RIP Chuck Bednarik

[fan_since79]

One of the all-time greats. The last of the NFL's "60-minute men", played Center and Linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles.

 

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/297122461.html

[Jason]

Too bad I hate the Eagles

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Bednarik was also considered one of the toughest men to ever play the game.

[fan_since79]

He missed a total of 3 games during his 14-year career, and two of those were at the beginning of his rookie season.

 

In World War II he flew 30 bombing missions over Germany as a gunner on a B-24.

 

from the NY Times:

At age 35, Bednarik was in on every play, except for Eagles kickoffs, when Philadelphia defeated Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers, 17-13, in the 1960 N.F.L. championship game. Bednarik tackled the Packers’ fullback Jim Taylor just inside the Eagles’ 10-yard line as he headed for a game-winning touchdown in the final seconds, then sat on top of him to keep the Packers from running another play.

“You can get up now, Jim, this game is over,” Bednarik told Taylor as the Eagles captured their first league championship since his rookie season of 1949.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/22/sports/football/chuck-bednarik-famed-football-tough-guy-dies-at-89.html?_r=0