For local sports fans, there is a complete set of game day programs and photos of the Frankford Yellow Jackets, the first NFL team in Philadelphia and the world champions in 1926. The library ...

You may or may not know that Frankford is a section of Philadelphia. In 1924, the Yellow Jackets - a team based in Frankford - began to play in the National Football League, and it wasn’t long ...

↑ Frankford Stadium (1923-1931)—This small stadium was home to Philly's first NFL team, the Frankford Yellow Jackets. Located in a small neighborhood called Wissanoming at Frankford Avenue and ...

(WHTM) – The Philadelphia Eagles weren’t the original team in Philadelphia, it was the Frankford Yellow Jackets. Before Bert Bell decided to create the Philadelphia Eagles, the Yellow Jackets ...

In 1931, the city's then-NFL team, the Frankford Yellow Jackets - who clinched the NFL championship in 1926 - went bankrupt and folded mid-season. After over a year's search for a worthy successor ...

The last team to hit 13 wins without topping 30 points in a single game came all the way back in 1925 when the Frankford Yellow Jackets pulled off the unlikely scoring feat. Go Yellow Jackets!

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