| The Philadelphia Eagles are one of the oldest | | | | Bowls apiece are defensive back Brian Dawkins |
| franchises in the entire National Football League. | | | | and defensive lineman Reggie White. |
| Over the years, there have been some great | | | | 4. The college that the Eagles have drafted the |
| players that have played for the team too. The | | | | most players out of over the course of their |
| Eagles as a team have played in a number of | | | | existence in the NFL is Notre Dame. Twenty-eight |
| great, even important, games over the years. | | | | players have come from Notre Dame over the |
| Here is a look at five things you may not know | | | | years. Three colleges are tied for second on the |
| about the Philadelphia Eagles. | | | | list with 21 players each being selected in the |
| 1. The Philadelphia Eagles joined the NFL as an | | | | draft by Philadelphia: Penn State, Texas, and USC. |
| expansion team in 1931, replacing the Frankford | | | | 5. The Philadelphia Eagles have had some great |
| Yellow Jackets which had gone bankrupt. The | | | | running backs over the years, but one of the |
| team's name was inspired by the eagle insignia of | | | | team's best runners was quarterback Randall |
| President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's National | | | | Cunningham who played for the team from 1985 |
| Recovery Act. | | | | to 1995. On the team's career rushing yards list, |
| 2. The first touchdown pass that quarterback | | | | Cunningham ranks 5th behind Duce Staley, Steve |
| Donovan McNabb ever threw in the NFL was | | | | Van Buren, Brian Westbrook, and Wilbert |
| thrown to Chad Lewis and came in the fourth | | | | Montgomery. Some of the many players that |
| quarter of a 44-17 loss to the Indianapolis Colts in | | | | Cunningham ranks in front of on the team's |
| the 11th game of the 1999 season. | | | | career rushing yards list include Ricky Watters, |
| 3. No Philadelphia Eagles player has gone to more | | | | Timmy Brown, Keith Byars, Charlie Garner, |
| Pro Bowls than linebacker Chuck Bednarik went to | | | | Herschel Walker, Anthony Toney, Correll |
| eight during his career (1950-54, 1956-57, and | | | | Buckhalter, Heath Sherman, and Swede Hanson. |
| 1960). Tied for second on the list at seven Pro | | | | |
