Keyboard shortcuts: On toggle Off  
Finding:
Freebase
searching
Factz
searching
Articles
searching

Curse of Billy Penn

freebase

 
The Curse of Billy Penn was an alleged curse used to explain the failure of professional sports teams based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to win championships since the March 1987 construction of the One Liberty Place skyscraper, which exceeded the height of William Penn's statue atop Philadelphia City Hall. The curse apparently ended on October 29, 2008, when the Philadelphia Phillies won the... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

Wikipedia Articles

results 1 - 10 of 825 hide highlighting  
  1. close

    Curse of Billy Penn

    The Curse of Billy Penn was an alleged curse used to explain the failure of professional sports teams based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to win championships since the March 1987 construction of the One Liberty Place skyscraper, which exceeded the height of William Penn's statue atop Philadelphia City Hall.
  2. close

    William Penn

    William Penn (October 14, 1644 – July 30, 1718) was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder and "absolute proprietor" of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future U. S. State of Pennsylvania. ... The Curse of Billy Penn
  3. close

    Curse

    A curse (also called execration) is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or unhappiness will befall another person or persons. ... All of the sports teams of Philadelphia have been characterized as being under a curse since the mid 1980s; fans blame this on the Curse of Billy Penn.
  4. close

    Curse of the Colonel

    Curse of the Colonel (カーネルサンダースの呪い Kāneru Sandāsu no noroi) refers to an urban legend regarding a reputed curse placed on the Japanese Kansai-based Hanshin Tigers baseball team by deceased KFC founder and mascot Colonel Harland Sanders. ... Curse of Billy Penn
  5. close

    Center City, Philadelphia

    Center City, or Downtown Philadelphia includes the Central Business District, and central neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. ... Since the completion of One Liberty Place, no Philadelphia major-league sports team had won a world championship for the next two decades, a phenomenon known as the "Curse of Billy Penn."
  6. close

    List of Philadelphia Phillies team records

    The Philadelphia Phillies have participated in 127 seasons in Major League Baseball since their inception in 1883. ... | Culture | 700 Level • Phillie Phanatic • Curse of Billy Penn • Hot Pants Patrol • Whiz Kids • Baseball Wall of Fame • Sports Hall of Fame • Philadelphia Phillies (NFL) • Franchise awards |
  7. close

    Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Center City includes the "Downtown", or Central Business District, and central neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. ... Since the completion of One Liberty Place, no Philadelphia sporting team won a world championship for the next two decades, a phenomenon known as the "Curse of Billy Penn."
  8. close

    Curse of the Bambino

    The Curse of the Bambino was a superstition cited as a reason for the failure of the Boston Red Sox baseball team to win the World Series in the 86-year period from 1918 until 2004. ... Curse of Billy Penn
  9. close

    List of Philadelphia Flyers broadcasters

    This is a list of Philadelphia Flyers broadcasters. ... | Culture / Lore | 1967 expansion (Draft) • Atlantic Division rivalries • Curse of Billy PennCurse of the Inauguration • Ed Snider • Flyers versus Red Army • Gene Hart • Kate Smith • "God Bless America" • Keith Allen • Legion of Doom |
  10. close

    Philadelphia Phillies award winners and league leaders

    This is a list of award winners and league leaders for the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team. ... | Culture | 700 Level • Phillie Phanatic • Curse of Billy Penn • Hot Pants Patrol • Whiz Kids • Baseball Wall of Fame • Sports Hall of Fame • Philadelphia Phillies (NFL) • Franchise awards |

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

quillback_wikipedia_9.20100314:parse:serp:Curse\sof\sBilly\sPenn
Curse of Billy Penn