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	Steagles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Steagles is the popular nickname for the team created by the temporary merger of two National Football League (NFL) teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles, during the 1943 season.
		The "Steagles" finished the season with a record of 5-4-1, the first winning season in the history of the Philadelphia franchise and just the second in the history of the Pittsburgh franchise.
		The Eagles resumed their traditional operation while the Steelers merged with the Chicago Cardinals for the 1944 season, creating a team known as Card-Pitt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steagles (226 words)

	Amazon.com: Last Team Standing: How the Steelers and the Eagles--"The Steagles"--Saved Pro Football During World War ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The "Steagles" had a roster of players who washed-out of the military, former stars who had little to nothing left for the gridiron and those waiting for their call-ups.
		Beyond being a history of pro football before, during, and after the WWII years, using the "Steagles" of 1943 as the focus, this book is a social history of America during those times, and a very engagingly written one at that.
		Just one note: The author mentions that the Steagles had a high ranking rushing defense, and were proud of their pass rush as well.
	www.amazon.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Last-Team-Standing-Steelers-Eagles/dp/0306814722 (1766 words)

	www.myspace.com/thesteagles
		Fly, Steagles, fly, on the steel-girded road to blue collar soul train history.
		I'd just like to say that I'm an RD these days, Residence Director, not an RA, which are the people who work for me. And the Sasquatches have alerted me that they will no longer answer to the derogatory term 'Big Foot', but prefer the nomenclature 'Evolutionary Challenged People'.
		Before Beatrice Arthur played Dorothy Szbornak on the Golden Girls, she was a fullback for the Steagles.
	www.myspace.com /thesteagles (517 words)

	World War II Steagles to be honored at tonight's game - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Considering the egos, logistics and star power involved, it probably won't be much different than what happened 60 years ago when the Steelers and Eagles became the Steagles for one season.
		The 1943 Steagles were a combination of 2-9 Eagles of 1942 and the 7-4 Steelers, the first winning team in franchise history.
		The Steagles, who played every game at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, were 5-4-1.
	www.pittsburghlive.com.cob-web.org:8888 /x/tribune-review/sports/s_150100.html (596 words)

	Marketplace: Did the Steagles save the NFL? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		During WWII, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles fielded a team together for a season: the Steagles.
		But actually, in 1943, the year of the Steagles, attendance rebounded.
		There was a point in the summer of 1943 where the National Football League did consider ceasing operations.
	marketplace.publicradio.org /shows/2006/08/28/PM200608285.html (1022 words)

	GARB of GLORY (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Fielding players and trying to survive the financial effects of the war – proves to be an enormous challenge.
		The end result, in 1943, was that the state of Pennsylvania sees its two NFL franchises (the Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles) merge – unofficially being dubbed the ‘Steagles’, and donning the ‘Eagle’ green and white.
		The 1943 Steagles play their games both in Pittsburgh and in Philadelphia, and finish the season 5-4-1, only their second winning season since the team began in 1933 (1942 was the first winning season).
	www.greatestscapes.com.cob-web.org:8888 /garbofglory.htm (7795 words)

	Team - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		In 1943, the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh franchises combined for one season due to the manpower shortage created by World War II.
		The team was called both Phil-Pitt and the Steagles.
		Greasy Neale of the Eagles and Walt Kiesling of the Steelers were co-coaches and the team finished 5-4-1.
	www.profootballhof.com /history/team.jsp?franchise_id=24 (893 words)

	NFL Football Betting - Dr. Sportsbook Online Sports Betting (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In 1942 they merged with the Chicago Cardinals and were informally known as the "Car-Pitts" or "Carpets" (due to their ineptitude; they won no games).
		During the 1943 season, they merged with the Philadelphia Eagles and were known as the "Steagles".
		In 1991, much-celebrated coach Chuck Noll, who lead the Steelers to four Super Bowl victories, retired, and the Steelers hired Bill Cowher, a native of the Pittsburgh suburb of Crafton, PA who had coached special teams in Kansas City.
	www.drsportsbook.com.cob-web.org:8888 /nfl_betting.html (913 words)

	Only A Game : Show rundown for Saturday, August 30, 2003 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Fans following the league's 84th season might find it hard to imagine, but 60 years ago the NFL came close to folding.
		But the league was saved, in part, by the temporary melding of Keystone State mashers who came be known as the "Steagles." Matthew Algeo reports on a most unusual chapter in pro football history.
		A group hug record attempt falls way, way short.
	www.onlyagame.org.cob-web.org:8888 /shows/2003/08/20030830.asp (397 words)

	Philadelphia Eagle Tickets: Eagles Ticket - Hotshottickets.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		On the standings front, the Eagles took poll position in the 2003 regular season standings, having won twelve games and lost four, with a.750 percentage which helped them clinch Home Field.
		The Eagles began in the National Football league in 1933 and were named the Philadelphia Eagles until 1942, when they changed their name to the Philadelphia-Pittsburgh Steagles in 1943.Later on in 1944 the returned to their original name (Philadelphia Eagles).
		Bert Bell the Commissioner of the National Football League (NFL) from 1946 -1959, owned and founded the Eagles in 1933.
	www.hotshottickets.com.cob-web.org:8888 /nfl/eagles_tickets.php (755 words)

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