"There's nothing that sounds worse than throwing snowballs at Santa," said sports radio host Glen Macnow of WIP-AM in Philadelphia. The antics at halftime of he Eagles' final regular season game, beamed around the country on Howard Cosell's national sports show, helped cement Philadelphia's reputation for having rogue, rowdy sports fans. "The fans carried on like that because the Eagles were horrible," Olivo said. The truth is out there: They simply booed Santa Claus.įrank Olivo - the erstwhile Santa in question - wasn't drunk, nor was his red suit in tatters that December day in 1968 when he walked onto the field for the halftime show, only to be met by a chorus of jeers and a snowball fusillade from Eagles fans.īut by all accounts, they had cause for an ugly mood. PHILADELPHIA - Those famously churlish Philly fans can't hide behind the urban legends.
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