Question

What football team was formerly known as the Frankford Yellow Jackets?

Answer 1

The Philadelphia Eagles football team was formerly known as the Frankford Yellow Jackets. The Yellow Jackets were a professional football team that played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1924 to 1931. The team was based in Frankford, Pennsylvania, which is now a neighborhood in the city of Philadelphia. The Eagles franchise was established in 1933 and bought the assets of the Frankford Yellow Jackets, including the players and the team name.

Answer 2

The Philadelphia Eagles were formally known as Frankford Yellow Jacket. On July 9, 1933 the NFL granted an expansion franchise to Bet Bell and Lud awarding them the asset of the failed Yellow Jacket Organization.

They thereafter named the Eagles after the symbol of Franklin Roosevelt new deal.

Answer 3

The Philadelphia Eagles were formerly known as the Frankford Yellow Jackets. They were founded in 1933 and played in the NFL from 1934 to 1942.

Answer 4

The Philadelphia Eagles football team was formerly known as the Frankford Yellow Jackets. The Yellow Jackets were a professional football team that played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1924 to 1931. 

Answer 5

On July 9, 1933, the NFL granted an expansion franchise to Bert Bell and Lud Wray and awarded them the assets of the failed Yellow Jackets organization, with Bell and Wray naming their team the Eagles after the symbol of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal.