Half-way through the 1931 season, in the NFL, the Frankford Yellow Jackets went bankrupt and ceased operations. After more than a year of searching for a suitable replacement, the NFL awarded the dormant franchise to a syndicate headed by Bert Bell and Lud Wray, in exchange for an entry fee of $2,500. Justin Tuck jersey
Drawing inspiration from the Blue Eagle insignia of the National Recovery Act — the centerpiece of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal — Bell and Wray named the new franchise the Philadelphia Eagles. (Neither the Eagles nor the NFL officially regard the two franchises as the same, citing the afore-mentioned period of dormancy. Eli Manning jersey
Furthermore, almost no Yellow Jackets players were on the Eagles' first roster). Adrian Peterson jersey
The Eagles, along with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the defunct Cincinnati Reds,Miles Austin jersey joined the NFL as expansion teams.