Frankford Yellow Jackets
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Frankford Yellow Jackets
Frankford Yellow Jackets logo
Founded 1899
Suspended 1931
Based in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
United States
League Independent (1899–1923)
National Football League (1924–1931)
Team history Frankford Athletic Association
(1899–1909, 1912–1924)
Loyola Athletic Club (1909–1912)
Frankford Yellow Jackets (1924–1931)
T
… Moreeam colors Blue, Yellow, White
Head coaches Punk Berryman (1924)
Guy Chamberlin (1925–26)
Charley Moran (1927)
Swede Youngstrom (1927)
Charley Rogers (1927)
Russ Daugherty (1927)
Ed Weir (1927–28)
Bull Behman (1929–31)
General managers Theodore Holden (1924–26)
James Adams (1926–30)
Shep Royle (1930–31)
Owner(s) Frankford Athletic Association
NFL Championship wins (1) 1926
Home field(s)
Frankford Stadium
Temporary stadiums in 1931 due to a
fire at Frankford Stadium:
Philadelphia Municipal Stadium (Two Games)
Baker Bowl (Two Games)
1926 championship team photo.
The Frankford Yellow Jackets were a professional American football team, part of the National Football League from 1924 to 1931, though its origin dates back to as early as 1899 with the Frankford Athletic Association.[1] The Yellow Jackets won the NFL championship in 1926. The team played its home games from 1923 in Frankford Stadium (also called Yellow Jacket Field) in Frankford, a section in the northeastern part of Philadelphia, noted for the subway-elevated transit line that terminates there.
Contents [hide]
1 Origin
1.1 Frankford Athletic Association
2 Yellow Jackets and the NFL
2.1 1924 season
2.2 1925 season
2.2.1 1925 NFL Championship controversy
2.3 1926 Championship season
2.4 1927–1929 seasons
3 Decline
3.1 1930 season
3.2 Final season
4 Legacy
5 Philadelphia Eagles
6 Hall of Famers
7 Other notable players
8 Season-by-season record
9 References
10 External links
Origin[edit]
Frankford Athletic Association[edit]
The Frankford Athletic Association was organized in May 1899 in the parlor of the Suburban Club. The cost of purchasing a share in the association was $10. However, there were also contributing memberships, ranging from $1 to $2.50, made available to the general public. The Association was a community-based non-profit organization of local residents and businesses. In keeping with its charter, which stated that "all profits shall be donated to charity", all of the team's excess income was donated to local charitable institutions. The beneficiaries of this generosity included Frankford Hospital, the Frankford Day Nursery, the local Boy Scouts, and the local American Legion Post 211. The officers of the Association never received a salary or compensation for their work on behalf of the team.
The association's clubhouse was originally located at the current site of Frankford High School. The field at this site, known as Wistar Field, became the first official home of the Yellow Jackets. Several years later, when the construction of the current high school was proposed, the team moved to Brown's Field. The Association initially fielded a baseball team; however, soccer and football clubs were also formed. The Association's football team played several games in 1899, including victorious contests against the Pioneer Athletic Association, Jefferson Medical College, the Philadelphia Athletic Club, and a team from Atlantic City.
The original Frankford Athletic Association apparently disbanded prior to the 1909 football season. Several of the original players from the 1899 football team kept the team together, and they became known as Loyola Athletic Club. In keeping with Yellow Jackets tradition, they carried the "Frankford" name again in 1912, to become the Frankford Athletic Association. Less
