Two Sundays ago, Eloise Brown sat quietly in her wheelchair inside the tunnel at Lincoln Financial Field. It was about an hour before game time. She was dressed in a black Eagles jacket, an Eagles sweatshirt, and an Eagles hat, with A.J. Brown earrings dangling from her ears.
She held up a sign. “102 years old and still cheering for the Birds!” it read, in big green lettering. Players took note. Brandon Graham ran over, gave her a hug, kissed her on the cheek, and took a quick photo. A few moments later, C.J. Gardner-Johnson walked toward Brown and gently put his hands on her shoulders.
“Thank you for coming today,” he said. “Have a great day.” She did. Sitting in her South Philadelphia apartment on Wednesday afternoon, wearing a Jerome Brown jersey and those same A.J. Brown earrings, the great-great-grandmother smiled. She has been alive since 1922, and an Eagles fan since the 1960s, but had attended only four games.
Eloise Brown, a 102-year-old Eagles fan, and her granddaughter, Sabrina Hall, on Wednesday.
