The Champions of Philadelphia: The Greatest Eagles, Phillies, Sixers, and Flyers Teams

by Rich Westcott, Pat Williams (Foreword)

Since the start of the twentieth century, Philadelphia’s professional teams in four major sports have won a combined total of seventeen championships. All of Philadelphia’s current teams-the Phillies in baseball, the Eagles in football, the Flyers in ice hockey, and the 76ers in basketball-have won championships. The list of champs also includes long-gone teams such as the Athletics in baseball, the Warriors in basketball, and the Frankford Yellow Jackets in football.In Rich Westcott’s The Champions of Philadelphia, each of these teams earns a chapter devoted to its championship season. There are detailed descriptions of the games and players, plus noteworthy interviews. Starting with teams from the 1940s, Westcott has interviewed more than fifty players, managers, coaches, and others, including luminaries such as Mike Schmidt, Chuck Bednarik, and Bobby Clarke.The City of Brotherly Love is also a city that loves its champions. Westcott’s in-depth account of Philadelphia’s athletic triumphs will attract fans of each of the four active professional teams.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports-books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

233 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 5, 2016

Reviews

[Fr. Peter Calabrese · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nicely done though occasionally some minor errors distract. Also may have been a series of essays gathered together as some descriptions repeat when mentioning subjects covered earlier. That said a pleasant overview of good memories. Younger readers will enjoy the history of the team’s they did not know while reliving their own joy for the teams they did root for.

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book could have been so much better. The author claims to be a Philadelphia sportswriter, so he should be able to correctly spell star athlete's names who have a long history in Philadelphia. The prime example, here is that of Bobby Clarke. Clarke played about 15 years in Philadelphia. He was the captain and leader of the two Cup winning teams from the 1970s. Clearly, he is not familiar with Philadelphia sports history as he spelled his name Clark. Clarke is a very easy name to spell. It's not spelled in the more common form of Clark, but neither is it a very complex eastern European name like say, Krzyzewski. In addition, the book is full of typographical errors of other sorts. Any ice hockey fan and many North American sports fans period know that in ice hockey they play 3 periods as opposed to 4 quarters. I do not think the author proofread the book at all. He could have proofread it himself or given it to someone else to proofread or both. I am quite sure that he did neither. I am not tremendously accurate in writing papers and documents. However, even those sports fans amongst us who are not the most grammatically gifted would have certainly picked up on his errors. This book was a gift. Fortunately, I did not buy it myself. I would highly recommend to anyone interested in Philadelphia sports to not buy any of his other books. He's got 25 of them, I don't understand if he likely has this many typographical errors in all of his books how he has been this successful as an author. I certainly won't buy any of his books.