Philadelphia Stars

Philadelphia Stars may refer to:

  • Philadelphia Stars (baseball), a baseball team in the Negro Leagues from 1933 to 1952
  • Philadelphia Stars (football), a football team in the USFL in 1983-84, after which they became the Baltimore Stars for their final season in 1985

Famous quotes containing the words philadelphia and/or stars:

    “I’d like to see Paris before I die. Philadelphia will do.”
    —Mae West, U.S. screenwriter, W.C. Fields, and Edward Cline. Cuthbert Twillie (W.C. Fields)

    “And is it true? And is it true,
    This most tremendous tale of all,
    Seen in a stained-glass window’s hue,
    A Baby in an ox’s stall?
    The Maker of the stars and sea
    Become a Child on earth for me?”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)