Next time you watch the replay of the Eagles’ Super Bowl LII victory – come on, we know you have a few more left in you – hit the pause button when they show Jeffrey Lurie celebrating in his private box at U.S. Bank Stadium. One row above and just to the left of the Eagles’ owner, you can see Phillies owner John Middleton celebrating right along with Lurie and actor Bradley Cooper.
Like so many other Eagles fans, Middleton had waited a lifetime for that moment in Minneapolis.
“I’ve been watching the Eagles since I was 2 years old and I can remember sitting with my parents watching games since I was 4 or 5,” said Middleton, a Delaware County native whose family had Eagles season tickets at Franklin Field and Veterans Stadium starting in 1961.