{"id":26579,"date":"2026-01-08T11:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/?post_type=story&#038;p=26579"},"modified":"2026-01-08T17:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:15:30","slug":"hes-changed-the-history-of-philadelphia-sports","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/08\/hes-changed-the-history-of-philadelphia-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018He\u2019s changed the history of Philadelphia sports\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-intro has-large-font-size\">Eagles owner Jeff Lurie \u201973 inducted into Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-dark-teal-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-dark-teal-background-color has-background\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WEh9SmmdS2I\">inducted its newest slate of honorees<\/a>, and among them is a Clark alum who was cited as \u201cone of the most consequential figures in the history of Philadelphia sports.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeffrey Lurie \u201973, owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, received the Philadelphia Medal for his decades of leadership that have seen the team make an astounding 17 playoff appearances over the last 25 years, culminating in Super Bowl championships in 2018 and 2025. (Above: Lurie holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the 2018 Super Bowl.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJeff Lurie never played football for the Philadelphia Eagles, but he changed the history of Philadelphia sports,\u201d said Joe DeCamara, the Philadelphia radio host who emceed the Nov. 23 induction ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DeCamara introduced a video compilation highlighting the team\u2019s performances since Lurie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2014\/10\/15\/his-chosen-field-how-jeffrey-lurie-73-went-from-sitting-in-the-cheap-seats-to-owning-the-philadelphia-eagles\/\">purchased the Eagles in 1994<\/a>, including the \u201cPhilly Special\u201d play that provided a key early touchdown in the Eagles\u2019 2018 Super Bowl win against the New England Patriots. The video supplies some additional karma when retired Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, an analyst with Fox Sports, narrates a touchdown catch from Philly quarterback Jalen Hurts to receiver DeVonta Smith in the Eagles\u2019 2025 Super Bowl win over the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group alignright boxout has-gray-100-color has-dark-teal-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-4ba3a8be3a0b15cbde7e5f6ffe710a1b is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>The Eagles continue their quest for a third Super Bowl title under Jeffrey Lurie\u2019s leadership when they play the San Francisco 49ers in the Wild Card Round on Sunday, Jan. 11, at 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>Scenes of green-and-white confetti storms, locker room celebrations, and victory parades attended by throngs of Eagles fans accentuate the City of Brotherly Love\u2019s championship vibe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In prerecorded remarks shown at the ceremony, Lurie described receiving the award as a \u201chumbling moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSince 1994, I have called Philadelphia home,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s where I started my family; it\u2019s where I\u2019ve grown personally and professionally, and it\u2019s where my dream of owning a professional sports team became a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lurie said he\u2019s proud of how the team has leveraged its star power to positively impact the lives of individuals and their families through efforts like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.philadelphiaeagles.com\/eaglesautismfoundation\/\">Eagles Autism Foundation<\/a>, which has raised $40 million since its inception in 2018. This past year, he added, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.research.chop.edu\/cornerstone-blog\/new-lurie-autism-institute-to-advance-autism-discovery-across-the-lifespan\">Lurie Autism Institute<\/a> was launched in partnership with Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine, with the goal of establishing a \u201cglobal hub for autism research.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the Eagles owner, Lurie said, \u201cone of the most rewarding things I\u2019ve been part of was having the opportunity to celebrate not one, but two world championships with millions of Eagles fans. It\u2019s been quite a journey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After thanking the members of the Eagles organization who have \u201chelped shape the reputation and image\u201d of the team over the years, Lurie punctuated his remarks with the classic Philly cheer: \u201cGo Birds!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame recently inducted its newest slate of honorees, and among them is Jeffrey Lurie \u201973, owner of the Philadelphia Eagles and \u201cone of the most consequential figures in the history of Philadelphia sports.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26580,"template":"","meta":{"story_color":"var(--clarku-color-dark-teal)","story_headerImg":26580,"section_label":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[223],"displayed_author":[235],"featured":[493],"topic":[232,557],"class_list":["post-26579","story","type-story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clark-community","displayed_author-jim-keogh","featured-primary","topic-alumni","topic-clark-alumni"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018He\u2019s changed the history of Philadelphia sports\u2019 | ClarkU News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/08\/hes-changed-the-history-of-philadelphia-sports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018He\u2019s changed the history of Philadelphia sports\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame recently inducted its newest slate of honorees, and among them is Jeffrey Lurie \u201973, owner of the Philadelphia Eagles and \u201cone of the most consequential figures in the history of Philadelphia sports.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/08\/hes-changed-the-history-of-philadelphia-sports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ClarkU News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-08T22:15:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Jeff-Lurie-1800x1200-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/08\\\/hes-changed-the-history-of-philadelphia-sports\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/08\\\/hes-changed-the-history-of-philadelphia-sports\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u2018He\u2019s changed the history of Philadelphia sports\u2019 | ClarkU News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/08\\\/hes-changed-the-history-of-philadelphia-sports\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/08\\\/hes-changed-the-history-of-philadelphia-sports\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/37\\\/Jeff-Lurie-1800x1200-1.avif\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-08T16:53:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-08T22:15:30+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/08\\\/hes-changed-the-history-of-philadelphia-sports\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/08\\\/hes-changed-the-history-of-philadelphia-sports\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/37\\\/Jeff-Lurie-1800x1200-1.avif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/37\\\/Jeff-Lurie-1800x1200-1.avif\",\"width\":1800,\"height\":1200,\"caption\":\"The Philadelphia Eagles beat the New England Patriots 41-33 in Lurie Super Bowl LII at US Bank Stadium on February 4, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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