The NFL version, that is.
Here's the cover of the program for the October 16, 1932 contest at the old Polo Grounds between the New York Giants and the visiting Brooklyn Dodgers.
Chris "Red" Cagle, a running back for the Giants, is on the cover.
The Brooklyn Dodgers, who arrived in 1930 after relocating from Dayton, Ohio, would eventually be purchased by Dan Topping, who would be best remembered as owner of baseball's New York Yankees.
This is the same Dan Topping who defected after the 1945 season to the newly-formed All-America Football Conference and placed his New York Yankees football team at Yankee Stadium.
The Boston Braves club that would visit the Giants the following week would be renamed the Boston Redskins the following year, then move to Washington in 1937.
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