Post Date: 03/28/2018 10:30 AM

The Wilmington native will participate in Saturday afternoon event at the Kingswood Community Center

Mayor Mike Purzycki today invited citizens to join Philadelphia Eagles running back and Wilmington native Wendell Smallwood in celebrating the team’s recent Super Bowl victory this Saturday. The event will be held at the Kingswood Community Center, 2300 Bowers Street, on March 31 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The festivities will include free food and beverages, music, and giveaways.

“We’re happy to be joined by Wendell to recognize his achievement over the past two seasons with our ‘hometown’ Eagles, and to show our young people that they, too, can realize their dreams if they dedicate themselves to working hard and focusing on their goals,” said Mayor Purzycki. “They might even make it to the NFL one day.”

Also joining the Mayor at Saturday’s event to celebrate the Super Bowl win and honor Wendell Smallwood will be former Eagles linebacker Frank LeMaster, who played for the team from 1974 to 1984, and was a member of the first Eagles team to go to the Super Bowl in 1980.

Second-year running back Smallwood was selected in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL Draft and played a significant role in the Eagles backfield in the first half of the 2017-18 season. The Eagles defeated the New England Patriots by a score of 41 to 33 in Super Bowl LII on February 4 in Minneapolis, Minn. It was the third Super Bowl appearance by the Eagles and their first-ever victory.

Mayor Purzycki will also announce details on Saturday about the new Mayor Mike Purzycki’s Pro Football Camp, featuring Atlanta Falcon NFC Champion running back Jhurell Pressley. The camp, scheduled for April 21 and 22, 2018 at Wilmington’s Eden Park, is for young people between the ages of 8 and 16.

For more information, contact Earl Cooper at (302) 576-2133, or email eacooper@wilmingtonde.gov, or Ashley Christopher at (302) 576-2110, or email aschristopher@wilmingtonde.gov.

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