Cowboys legend DeMarcus Ware says Eagles fan harmed his mother amid controversy over fan who cursed at woman

Dallas Cowboys Hall of Famer DeMarcus Ware reveals interactions with Philadelphia Eagles fans to Fox News Digital.

Philadelphia Eagles fans are under a national microscope after one of their own, Ryan Caldwell, was seen verbally assaulting a female Green Bay Packers fan in viral footage at a playoff game last Sunday.

But the fan base's history of abuse against women on the opposing side dates back much further than that. 

Former Dallas Cowboys player DeMarcus Ware, who played a game in Philadelphia every year during his Dallas career from 2005 to 2013, told Fox News Digital that he once had to witness Eagles fans hurl dangerous projectiles at his mother, Brenda Ann Ware, during a game his rookie year in 2005.

"My rookie season when my mom was in the stands, I told her not to wear my jersey, and she was in the front row, and were up there in Philly, they were putting batteries in snowballs and throwing them and one of them hit my mom," Ware said. 

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Seeing his mother get pegged by a snow-covered battery nearly prompted Ware to abandon his football duties and run up into the stands to start a fight. 

"I turned around at the time, and I didn't care about football anymore. I wanted to go get the guy who was in the stands. But I didn't," Ware said. 

DeMarcus Ware of the Dallas Cowboys sacks Donovan McNabb (5) of the Philadelphia Eagles during the Eagles 10-6 win over the Cowboys at Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas. (James D. Smith /Icon SMI/Icon Sport Media via Getty Images)

The linebacker held back, allowing team security to take care of the fan who hurt his mom. But he let the memory of the incident fester in his mind, and motivate him every time he took the field against