>The Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team located in Philadelphia. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as part of the National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The Eagles play their home games at Lincoln Financial Field, situated in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex.
The franchise was founded in 1933 as a replacement for the defunct Frankford Yellow Jackets, when a group led by Bert Bell acquired the rights to an NFL team in Philadelphia. Since then, the Eagles have made 30 playoff appearances, won 15 division titles (12 in the NFC East), competed in four pre-merger NFL Championship Games, winning three (in 1948, 1949, and 1960), and appeared in four Super Bowls, capturing their first championship in Super Bowl LII at the end of the 2017 season.
As of 2023, 13 individuals associated with the Philadelphia Eagles have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, including Chuck Bednarik, Bert Bell, Bob Brown, Harold Carmichael, Brian Dawkins, Sonny Jurgensen, Greasy Neale, Tommy McDonald, Pete Pihos, Norm Van Brocklin, Steve Van Buren, Dick Vermeil, and Reggie White.
The Eagles' fierce rivalry with the New York Giants has been ranked the greatest of all time by NFL Network, the fourth-best NFL rivalry by Sports Illustrated, and one of the most intense and well-known by ESPN. Their rivalry with the Dallas Cowboys has grown more prominent and heated since the 1960s, and they also have a long-standing rivalry with the Washington Commanders. The Eagles' rivalry with the Pittsburgh Steelers, dating back to 1933, is known as the "Battle of Pennsylvania."
The Philadelphia Eagles are consistently one of the NFL's top teams in terms of attendance and have sold out every home game since the 1999 season.
Owned by Jeffrey Lurie, the Eagles' franchise value reached $4.9 billion in 2023, according to Forbes, ranking them as the 10th-most valuable team in the NFL.
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