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When Eagles Fans Booed Santa: The Notorious True Story

ESPN Daily

ESPN

Sports

4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

It's one of the most infamous fan stories in sports history: when Eagles fans booed Santa at halftime of a game played at Franklin Field. But who was the Santa in question, and why was he booed and pelted with snowballs? Outside the Lines' Jeremy Schaap joins Mina Kimes to reflect on the enduring legacy of the Philadelphia Santa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

There's Babe Ruth with the called shot in the 1932 World Series, right?

0:10.8

There's Joe Namath down in Miami, making the guarantee.

0:16.0

And then there's Santa Claus getting pelted by snowballs.

0:19.0

These are some of the biggest legends in the history of sports storytelling.

0:24.7

And our objective was to really suss out exactly what happened.

0:30.0

Not just to regurgitate the myths and the legends, but to do some actual feet on the ground, knocking on the door, reporting.

0:42.3

It's one of the most infamous legends in sports history that Philadelphia Eagles fans are so naughty,

0:50.3

they once booed Santa. And pelted him with snowballs.

0:55.3

In one of ESPN's finer moments of investigative work,

0:58.8

Jeremy Schapp tracked down the mythical man who was on the receiving end of that icy attack

1:03.0

and got to the bottom of the spa humbug story.

1:08.4

It's Wednesday, December 25th.

1:18.7

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