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Dick Vermeil Is As Much Philly As The Cheesesteak And Rocky
"The more I was around people in Philadelphia, the more I was given the opportunity to connect with them," Vermeil said.
August 3, 2022
Revered in Philadelphia, Dick Vermeil quit coaching and left town before returning to the NFL and completing his Hall of Fame resume in other cities.
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Vermeil won a Super Bowl with the St. Louis Rams and later coached the Kansas City Chiefs. But Philly is home and he’s going into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as an Eagle.
“The more I was around people in Philadelphia, the more I was given the opportunity to connect with them,” Vermeil said. “There’s a lot of very compassionate people in Philadelphia. And, they are very free with their compliments. When they see you and tell you what a great job you do, and as long as you don’t let it distort your ego, it’s really a warm experience and pretty quick you say I belong here, this is my community. They respect me. They care about me. They appreciate the job that my staff and I did with their Eagles football team.”
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