<P> Flush with excitement from the 17 - 13 victory, with the talented Jurgensen poised to take the reins of the offense, the future looked promising . That promise, however, proved illusory . </P> <P> In 1961, the Eagles finished just a half - game behind the New York Giants for first place in the Eastern Conference standings with a 10 - 4 record . Despite the on - the - field success, however, the franchise was in turmoil . Van Brocklin had come to Philadelphia and agreed to play through 1960 with the tacit understanding that, upon his retirement as a player, he would succeed Shaw as head coach . Ownership, however, opted to promote assistant Nick Skorich instead, and Van Brocklin quit the organization in a fit of pique, instead becoming head coach of the expansion Minnesota Vikings . In 1962, the bottom dropped out as the team was decimated by injury, managed only three wins and were embarrassed at home 49 - 0 by the Packers . The off - field chaos would continue through 1963, as the remaining 65 shareholders out of the original Happy Hundred sold the team to Jerry Wolman, a 36 - year - old millionaire Washington developer who outbid local bidders for the team, paying an unprecedented $5,505,000 for control of the club . In 1964, Wolman hired former Cardinals and Washington Redskins coach Joe Kuharich to a 15 - year contract . </P> <P> Many people have heavily criticized Kuharich as a coach, as they say he wasted top - tier talent such as that of Jurgensen, Timmy Brown, Ollie Matson and Ben Hawkins and effectively ran the franchise into the ground . At Kuharich's insistence, Jurgensen was traded to the Washington Redskins for Norm Snead in 1964: Jurgensen would go on to a Hall of Fame career while Snead, although serviceable, lacked the talent to lift the team out of mediocrity . By 1968, fans were in full revolt . Chants of "Joe must go" echoed through the increasingly empty bleachers of Franklin Field . Adding insult to injury, the Eagles managed to eke out meaningless wins in two of the last three games of the season, costing the franchise the first pick in the draft, and with it the opportunity to add O.J. Simpson to the roster . (With the second pick, the Eagles chose Leroy Keyes, who played only four years in an Eagles uniform .) The last game of 1968, played on December 15, helped cement the rowdy reputation of Philadelphia fans when some of them booed and threw snowballs at an actor playing Santa Claus . By 1969, Wolman had lost most of his fortune and was bankrupt, leaving the franchise under the administration of a federal bankruptcy court . At the end of the bankruptcy proceedings, the Eagles were sold to Leonard Tose, the self - made trucking millionaire and original member of the Happy Hundred . Tose's first official act was to fire Kuharich . </P> <P> With an earned reputation as a fast - living high - flier, Tose infused the organization with some much - needed panache . Initially, however, he ran the team with more enthusiasm than ability, as was exemplified by his choice to replace Kuharich, the hapless Jerry Williams . Tose also selected former Eagles great Pete Retzlaff as General Manager . </P>

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