Ray Didinger was the first print journalist inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame. As a columnist for the Philadelphia Bulletin and Philadelphia Daily News, he was named Pennsylvania Sportswriter of the Year five times. In 1995, he won the Dick McCann Award for long and distinguished reporting on pro football, and his name was added to the writers’ honor roll at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He also won six Emmy Awards as a writer and producer for NFL Films. He has authored or co-authored eleven books including One Last Read: The Collected Works of the World's Slowest Sportswriter (Temple) and The Ultimate Book of Sports Movies. His play, Tommy and Me, about his friendship with Eagles Hall of Famer Tommy McDonald, was produced by Theatre Exile in Philadelphia and premiered in 2016. He is a football analyst for NBC Sports Philadelphia.

Robert S. Lyons (1939-2013) was the author of On Any Given Sunday: A Life of Bert Bell and Palestra Pandemonium: A History of the Big Five (both Temple).

Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements

1. A Passion Play: Philadelphia and Football

2. Professional Football in Philadelphia: The Early Years

3. Bert Bell and the Birth of the Eagles

4. Player Profiles

5. The Coaches

6. The Front Office

7. The Golden Years: 1948-49, 1960, 1980

8. The Andy Reid Era

9. The Super Season—2017

10. The Post-Season

11. The Hall of Fame

12. Milestone Moments

13. The Eagles—Cowboys Rivalry

14. The Stadiums

15. Sidelines

Appendix A: Year-by-Year Highlights

Appendix B: Stats, Records, All-Time Roster and Draft