Eagles/browns Trivia

The Gipper

Zombo said:

Which ones are left?

Z

#6. Which former Eagles HC was a HOF player for the Browns

#8. What HOF WR played for both the Browns and Eagles

9. Name the QBs on all 3 Eagles championship teams

12. Who was the person associated with the Eagles that was responsible for the 'disallowance' of recognition of AAFC stats by the NFL.

Zombo

#6. Which former Eagles HC was a HOF player for the Browns

Mike McCormack?

#8. What HOF WR played for both the Browns and Eagles

Tommy McDonald

9. Name the QBs on all 3 Eagles championship teams

Sonny Jurgenson was on one of them

12. Who was the person associated with the Eagles that was responsible for the 'disallowance' of recognition of AAFC stats by the NFL.

Some dickhead. Probably the dickheaded owner.

The Gipper

Zombo said:

#6. Which former Eagles HC was a HOF player for the Browns

Mike McCormack? Check

#8. What HOF WR played for both the Browns and Eagles

Tommy McDonald Check

9. Name the QBs on all 3 Eagles championship teams

Sonny Jurgenson was on one of them He may have been on the roster in 1960, but he was not the starting QB.

12. Who was the person associated with the Eagles that was responsible for the 'disallowance' of recognition of AAFC stats by the NFL.

Some dickhead. Probably the dickheaded owner.

I am looking for a name....and it goes beyond being the owner.

Zombo

@the-gipper said:

Sonny Jurgenson was on one of them He may have been on the roster in 1960, but he was not the starting QB.

Just got an NFL Films flashback ... Stormin' Norman Van Brocklin!

Zombo

Zombo

By the way, McCormack is guy that doesn't get talked about enough.

Started out as a D-lineman, than switched to Tackle and Paul Brown called him the best lineman he ever coached.

Not too successful as a Head coach, but got three shots at it, then was successful as GM of the Seahawks and Panthers ... putting together that surprising Panther team that went to the NFC Championship in their second season.

Zombo

rich4eagle

@the-gipper said:

#6. Which former Eagles HC was a HOF player for the Browns

#8. What HOF WR played for both the Browns and Eagles

9. Name the QBs on all 3 Eagles championship teams

12. Who was the person associated with the Eagles that was responsible for the 'disallowance' of recognition of AAFC stats by the NFL.

Norm Van Brocklin on te first two

Browns149

@the-gipper said:

Lets see what he says about that.

according to this site, in 1933 the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philidelphia Eagles and Cincinnati Reds joined the NFL that year

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_NFL_season

Browns149

@nickers said:

ummm Cincy didnt come around till Paul Brown was fired by the Browns lol

according to wikipedia Cincy Reds joined in 1933 with Philly Eagles, and Pittpuke Pirates

The Gipper

Zombo said:

Just got an NFL Films flashback ... Stormin' Norman Van Brocklin!

Zombo

Check

The Gipper

@browns149 said:

according to this site, in 1933 the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philidelphia Eagles and Cincinnati Reds joined the NFL that year

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_NFL_season

So, what you are saying is that you looked up your answers before posting them?

This is supposed to be kind of on the honor system.

Try giving your best shot at the question without looking up the answers first. It is more fun that way. Then if you must look them up, but keep them to yourself so that others may try their hand at the answers.

The Gipper

Only two question unanswered:

Who was the QB in the Eagles 1948/49 championships: Note: same guy

Who was the yutz associated with the Eagles who got pissy over the Browns kicking the Eagles everloving asses in their first NFL game such that he decreed that the AAFC records would not be recognized?

Browns149

@the-gipper said:

So, what you are saying is that you looked up your answers before posting them?

This is supposed to be kind of on the honor system.

Try giving your best shot at the question without looking up the answers first. It is more fun that way. Then if you must look them up, but keep them to yourself so that others may try their hand at the answers.

Actually I asked my Dad first. But when I was called out I looked it up

ballpeen

@the-gipper said:

#6. Which former Eagles HC was a HOF player for the Browns

Norm Van Broklin

#8. What HOF WR played for both the Browns and Eagles

Tommy McDonald

9. Name the QBs on all 3 Eagles championship teams

12. Who was the person associated with the Eagles that was responsible for the 'disallowance' of recognition of AAFC stats by the NFL.

The Gipper

@the-gipper said:

I usually tailor my trivias during the season around the Browns opponent for that week (unless it is one of the AFCN rivals, then things can get too redundant). Here is some Eagles/Browns trivia:

Answers:

1. The Eagles have won 3 NFL titles. Which years did they win those?

They won titles in 1948, 1949 and 1960

2. When the Eagles joined the NFL in 1933, two other franchises joined the league that same year. Which two?

They were the Pittsburgh Pirates nka Steelers and the Cincinnati Reds....which no longer exists.

3. Why was former Eagles owner Leonard Tose forced to sell the Eagles in 1985?

In order to pay off 25 million dollars of gambling debts to Atlantic City Casinos.

4. What was the patch the Eagles wore on the shoulder of their uniform during the 1969 season?

The Apollo 11 Flight Mission Patch. Recall that the moon lander was The Eagle. That is why they wore the patch.

5. What is the Browns/Eagles head to head regular season record? (within a margin of error)

Browns have won 31 Eagles 15 with 1 tie

6. What former Hall of Fame Browns player was once the Head Coach of the Eagles?

Mike MacCormack

7. When Jim Brown broke the NFL career rushing record, it belonged to a former Eagle. Who?

Steve Van Buren....who just died a couple of weeks ago.

8. What Hall of Fame WR played for both the Browns and Eagles?

Tommy McDonald played mostly with the Eagles, but had a cup of coffee with the Browns his last season.

9. Name the Quarterbacks of the Eagles championship teams referred to in Q#1 above.

In both 1948 and 1949 it was Tommy Thompson. In 1960 it was Norm Van Brocklin.

10. Who is the Eagles all time leading receiver in yards, catches and TDs?

Harold Carmichael, who was like 6'10"

11. What Eagles player had the nickname "Concrete"?

Concrete Charlie actually: Chuck Bednarik

12. What person associated with the Eagles is responsible for the "disallowance" by the NFL of the records of the AAFC after those two leagues merged?

Bert Bell who was the former HC and owner of the Eagles...and who was NFL Commissioner at the time of the merger.

It was HE who opposed the "World Series of Football" that ahd been proposed during both years the Eagles and Browns won titles...claiming that the AAFC and the Browns were too minor league. Nevertheless when the 1950 merger became necessary...he thought that the Eagles would mop up the Browns in the meeting of Champions in that first game of the 1950 season....OOPS. The Browns won 35-10. Then he disparaged the method of the Browns win, saying something like "the Browns used a gimmick to beat us". That gimmick of course was something called "the forward pass" 🥷 And as someone pointed out elsewhere, those two teams met again later in the year, and the Browns mopped up the Eagles asses without throwing a single pass.

Bell, being a venal and vindictive man then declared that the NFL would not recognize any of the AAFC records because " the originals of every AAFC game stat sheet" was not available. Well, maybe some "originals" were not kept, but copies of everyone was kept. Ther wasn't a single play that happened in the AAFC that wasn't documented. It was just Bell's way of being spiteful over his team's humiliation at the hands of the Browns. unfortunately the NFL has perpetuated this fraud throughout history.