Philadelphia has a long history of professional sports teams. Below are some fun facts about the Philadelphia sports teams and could be some interesting reading for you or any other sports fan.
The Flyers run to the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals made the city of Philadelphia the first city to have all four of its major-professional-sports-league teams play in the league championship finals.
On September 17, 2011, the Phillies became the first team in the city’s major-professional-sports history to finish the regular season in first place in five seasons in a row.The Eagles, Phillies, Flyers, 76ers and Wings all play their home games in the same place- South Philaelphia Sports Complex. This makes it easy to plan.
The Philadelphia Eagles are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League. The Eagles have won three NFL titles, and are the only NFL team to win back to back championships by shutout (7−0 v. Chicago Cardinals, 1948; 14−0, v. L.A. Rams, 1949). The 1960 Eagles are the only team to defeat the Vince Lombardi coached Packers in a playoff game. They have made two Super Bowl appearances but did not win either Super Bowl.
The city’s sole existing Major League Baseball team is the Philadelphia Phillies. Phillies, Founded in 1883, the team is the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports. It competes in the National League East and has won the World Series twice, in 1980 and 2008. In 2010, Philadelphia sports fans picked both of the Phillies’ World Series wins as the two greatest moments in Philadelphia sports, picking the 2008 win as the greatest moment.
The first game in the history of Major League Baseball was played in Philadelphia, on Saturday, April 22, 1876, at the Jefferson Street Grounds.
Philadelphia has been represented in the National Basketball Association by the Warriors (now in Oakland) and the 76ers. The Philadelphia 76ers franchise has won three NBA championships.
The Wells Fargo Center is the sports home for both the Philadelphia Flyers and the Philadelphia 76ers.
The Philadelphia Flyers were part of the 1967 NHL Expansion. They have won two championships.
The Philadelphia Union is a Major League Soccer team, which began play in spring 2010. On June 27, 2010, it played its first match at its newly built stadium, PPL Park
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