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Eagles are Formed
- Burt Bell and Lud Wray pay $2,500 to put the previous "Frankford Yellowjackets" in Philadelphia.[2]
- Bell changes the team name to the Philadelphia Eagles in honor of the symbol of the National Recovery Act of FDR's "New Deal"[1]
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Bell becomes sole owner
- In 1935 Burt Bell buys out the Philadelphia Eagles from Lud Wray and becomes the sole owner of the team after a 2-9 season[2]
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Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
- Due to manpower shortage from WW2, the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers combined as one team to be known as both Pitt-Phil and the Steagles.[8]
- Greasy Neale and Walt Kiesling co-coached the team[8]
- During this time 600 coaches and players had been deployed and were fighting in the war[8]
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Eagles Win Championship
- The Philadelphia Eagles win their first NFL Championship against the Chicago Cardinals with the score being 7-0.[5]
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Another Championship
- The Philadelphia Eagles win another championship, this time beating the Los Angeles Rams 14-0.[6]
- This was the second consecutive time they shut out a team in the Super Bowl
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Philadelphia beats Lombardi
- During the 1960 season, the Philadelphia Eagles gave Vince Lombardi his only recorded loss in postseason football as they beat him and his Green Bay team 17-13 in the NFL Championship.[4]
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Eagles in the Super Bowl
- On January 25, 1981 the Philadelphia Eagles had played the Oakland Raiders in the Super Bowl but lost 14-0.[7]
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Second Super Bowl Appearance
- Exactly 9 years ago the Philadelphia Eagles played the New England Patriots at Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Florida[9]
- Unfortunately the Patriots beat the Eagles by a field goal when Donovan McNabb was interecepted by Harrison with only 46 seconds left in the game leaving the score to be 24-21[9]
