Franklin Field and the Philadelphia Eagles

[Perknose]

This man speaks the truth.

But when the Eagles moved to Franklin Field, things changed for the better. Franklin Field had a seating capacity of 60,237 which made it the second-largest home stadium in the NFL at the time. Only the Los Angeles Coliseum, home of the Rams, was larger.

More than that, there was something about the campus setting that made it more welcoming. More families came to the games at Franklin Field.

"We became socially acceptable," former Eagle Tom Brookshier said in a 1997 interview. "There was just something about walking across the grounds, past the statues and the library on a crisp fall day. People who could never go to Penn now could go to Penn on Sunday to see us. It was a great setting and we (the players) felt it, too."

You had to be there to get it.

People who go to Franklin Field now for the first time will probably look around and say, "Really?" They will see a small press box and tiny concession stands and an upper deck with no restrooms.

I have memories of going there as a teen with my friend and his older brother and his friends . . . and joining the quart a quarter club, which consisted of a gallon of wine (yeah, no one checked) and climbing to the top of the stadium and peeing off of it onto the Pennsy railroad tracks.

Good times.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

I remember Connie Mack Stadium. I don't think there was a non obstructed seat in the place 😀

 

[Perknose]

I remember Connie Mack Stadium. I don't think there was a non obstructed seat in the place 😀

My favorite memory of Connie Mack was going there as a kid of about 10. First of all, it was in North Philly -- this was some years before any riots -- and there was a gentleman's agreement wherein you payed the local kids a quarter to "look after your car" so it didn't, you know, mysteriously lose any hubcaps.

The second was going alone to the men's room alone. It was Dickensian! The urinal was one long trough, the floor was rough, dark, uneven concrete, completely covered in wetness of which you didn't want to know, with a huge drain in the middle of the floor!

 

[GasX]

I went to Penn as an undergrad and throwing the goal posts into the Schuylkill River after winning the ivy league was always fun...