Monday, September 22, 2008

Steagles

Writing about the Steelers and the Eagles, I was reminded of this great bit of trivia:

The "Steagles" is the popular nickname for the team created by the temporary merger of two National Football League (NFL) teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles, during the 1943 season. The teams were forced to merge because both had lost many players to military service due to World War II.

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