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Defunct American football team

The Pottstown Firebirds were a professional American football minor league team and member of the Atlantic Coast Football League (ACFL) from to The Pottstown Firebirds played their home games at Pottstown High School stadium.

In their final two seasons of existence in Pottstown ( and ), the Firebirds won the league championship.

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History

The Firebirds were founded in and were originally a "farm club" of the Philadelphia Eagles. The team was provided with equipment/helmets already emblazoned with Eagle wings. The Firebirds affiliation with the Philadelphia Eagles was short-lived and was withdrawn in In and , the Firebirds won back-to-back ACFL championships.

In , the Firebirds merged with the Norfolk Neptunes and left Pottstown. After the collapse of the ACFL a couple of years later, the World Football League sprang up. Many of the Pottstown Firebirds went on to play for the Philadelphia Bell as described in Vince Papale'