Lincoln Financial Field, “The Linc”, on Pattison Avenue between 11th and South Darien streets in South Philadelphia (and part of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex), is the present home field of the National Football League’s Philadelphia Eagles.
The team’s name and eagle logo came from the symbol of the National Recovery Administration of the New Deal– see https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/05/national-recovery-administration-forgotten-symbol-of-new-deal-agency-gave-philadelphia-eagles-their-team-name.html.
The team then played at the Baker Bowl, a field they shared with the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball.
Edward Landa (Living New Deal National Associate)
Sources:
The Other NRA (Or How the Philadelphia Eagles Got Their Name), Slate Magazine, 2013, accessed July 2023,
How NFL teams got their nicknames, CNN, 2010, accessed July 2023,
https://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/09/13/mf.nfl.teams.names/index.html
One Lincoln Financial Field Way, Philadelphia PA 19148 Philadelphia County National Recovery Administration (NRA).
