Leo Carlin should not be confused with Leo P. Carlin.
| Leo Carlin | |
| Position: | Ticket manager |
| Birth Date: | 16 September 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Leo Carlin (September 16, 1937 – January 17, 2024) was the Philadelphia Eagles’ ticket manager for 53 years.[1] At first, he was only a part-time ticket office employee, starting his career in 1960,[1] the year the Eagles won the 1960 NFL Championship Game. He was later promoted to be the ticket manager in 1964,[2] and he remained the manager until 1983 when he left. He then got a job as the ticket manager for the Philadelphia Stars of the USFL.[1] Soon after, he left the Stars and returned to the Eagles in 1985. In 2007, he was a nominee for the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a pioneer in the sports ticket industry.[1] He was inducted into the Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame in 2012.[1] He retired in 2015[3] [4] after 55 years in the sport ticket industry; 53 of which had been spent working for the Eagles.
Carlin died on January 17, 2024, at the age of 86.[5]