The Eagles had a good 1961 season and then fell on hard times in 1962. Jerry Wolman bought the franchise in 1963.Joe Flacco jersey
In 1969, Leonard Tose bought the Philadelphia Eagles from Wolman for $16,155,000[3], then a record for a professional sports franchise. Tose's first official act was to fire Coach Joe Kuharich after a disappointing 24-41-1 record during his five year reign. He followed this by naming former Eagles receiving great Pete Retzlaff as General Manager and Jerry Williams as coach.Chris Johnson jersey
With the merger of the NFL and AFL in 1970, the Eagles were placed in the NFC East Division with their archrivals the New York Giants, the Washington Redskins, and the Dallas Cowboys. In 1976, Dick Vermeil was hired from UCLA to coach the Eagles, who had only one winning season from 1962–75. Starting in 1978, head coach Dick Vermeil and quarterback Ron Jaworski led the team to four consecutive playoff appearances.six time champs jersey
Vermeil's 1980 team won their first NFC East title but lost to Oakland in the Super Bowl in 1981. In January 1983, Tose announced that his daughter, Susan Fletcher,Santonio Holmes jersey the Eagles' vice president and legal counsel, would eventually succeed him as primary owner of the Eagles.