Eli Manning retires from NFL: Giants Wire share their Eli stories

Writers at Giants Wire share their personal stories about New York Giants legend Eli Manning, who will officially retire on Friday.

Credit: Tyler Henry

Tyler Henry’s story

When my wife and I started dating she knew what she was signing up for. Sunday’s were for football — particularly Giants football. On our wedding day, her and I exchanged gifts prior to our ceremony. I opened a box revealing a football signed by none other that Eli Manning.

Little did I know the football was quite the process. My wife had asked a friend of ours who works in the Giants organization for a favor. It was the offseason and during a time when Manning had been on vacation.

One day, my friend got a text from a coworker that the two-time Super Bowl MVP was in the facility, he rushed over on his day off in his pajamas to ask Manning for a favor. Manning signed the ball “To Tyler & Sophia, Best Wishes Eli Manning”

Little does Manning know he assisted on giving me one of the best gifts I’ve ever received, right along side the wins he gave us in Super Bowl XLII and XLVI.

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