Fans petition Eagles to bring back kelly green uniforms
Do you want the Eagles to bring back those bodacious kelly green jerseys? Well, you're not the only one. Cranekicker, the local twitter personality and Zoo With Roy contributor, has written a letter to Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie petitioning that the Birds bring back the old jerseys.
Fans petition Eagles to bring back kelly green uniforms
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Do you want the Eagles to bring back those bodacious kelly green jerseys? Well, you're not the only one. Cranekicker, the hilarious local twitterer and Zoo With Roy contributor, has written a letter to Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie petitioning that the Birds bring back the old jerseys.
Already sold? Sign the petition here.
If you still need some convincing, hop on over to Zoo With Roy and read the letter. READ IT!
Cranekicker makes some pretty logical points, besides the obvious one that the new Eagles coach is named Chip Kelly. That isn't the main reason for the petition but Cranekicker, who wishes to remain anonymous, told Philly.com that it was just "a bonus to help kick start the process."
"Basically, I don't like the Eagles uniforms. I think they're ugly," Cranekicker said. "I'm not a fan of new uniforms in general. I like the traditional football look with the block letters, kind of like what they did with the Pro Bowl uniforms this season."
But will the petition work?
When asked if he thought it would ever reach Lurie's desk, Cranekicker said, "I'm sure that if it builds enough steam it will. I'm also pretty sure he knows how Philly fans feel about that color, but he probably doesn't care."
Come on, the last Birds championship came in 1960 when they wore those swaggerific jerseys.
As CK writes, "Welllll 1960 was the last title ... we still have no Super Bowl and that’s the ultimate barometer of success so give the fans what we want."
I signed it. I'm sick of all these dark colors that have been the trend. Remove the Black as well. Go back to the silver and white.— Norm3- i like the midnight green.
kelly green too much like the jets green.
midnight green totally unique.
i want the grey/silver pants and grey/silver numbers tho.— bloodymess - Love the old greeen, but mainly because I love the silver. No Black.
Put the kelly withg silver and white, before they added black around the #'s. Midnight/silver would also look cool.— B.Woods - please god get rid of the trash 1996-dated cartoon eagle jerseys,and bring back the real one.kelly only.no black.no pine tree.no cartoon eagle wing on the helmet.— yamscola
- I like Kelly Green, but because I thought it looked cool. It doesn't have much to do with tradition, as I mostly remember the Eagles getting their butts kicked in those unis.— hillbillybirdsfan
- tpizza, yes with bringing back the old eagle carrying the football logo. Eagles last won a championship with Kelly green.— watsonmr
Yes, I was thinking of that...it won't get confused with Jacksonville or Jets. Great...I signed the petition. Yes!!!- Bring back the white helmets with green wings while you're at it!!!— Colonel Angus
- Kelly Green is dead buried and gone so let it stay that way, looking back the color was lame anyway. As a matter of fact I hope Chip goes to an all black or Midnight Green uniform kinda like in Oregon. Kill the stupid petition to bring it back.— realtruth
- No way! I do not want Kelly green! I like the midnight green so much better!!— robbiemac11
- This team's problems have nothing to do with clothing. Stupid idea, stupid article.— croozn
- This team's problems have nothing to do with clothing. Stupid idea, stupid article.— croozn
- For more than 50 years, champion sports teams in Philly have one thing in common: THEY DO NOT WEAR GREEN.
— croozn - Forget the uniforms bring back the winning ways.— Jeffman7998
- Kelly Green = Celtic Green, ugh! Nuff said!— UVharvey
