Irv Eatman

Philadelphia Stars

GM Carl Peterson brought Eatman to the Chiefs after USFL folded

Irv Eatman and teammate Bart Oates led the Stars ground game on the offensive line

Irv Eatman led the Stars ground game to two USFL Champiosnhip victories. Runnung back Kelvin Bryant rushed for over 4,000 yards and 41 TD's in his three seasons with the Stars.

Despite Donald Trump spending millions to build the Generals, the Stars beat them both times in the playofss in '84 and '85.

"Ain't no rivalry we owned them, all that money they spent, we still beat 'em down," says Eatman in the fall of 2017. "They went out to try and manufacture a team, and we had a team, it was that simple, the second year to load up and get all these guys, we had a bunch of guys that went through the grind...we already meshed as a team, we weren't going to be denied, they were going to try and buy their way and it wasn't going to work..."