 The
Eagles Encyclopedia a Complete History of the Philadelphia Eagles
1933 to the Present
Signed by Ray Didinger
408 pages hardcover
Written by Pro Football Hall of Famer Ray Didinger and local sports
historian Robert S. Lyons the Eagles Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive
chronicle of the teams history from Bert Bell's 1933 purchase of the
Frankford Yellow Jackets, the city's first NFL franchise, through
the war years as the Philadelphia-Pittsburgh Steagles the 1960 NFL
title victory the sterling careers of Hall of Famers Chuck Bednarik
and Steve Van Buren and much, much more. A year by year history of
the team to the present Donovan McNabb era. A virtual must for the
Eagles football fan!!!
Ray Didinger is a senior producer with NFL Films in Mt. Laurel,
N.J. He covered pro football for the Philadelphia Bulletin and Philadelphia
Daily News for 26 years before joining NFL Films in 1996.
Didinger has won four Emmy Awards for his work as a writer and producer
on the weekly series “NFL Films Presents” and the Turner Network
documentary “Football America”.
He wrote and co-produced the one-hour special “Winning is Living
and Losing is Dying: The George Allen Story,” which aired on ESPN.
The show was selected the top documentary of 2001 by Sports Illustrated.
Didinger also wrote and produced “Dick Vermeil: A Coach for All
Seasons,” which aired on ESPN and was voted Best Biography of 2000
at the Aurora International Film Festival.
Didinger was the 1995 winner of the Dick McCann Award for long and
distinguished reporting in the field of pro football. The award
was presented by the Pro Football Writers of America and Didinger’s
name was added to the Writers Honor Roll in the Pro Football Hall
of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
A graduate of Temple University, Didinger took over the pro football
beat at the Bulletin in 1970 at the age of 23. In 1980, he joined
the Daily News and covered the NFL until taking his current position
with NFL Films.
Didinger was named Pennsylvania Sportswriter of the Year five times.
He won six Keystone Press Association Awards for feature writing,
three Associated Press awards for column writing and three Philadelphia
Press Association awards for reporting.. He won the Pro Football
Writers of America award for outstanding feature story in 1991.
His eighth book on pro football, “The Eagles Encyclopedia”, will
be published in the fall by Temple University Press. He was inducted
into the Delaware County Athletes Hall of Fame, the Pennsylvania
Sports Hall of Fame and the Ridley Township Sports Hall of Fame.
In 2002, he was one of 50 people chosen for the Delaware County
Sports Legends exhibit at the Museum for the History of Delaware
County.
He has written for numerous national magazines and hosts a weekly
radio talk show on WIP-AM in Philadelphia. He was named Best Sports
Radio Personality in the 2005 “Best of Philly” Awards by Philadelphia
Magazine. He also serves as a pro football analyst on the Comcast
Sports Network and his show, “Post-Game Live”, was selected as Best
Local TV show in the 2005 “Best of Philly” Awards.
Also, I contacted Ray about his on air schedule. WIP is his only
regularly scheduled radio shift. He does guest spots from time to
time, but that's all. On TV, he does "Post-Game Live" on Comcast
SportsNet after every Eagles game. It is a two-hour show which begins
during the regular season. The first show is Sept. 12th.
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