12/07/2025
This coming Sunday, The Historical Society of Frankford will host a meet and greet and author signing for two just-published local books on our local teams:
Frankford Yellow Jackets: Philadelphia’s First NFL Team by Brian Michael of Shibe Vintage Sports and Andrew Weicker
and
The Eagles Encyclopedia: Champions II by Ray Didinger
WHAT: Author Meet & Greet and Book Signing
WHO: Brian Michael and Andrew Weicker and Ray Didinger
DATE: Sunday December 7, 2025
TIME: from 1:00 to 3:00 PM.
ADDRESS: The Historical Society of Frankford, 1507 Orthodox Street, Philadelphia, PA
Yellow Jackets authors Brian Michael and Andrew Weicker and Encyclopedia author Ray Didinger will have books for sale, and will sign and inscribe copies at no additional charge.
The event is free and open to the public, reservations are not required. Light refreshments will be served and parking is available across the street at the Frankford Friends School. Proceeds from the sale of the books will benefit the Historical Society of Frankford, which holds the surviving Yellow Jackets records and memorabilia.
Put on your Yellow Jackets and or Eagles gear and come meet and greet football historians Brian Michael, Andrew Weicker, and sportswriter-broadcaster Ray Didinger discussing Philadelphia’s two NFL teams and signing their new histories of the two franchises. Michael and Weicker come from northeast Philly, and have extensively researched the Yellow Jackets story in original records and photographs. Didinger, a longtime Philly fixture in sports journalism, celebrates the Eagles 2024 Super Bowl season and championship, including Saquon Barkely’s “Fly, Saquon, Fly” leap into football history.
