As a 12-week-old, Jim Scott was abandoned on a Pittsburgh doorstep. Now age 90, NFL leaders heard of his rough beginnings and presented the long-term Eagles fan with Super Bowl tickets. Jeff Neiburg covered the largess in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Scott first found out about his past when he sought military service in the Korean War. He accessed his 1932 birth certificate and saw that the parental information lines were blank.

While that might be a disappointment to some, Scott wasn’t much interested in locating his birth parents. The mother and father who raised him were beloved.

“[I was] exceptionally cared for,” he said.

A career in the Norristown Area School District brought him east. Once here, he fell under the captivating spell of the Philadelphia Eagles.

Marriage and four children entered the mix.

It was his oldest adult daughter, Maryland Haig, who started peering into his past. She eventually found Scott’s brother; they met in 2022.

“As soon as he got out of the car, I knew it was my brother,” he said.

NFL representatives eventually heard Scott’s story and, from its allotment of tickets reserved for surprise presentations, gave Scott and Haig a pair.

Of the unexpected trip to Glendale, Arizona, Scott said. “It will be great. It will be fantastic.”

More on Jim Scott and his family saga is at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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