the philadelphia eagles re-entered the nfl, after a year of being combined with the steelers, in 1944.
when did the philadelphia eagles re-enter the nfl, after a year of being combined with the steelers?
1944
aside from those mentioned above, the following people associated with the nfl died in 2013: hall of fame members jack butler, art donovan, mike mccormack and clarence "ace" parker; former coaches bill austin, chuck fairbanks, john idzik, john mazur, jack pardee, jim sweeney, bum phillips and ray willsey; former players scott adams, tom alberghini, bill albright, john alderton, jim barton, hezekiah braxton, don brown, george brown (1949 new york yankees of the aafc), tom brown, ted burgmeier (1987 kansas city chiefs), jim canady (1948 chicago bears), rick casares, jim cason, frank chamberlin, todd christensen, ken clark, walt clay (1946 chicago rockets of the aafc), ray coates (1949 n.y. giants), angelo coia, fred cole (l.a. chargers), dave costa, bobby crespino, billy cross, jack davis, art decarlo, jack del bello (1953 baltimore colts), burt delavan (1955 chicago cardinals), frank dempsey, john didion, walt dubzinski (1944 boston yanks), dick duden, ron duncan (1967 cleveland browns), jeff durkota (1948 los angeles dons of the aafc), walt easley, allan ellis, dick evey, joe francis, willie frazier, sonny gandee, frank gaul, ronnie goodwin (1964 philadelphia eagles), l. c. greenwood, glynn gregory (1961 dallas texans), earl gros, bob heck (1949 chicago hornets), robert "bob" hecker (1952 l.a. rams), carey henley (1962 buffalo bills), tom higgins, sr. (1955 philadelphia eagles), harlon hill, john holt, thomas howard, jim hudson, ken hutcherson, claudis james, dave jennings, fred julian, bob kahler, dave kocourek, johnny kovatch, chester "chet" lagod (1953 n.y. giants), mike lahood (1969 l.a. rams), dave leggett, jimmy lesane (1952 chicago bears), jeff lewis, toni linhart, bob livingstone (1948 chicago rockets of the aafc), tony lorick, john maczuzak (1964 kansas city chiefs), errol mann, lew mayne, frank maznicki, geno mazzanti (1950 baltimore colts), darris mccord, john mccormick, greg mccrary, david mcmillan, bronzell miller, bert milling (1942 philadelphia eagles), norm mosley (1948 pittsburgh steelers), chuck muncie, hamilton nichols, rick norton, bob oliver (1969 cleveland browns), paul oliver, francis peay, tom pennington, gordon polofsky (1954 chicago cardinals), jim powers, ben pucci, john reger, ernie richardson (1974 cleveland browns), jerry robinson, reggie rogers, curtis rouse, marion rushing, tino sabuco (1949 s.f. 49ers), george saimes, george sauer, jr., harry schuh, pat shea, ed shedlosky (1945 n.y. giants), brian sisley (1987 n.y. giants), charles smith (1947 chicago cardinals), harry smith, ron smith, john sokolosky (1978 detroit lions), bryan stoltenberg, roy stuart, pat summerall, walt sweeney, joe tereshinski, sr., bobby thomason, frank tripucka, bill troup, val joe walker, art weiner, wilford white, john wilbur, john f. wiley mike williams (1980 kansas city chiefs) sam williams, will wynn, bob yates, dick yelvington and glenn young; former owner of the philadelphia eagles, jerry wolman; former minority owner of the san francisco 49ers, lou spadia; former team scout bud asher; and former officials bob beeks and jerry seeman.
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rooney later had second thoughts on the transactions, and made an agreement to swap cities with new steelers owner thompson on april 3, 1941. this resulted in the philadelphia eagles moving their team to pittsburgh and becoming the new pittsburgh steelers, and the pittsburgh steelers moving their team to philadelphia and becoming the new philadelphia eagles. since nfl franchises at the time were territorial rights distinct from individual corporate entities, the eagles and steelers are each officially acknowledged by the nfl as single unbroken entities since 1933, especially since all of these events took place during the offseason. however, the players on the eagles were basically traded to the steelers in exchange for their players (with the exception of players who changed teams during the mini-draft, in which case those players "stayed" on the same teams). all players drafted by the philadelphia eagles in the 1941 nfl draft therefore had their rights held by the pittsburgh steelers after the final swap, and vice versa.
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