Furthermore, almost no Yellow Jackets players were on the Eagles ' first roster.

Despite the numbers not being retired, no one has ever worn David Akers ' 2, Donovan McNabb's 5, or Randall Cunningham's 12 since those players have left the Eagles.

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Among the team's players were the XFL's most well-known, Rod Smart ( later with the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles, Carolina Panthers, and the Oakland Raiders ), who went by the nickname of " He Hate Me ", which appeared on the back of his jersey.

Several current players in the NFL attended Belleville High School, including former Michigan Wolverine and current Denver Bronco linebacker Ian Gold, Carolina Panther defensive tackle Kris Jenkins, his brother Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins, Buffalo Bill linebacker Kevin Harrison, and retired San Francisco 49er All-Pro linebacker Frank Nunley.

They also employed players from the West Coast, such as the Eagles Timothy B. Schmit, Leland Sklar and Steve Lukather, to help improve their sound.

Additionally, Bell and Wray assembled an almost entirely new team ; almost no players from the 1931 Yellow Jackets ended up with the 1933 Eagles.

After the team folded following the 1926 season ( largely due to being left broke because of a $ 500 fine by the NFL for using four high-school players in a 1925 game against the Chicago Cardinals, a game arranged after the Badgers had disbanded for the season ), many of its members played for the independent semi-pro Milwaukee Eagles.

Bud Grant joined the team in 1953 after a two-year stint with the Philadelphia Eagles, as one of numerous NFL players lured to Canada during the first part of the decade for then better salaries.

" After their win over the Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia, players on the Washington Redskins asked Coach Bill McPeak to send the game ball to the White House, thanking Rozelle for allowing the games to be played that weekend, saying that they were " playing ... for President Kennedy and in his memory.

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The Football League's regulations saw the Eagles deducted ten points, and they were forced to sell key players including Victor Moses and José Fonte.

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After playing the Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX, New England players did a version of the " Bird Dance " with their celebrations.

The Eagles were the first to sign players from NHL clubs, such as Bernie Parent from the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins standout Derek Sanderson.

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Van Brocklin, the quarterback who led the Eagles to the title, was signed by the Vikings last Wednesday.

Joe Walsh, famed musician who was part of the United States rock band the Eagles, sang the National Anthem of Chile at a Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball game in 2003.

Gailey led the team to two playoff appearances with a 10 – 6 record in 1998 and an NFC East championship, but the Cowboys were defeated in the playoffs by the Arizona Cardinals 20-7 ; after an 8 – 8 season in 1999 ( during which Irvin suffered a career-ending spinal injury in a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles ) ending in another playoff loss ( this time to the Minnesota Vikings 27-10 ), he was fired and became the first Cowboys coach who did not take the team to a Super Bowl.

Edinburgh Eagles are a rugby league team who play in the Rugby League Conference Scotland Division.

While he had been in the vanguard with The Byrds and the Burrito Brothers, Parsons was now perceived as being too authentic and traditional in an era dominated by the stylings of the Eagles, whose sound Parsons disdained ( although he did maintain cordial relations with Bernie Leadon, a former member of the Eagles who left the group in 1975 ).

Philadelphia Eagles assistant Nick Skorich and a man with Minnesota ties who was working in the CFL, Bud Grant, were also candidates until a different Eagle, quarterback Norm Van Brocklin, was hired on January 18, 1961.

In, Dick Vermeil was hired from UCLA to coach the Eagles, who had only one winning season from 1962 – 1975.

The team also has its own cheerleading squad, who performs a variety of dance moves for the fans and the Eagles on the sideline.

The same year he began to open concerts for The Eagles, who started as Linda Ronstadt's backup band.

The Cowboys, who traditionally wear their white jerseys in home games and often only wear their blue jerseys against teams that have similar policies for themselves ( most notably against the Washington Redskins and occasionally the Philadelphia Eagles ), were forced to wear their blue jerseys as the " home " team in Super Bowl V, which the team lost to the Baltimore Colts and is widely believed where the " blue jersey jinx " started with America's Team.

The Eagles were led by quarterback Ron Jaworski, who completed 257 out of 451 passes for 3, 529 yards during the regular season, including 27 touchdowns and only 12 interceptions.

Another key player on the Eagles offense was halfback Wilbert Montgomery, who was widely considered one of the top running backs in the NFL and had rushed for over 1, 200 rushing yards in the last 2 seasons.

The 49ers then entered the NFC Championship Game against the Los Angeles Rams, who had defeated San Francisco in one of their two regular season games against them and were coming off postseason wins against two of the NFC's toughest teams, the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles.

One week after losing to the division rival Philadelphia Eagles, 31 – 13, the 10 – 1 Giants were defeated on Monday Night Football in a 7 – 3 defensive battle with the 10 – 1 San Francisco 49ers, who had won the previous two Super Bowls and ultimately finished the regular season with an NFL best 14 – 2 record.

However, after a narrow 21-20 win against the Giants, the Cowboys regained their dominating form, trouncing the Arizona Cardinals ( who were playing their home games at Sun Devil Stadium ) 37-13 on Christmas night at Arizona as part of Monday Night Football, and then cruising through the playoffs with convincing wins against the Eagles and the Packers.

San Francisco starting quarterback Steve Young, who was still suffering from a rib injury sustained during their 14-0 playoff win over the Philadelphia Eagles, had to leave the game in the first quarter.

The more well known include World Athletics Championships multiple gold medal-winning sprinter Tyson Gay ; former Tates Creek High School and Louisville Cardinals kicker David Akers, who is the all-time scoring leader for the Philadelphia Eagles ; former Louisville Cardinals football player and Cleveland Browns cornerback Frank Minnifield ; Miami Marlins outfielder Austin Kearns ; former Kentucky and Pittsburgh Steelers center Dermontti Dawson ; and NBC Sports announcer Tom Hammond.

His father was Martinez Jackson, a half Puerto Rican who worked as a tailor and who was also a former second baseman with the Newark Eagles of the Negro Leagues.

One of his first guitar teachers was Don Felder, a fellow Gainesville resident, who would later join the Eagles.

* War Eagles – about a race of Vikings riding on prehistoric eagles who fought dinosaurs.

Moa were grazers, functionally similar to deer or cattle in other habitats, and Haast's Eagles were the hunters who filled the same niche as top-niche mammalian predators, such as tigers or lions.

Eagles who nest in colder climes such as Alaska, Scandinavia or Russia tend to migrate to points further south due to declining available food sources in the north.