single season, and of the 12 new players on the Giants' roster in 1963, only Hulebrand and John Lo Vetere spent more than two seasons with the team.
The Giants were facing competition as the once laughingstock of the American Football League the New York Titans were bought by Sonny Werblin who changed the team name to the New York Jets.
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