Daily News | The Eagles president heard about a Chiefs fan who gave kidney to an Eagles fan. He’s sending both men to Super Bowl LVII.
It’s not every day that the president of your favorite NFL team gives you a call, especially when that team is days from appearing in the biggest game of the season.story of friendship and sacrifice
Smolenski, calling from Phoenix on Monday, said it was “destined” that Welsh and Gladwell get to see the showdown live after he heard that Gladwell, a supporter of the Chiefs, donated a kidney to Cherry Hill-based Welsh, a Birds fan.. They reconnected nearly 20 years later, when Welsh was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease and asked on social media if anyone was willing to become a donor.
“I told him what I was thinking, and he was absolutely on board,” said Smolenski, who befriended Donovan while he was an executive with the Eagles from 2003-2009. “The opportunity to bring these two guys together, their two teams playing on the biggest stage in sports, it’s very very humbling and gratifying,” Smolenski said.“I was speechless,” Welsh said Monday. “I didn’t know what to say… I’m at a loss for words.”
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