Eagles Induct Francis ‘Bucko’ Kilroy to HOF: 5 Reasons Why This Was Long Overdue As Bucko Kilroy makes it to the Eagles' HOF at last, here's a look at his Philly legacy and the unprecedented contribut

On a night when the past felt as alive as the present, the Philadelphia Eagles finally settled the score with history. Francis ‘Bucko’ Kilroy, tough as Philly steel, became the newest inductee into the Eagles’ Hall of Fame. Nearly eighty years debuting on those now-iconic muddy fields, Kilroy’s name rings out in stadiums and living rooms; an echo of football’s golden age and a warning shot to anyone who underestimates what a Philadelphia heart can do. The dual-threat menace who embodied a city’s soul finally finds his place in the pages of Philly history.

As HOFer Art Donovan had rightly noted in his book ‘Fatso: Football When Men Were Really Men,’ “The beginnings of the Colt-Eagle rivalry probably had something to do with a guy named Frank Kilroy. They called him Bad News Kilr