Eagles by the Numbers: Jersey Numbers And the Players Who Wore Them

by John Maxymuk

For the avid Philadelphia Eagles fan, John Maxymuk's Eagles by the Numbers fills a huge void. Using the device of jersey numbers to compile the first comprehensive history of the team, the author... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0940159953
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Camino Books Inc
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A great compilation

As a kid, I always used to be proud of the fact that I could remember most if not all of the numbers of certain Philadelphia teams. Prime among these were the 1960 NFL Champion Eagles. I originally purchased this book to confirm some of the numbers that I actually could still recall (Tommy MacDonald, Norm Van Brocklin, Pete Retzlaff, Bobby Walston, Billy Ray Barnes, Clarence Peaks etc.) and to learn the numbers that I had forgotten (Riley Gunnels, Jess Richardson, Ed Khayat etc). The book more than delivered on that topic. The most pleasant surprise of the book was the fact that there was a little story about an individual or about the team (or both) for every uniform number covered. These stories were very entertaining and enlightening. I would clearly recommend this book to any Eagles fan but especially to those Eagles fans who are old enough to have witnessed the last NFL championship football team in Philadelphia.