Monday, May 4, 2015

Frank Olivo, Santa pelted with snow at '68 Eagles game, dies (Yahoo Sports)

Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium, foreground, The Spectrum, center, and JFK Stadium are seen in this April 2, 1971 photo. The Friday, April 4, 2003 final home opener for the Phillies at Veterans Stadium is sold out. The last available tickets to the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates were sold Wednesday, marking just the fifth sellout for a home opener at the Vet and the first since 1994, when the Phillies were coming off a World Series appearance. (AP Photo)

The fill-in Santa whose downfield jaunt at a Philadelphia Eagles game in 1968 lives on in sports history for the hail of snowballs and shower of boos that rained down on him has died. Frank Olivo was 66. Olivo died early Thursday at a suburban hospital after a long battle with heart disease, diabetes and other ailments, said his cousin, Richard Monastra. The story of Olivo's misfortune has long been held up as a symbol of Philly sports fans ferocity, but far from minding his moment in sports history, Monastra said, Olivo ''gloried in it.'' ''It was his 15 minutes of fame,'' Monastra said.




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