Never understood where the 76ers name came from. Then I realized that 76 is the main highway that runs through Philly. They literally named their team after a highway. Is there a dumber team name in existence?
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The Browns
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The OP probably thinks the San Francisco 49ers are named after a highway too.
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why not the 95ers? wrote:
Never understood where the 76ers name came from. Then I realized that 76 is the main highway that runs through Philly. They literally named their team after a highway. Is there a dumber team name in existence?
Or.....The Declaration of Independence being signed in Philly in 1776.....
Alan
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SLG wrote:
The OP probably thinks the San Francisco 49ers are named after a highway too.
I thought they were named after something San Francisco men did to each other.
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We were literally named after meat 🍖 packers so 🤷♂️
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The Banana Slugs 🍌🐌, greatest name ever.
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why not the 95ers? wrote:
Never understood where the 76ers name came from. Then I realized that 76 is the main highway that runs through Philly. They literally named their team after a highway. Is there a dumber team name in existence?
It's fitting because philly might be the dumbest city in existence
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hoops
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why not the 95ers? wrote:
Never understood where the 76ers name came from. Then I realized that 76 is the main highway that runs through Philly. They literally named their team after a highway. Is there a dumber team name in existence?
This is indicative of 99% of the posters here. Completely ignorant and without knowledge of normal things.
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Kansas City Chiefs
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and the home of the wrote:
Kansas City Chiefs
Dumb considering they aren't even in Kansas
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Highways in the area were renamed to I-76 in the years leading to the 1976 Bicentennial. The USDOT didn't find evidence that the renaming was intentional for the bicentennial celebration, but that doesn't mean the highway wasn't named after 1776 either, otherwise why change it right there? I think the highway was named for Independence Year, just like the basketball team.
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I always thought it was a reference to the American Revolution; Philly is home to the Continental Congress and the first American flag… think Spirit of ‘76
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why not the 95ers? wrote:
Never understood where the 76ers name came from. Then I realized that 76 is the main highway that runs through Philly. They literally named their team after a highway. Is there a dumber team name in existence?
That's not so bad, naming your team after a highway is kinda cool actually. At least they aren't ashamed of what state they're in. What's lame is all the New Jersey-based teams that call themselves "New York"
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why not the 95ers? wrote:
Never understood where the 76ers name came from. Then I realized that 76 is the main highway that runs through Philly. They literally named their team after a highway. Is there a dumber team name in existence?
I can't tell if you're trolling or the US history curriculum has failed us.
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Cleveland Guardians named after a stupid looking statue on a bridge in town
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The Philadelphia 95ers better?
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