In 1925, an Irish American bookmaker took a gamble that almost nobody else would have touched. For just $500, Tim Mara bought the rights to a brand new New York professional football team. He barely knew the rules of the game. He had no wealthy backers. And within a year, he was completely broke. What happened next did not just save the Giants. It helped shape professional football as we know it. Tim Mara was born on Manhattan’s Lower East Side to Irish immigrant parents. Life was tough and mone