the eagles were one of the first NFL franchises so they got first dibs on the national animal, also, it is fitting becaue Philadelphia used to be the original capitol of America back in the late 1700s
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The eagles first name was the frankfort yellow jackets but the eagles first owner bert bell liked the name eagles better so in 1936 he changed the name to the Philadelphia Eagles
During the Great Depression the team was named after FDR's symbol for the NRA (National Recovery Administration), a blue eagle. The eagle was used as a symbol of hope for the American people at this time. The whole answer should be on the eagles website or related sites.
The NFL franchise for the defunct Frankford Yellow Jackets was sold to Burt Bell and Lud Wray in July 1933. Bell and Wray renamed the team the Philadelphia Eagles, after Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal symbol.
The Eagles were named after the Blue Eagle, a symbol used for the New Deal stimulus programs initiated during the Great Depression.
They're called thge Eagles because philadelphia is the birth place of the US and the eagle represents the us.!!<3
The Philadelphia Eagles got their name because when the franchise was forming, the eagle became the symbol of America.
I believe the Philadelphia Eagles got their name to honor the large Eagle statue found inside the front door of the famous John Wanamaker Store.