Michael Nutter joined the team in procession down Broad Street Saturday after the Chargers returned victorious from their Florida based playoffs.

Down in Orlando, the Frankford Chargers football team is two wins away from going to the Pop Warner Championship game.  Their next game is Wednesday against the Detroit Dolphins.

The Frankford Chargers Midget football team is the three time Liberty Conference Football Champion, as well as the three time Eastern Region Pop Warner finalists and the 2008 Pop Warner National Champions.   On Saturday, November 27, the team won the Eastern regional championship game and will advance to the Pop Warner Super Bowl in Orlando, Florida.  The Super Bowl is an 8 region tournament to crown the National Champion.

From Jason Dawkins:

The Frankford Chargers has provided recreational activities for children since 1967. This year marks our 42^nd year anniversary. Coaching our youth on football fundamentals and mentoring our young men and women to be decent citizens has made it exciting 42 years. Through our hard work and perseverance we won our first Pop Warner National championship in 2008, and have won multiple championships in football, cheerleading, basketball, and baseball throughout the years. Most of our youth go on to play for their high schools and colleges, and some even go as far as coaching community little league teams.

Rasheed Muhammad is the head coach, the win on Saturday November 27, 2010 in the Eastern Regional Championship was his 75^th win in 7 seasons.  His overall record is 75-8-4.  He is the 3x Liberty Conference Champion and 3x Eastern Regional finalist.  Rasheed is a graduate of Frankford High School and a Frankford Charger’s Alumnus.

The Chargers need to raise $33,000 for this trip.  See their attached solicitation for donations.

Now can the Eagles be as good as the Chargers this year?

KYW named Billy Gambrell a local legend today on its website:

Legendary coach William Gambrell is an icon in the Frankford community, leading the Frankford Chargers football team of the Pop Warner League for over 44 years.  He is the first living African-American to have a recreation center named after him, and has been honored by the Philadelphia Eagles for his work in the community.

Read the rest of it here at KYW1060.com

It all started with a neighborhood game of football. Now, more than 40 years later, Bill Gambrel has become an icon in the Frankford community.  The legendary coach and mentor — for whom the Gambrel Recreation Center and football field were named — claims he never anticipated how a crowd of local kids throwing around a football could transform into something so big. But it most certainly has.

Melissa Yerkov, Northeast Times Sports Editor, brings us this story this week.  Read it all here.