Harry Carson's 13-year stint with the New York Football Giants is one of the longest tenures in club history.
The indestructible former linebacker served as Team Captain for 10 of his 13 seasons including the 1986 season when the Giants defeated the Denver Broncos 39-20 in Super Bowl XXI.
Rated the #1 "Inside Linebacker" in NFL history according to Pro Football Weekly, Carson was named to the All-Rookie Team after his first NFL season. Subsequently, during his NFL career, he was named to the All-NFL Team 7 times, the All-NFC Team 8 times, and NFC Linebacker of the Year twice.
He once made an amazing 25 tackles in a Monday Night Football Game against the Green Bay Packers.
With performances like that he was selected by his peers to play in the NFC-AFC Pro Bowl 9 times and is among the top 300 players to ever play in the National Football League.
Is Carson the Giant who knocked Montana senseless in that playoff game? If so, I'm liking him better.
Opposing teams had the choice of runnng at LT or at Carson. They ran towards LT. That tells you all you need to know about Carson. He was better than Lambert and Singletary. I couldn't wait for the Giants offense to get off the field so I could watch the G-Men D smack people around.
He is a tremendous individual off the field. I ran into him at Babbages in the Garden State Plaza. We were both buying video games for our kids. I didn't want to bother him but when he saw that my jaw was on the ground he had this huge grin and stuck his paw out. He took 5 minutes out of his day to chat with a fan. He couldn't have been more of a gentleman.
I heard he went through some rough times with post-concussion syndrome. I wish him the best.