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John F. Kennedy Stadium (PHI-103, C9391 (JFK title))

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JOHN F. KENNEDY STADIUM

PHI-103, C9391 (JFK title)

 

Philadelphia Quakers (AFL) (1926), Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) (1936-1939, 1941), Liberty Bowl (NCAA) (1959-1963), Army–Navy Game (NCAA) (1936-1979), Philadelphia Bell (WFL) (1974)

John F. Kennedy Stadium (previously Philadelphia Municipal Stadium) was an open-air stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that stood from 1925 to 1992. The South Philadelphia stadium was situated on the east side of the far southern end of Broad Street at a location that is now part of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex.

The stadium's first tenants (in 1926) were the Philadelphia Quakers of the first American Football League, whose Saturday afternoon home games were a popular mainstay of the Exposition. The Quakers won the league championship but the league folded after one year.

A decade later, the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League started a four-season stint as tenants of Philadelphia Municipal Stadium before moving to Shibe Park for the 1940 season. The Eagles played at Shibe Park in 1940, returned to Municipal Stadium in 1941, and back to Shibe Park in 1942, where they would play through 1957. The Eagles also used the stadium for practices in the 1970s and 1980s, even locating their first practice bubble there before moving it to the Veterans Stadium parking lot following the stadium's condemnation.

The stadium became known chiefly as the "neutral" venue for a total of 42 annual Army–Navy Games played there between 1936 to 1979, and during the 1960s it served as Navy's home field when they played Notre Dame.

The stadium was home to the Philadelphia Bell of the World Football League in 1974; the team played at Franklin Field in 1975.

Unused 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" standard size chrome.

Dist. by Art Color Card

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