Daily News | Philly sports is in rarefied air. A memorable 1980 photo reminds us how special and fleeting it can be.
Pete Peeters strapped on his goalie equipment and pulled on his Flyers jersey before waiting at the top of the Art Museum steps for the other players to arrive. The Philadelphia sports scene was humming as all four teams played for the championship in a 10-month span and Life Magazine — then one of the country’s powerhouse publications — was in town to capture it.
The city’s sports landscape had never been stronger but the four teams would not stay on top forever. The photograph is a reminder of how special Philadelphia’s sports scene is right now — the Phillies, Eagles, and Union played for the championship in a 99-day span — and how fleeting it all can be. Peeters was at the Vet with his wife when the Phillies won the World Series and was back again three months later when the Eagles steamrolled Dallas to punch their ticket to Super Bowl XV. He still remembers barefooted kicker Tony Franklin and how he marveled at the size of the Eagles lineman who stopped one night by the Flyers’ dressing room. Peters grew up in Edmonton and didn’t know much about basketball. A pair of courtside seats at the Spectrum provided everything he needed to know.
The Eagles won 10 games the next season, lost in the first-round, and then finished in either fourth or fifth place for the next six seasons while averaging just 5.5 wins. The Flyers lost in 1981′s first round and reached the Stanley Cup Final twice more in the 1980s but couldn’t recapture the magic of the 1970s Broad Street Bullies.
The Sixers finished this month with the Eastern Conference’s third-best record in the first half and should begin the postseason in April as title contenders. The Phillies added Trea Turner — one of baseball’s best players — to a lineup that fell two wins short of a championship.
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