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A song titled "The Great Santa Snowball Debacle of 1968" was released in 2006. [1] In 2009, Olivo returned to an Eagles game dressed as Santa Claus. [9] A book titled A Snowball's Chance: Philly Fires Back Against The National Media, which defended the Eagles fans' behavior in the incident, was published in 2012. [7]
The 1968 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 36th season in the National Football League (NFL). They failed to improve on their previous output of 6–7–1, winning only two games. Eagles fans expected to get O. J. Simpson if the team went winless, a finish of 2–12 was not enough to top futility due to the Buffalo Bills going 1 ...
This incident is often referred to by sportscasters in denigrating Philadelphia sports fans as being so mean they booed Santa Claus. [42] The Eagles lost the game, 24–17. [ 43 ] Olivo continued to attend Eagles games and even made a return as Santa Claus four decades later, at the Eagles' December 27, 2009, game against the Denver Broncos at ...
Tracking Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. ... Eagles fans will be out in full force for this game, which carries heavy playoff implications for the suddenly reeling 10-4 Eagles. ...
The Santa Claus Game: December 15, 1968 Minnesota Vikings: 24–17 Philadelphia Eagles: Eagles fans upset by their team's poor season used snowballs to pelt a Santa Claus actor in a halftime Christmas parade. [14] [15] The Guarantee: January 12, 1969 New York Jets: 16–7 Baltimore Colts
Santa Claus' origins date back to about 280 A.D. when St. Nicholas was born, the History Channel reports. This would make Santa approximately 1,744 years old today. This would make Santa ...
The Dec. 27 Standard-Speaker (of Hazleton, Pennsylvania) noted: “Eagles fans took out their season-long frustrations on Santa Claus a week ago Sunday when they fired snowballs at the old gent at ...
(With the second pick, the Eagles chose Leroy Keyes, who played only four years in an Eagles uniform.) The last game of 1968, the Philadelphia Eagles Santa Claus incident, played on December 15, helped cement the rowdy reputation of Philadelphia fans when some of them booed and threw snowballs at a fellow Eagles fan playing as Santa Claus. [20]