The 1960 Philadelphia Eagles season was the
franchise's 28th
season in the
National Football League, and finished with the Eagles' win over the
Green Bay Packers in the
NFL championship game to get their third
league title. The victory over the Packers was also the first and only playoff defeat of the Packers'
Vince Lombardi's coaching career. The 1960 season was the Eagles' first postseason appearance since their last NFL championship season of
1949. It was their only postseason appearance in the 28 seasons from
1950 to
1977, and their last NFL title until their victory in
Super Bowl LII,
57 years later.
The NFL Draft was a draft of 20 rounds with 12 teams picking. The Eagles would rotate having the 7th, 8th or 9th pick in the draft rounds, with Chicago and Cleveland. The quickly assembled NFL franchise of the
Dallas Cowboys did not have a chance to pick, as the draft was held on November 30, 1959, before they were formed, January 28, 1960.
The AFL draft was a list made the teams of territorial players they claimed first. Then a draft was held by drafting players by position instead of any available player. When Minneapolis left league other AFL teams pursued those picks. Oakland got the rights after they joined the league.
The Philadelphia Eagles lost 4 players to the AFL including 1st round pick
Ron Burton, a running back out of
Northwestern University. A total of 6 NFL 1st round picks in this draft would sign with the AFL this year.
Player selections
The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick.[2] It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with.
Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.
During the 1960 season,
Chuck Bednarik is perhaps best known for knocking
Frank Gifford of the New York Giants out of football for over eighteen months, considered one of the most famous tackles in NFL history.[9] It occurred late in the game at
Yankee Stadium on November 20.[10][11]
Bednarik was the last player to play the whole game. He averaged 58 minutes a game, starting at center and linebacker in the second half of season.[12]
Soon after the championship game against Green Bay, 61-year-old
Buck Shaw retired as head coach of the Eagles.[26] Quarterback and 12-year veteran
Norm Van Brocklin retired after the game also and expected to be named head coach, but assistant coach
Nick Skorich was promoted;[27] he led the Eagles for the next three years, through the
1963 season.