[QUOTE=soulfist;1147616]Apparently Bruce Lee studied Eagle Claw!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjEwnHb34PE[/QUOTE]
Maybe. My guess is he just picked up the kick combo 'cause it looks cool. 
Southern Eagle Claw is IMO just a branch of the Yue Fei Style coming out of Shandong Province but originally from either Anhui or Hubei provinces. (per 2 diverging histories)
Many often confuse the fact that todays modern Northern Eagle Claw is a blending of numerous Northern Long Fist based styles that tends to obscure the true foundational origins of the style which are Fanziquan (aka Bafanshou) and Yue Jia Duan Da Chui. check youtube for visual examples.
An interesting book mentions the connection of Yue Jia Quan being learned by one of the 5 Elders of Shaolin (Wu Mei/Ng Mui - today known as the founder or ancestor to styles such as Dragon and Wing Chun. And yes I know it has nothing to do with Lung Ying’s form Called Ying Jow Mor Qiu.
So if you want to train old school eagle claw then pick up/learn the 1st of its 4 core sets- Sup Lo Hahng Kuen - 10 road walking fist.