Frankford Yellow Jackets

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Frankford Yellow Jackets

Founded	1899
Suspended	1931
Based in	Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
League	Independent (1899–1923) National Football League (1924–1931)
Team history	Frankford Athletic Association (1899–1909, 1912–1924) Loyola Athletic Club (1909–1912) Frankford Yellow Jackets (1924–1931)
Team colors	Blue, yellow, white
Head coaches	Punk Berryman (1924) Guy Chamberlin (1925–26) Charley Moran (1927) Swede Youngstrom (1927) Charley Rogers (1927) Russ Daugherty (1927) Ed Weir (1927–28) Bull Behman (1929–31)
General managers	Shep Royle (1924–25, 1930–31) Theodore Holden (1926) James Adams (1927–30)
Owner(s)	Frankford Athletic Association
NFL Championship wins	1 (1926)
Home field(s)	Frankford Stadium Temporary stadiums in 1931 due to a fire at Frankford Stadium: Philadelphia Municipal Stadium (Two Games) Baker Bowl (two games)

The Frankford Yellow Jackets were a professional American football team, part of the National Football League from 1924 to 1931, although its origin dates back to as early as 1899 with the Frankford Athletic Association.^[1] The Yellow Jackets won the NFL championship in 1926. The team played its home games from 1923 in Frankford Stadium (also called Yellow Jacket Field) in Frankford, a section in the northeastern part of Philadelphia, noted for the Market–Frankford Line that terminates there.