Monday, January 25, 2010

Philadelphia Sports Writers to honor '60 Eagles

Philadelphia Sports Writers 106th annual dinner on Monday, Feb 1 - special guestsThe Philadelphia Sports Writers Association will honor the Eagles last championship team at the organization’s 106th annual Awards Dinner on Feb. 1, at the Crowne Plaza in Cherry Hill, N.J.

The PSWA welcomes four members of that cherished team to the dais: Pete Retzlaff, Pro Football Hall-of-Famers Chuck Bednarik and Tommy McDonald, and tigh tend Dick Lukas.

Retzlaff will accept the award and speak on behalf of his teammates. 

The Philly sports writers’ dinner, the longest-running banquet of its kind in the country, will include the presentation of more than a dozen major awards.

The Philadelphia Phillies will be honored as Team of the Year, and Villanova University’s NCAA-champion basketball team of 1985 will be feted.

Andrew Bailey, a South Jersey native and American League baseball Rookie of the Year, will receive the PSWA’s Native Son award. Bailey, a graduate of Paul VI high school in Haddonfield, took over the closer role in the Oakland Athletics bullpen last summer.

The Philadelphia Sports Writers Association dinner is open to the public. Some tickets are still available. To learn more about the dinner or to purchase tickets, visit www.PSWA.org.

For information, contact ticket chairman Robbie Kenney are pswadinner@yahoo.com, or call (609) 702-7473.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Check your sources......there were several Eagles championships prior to 1960. Don't disrespect those great late 1940's teams of which several great players remain alive and kicking.