Chuck Bednarik
Slovak-American football player (1925–2015) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Charles Philip Bednarik (May 1, 1925 – March 21, 2015), nicknamed "Concrete Charlie", was an American football linebacker and center who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn Quakers, and was selected in the first overall pick in the 1949 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles, where he played his entire 14-year NFL career from 1949 through 1962. Bednarik is ranked one of the hardest hitting tacklers in NFL history,[1] and was one of the league's last two-way players, so he was also known as "60 Minute Man".
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Position: | Linebacker Center | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born: | (1925-05-01)May 1, 1925 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died: | March 21, 2015(2015-03-21) (aged 89) Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight: | 233 lb (106 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High school: | Liberty (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College: | Penn (1945–1948) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1949 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On November 20, 1960, Bednarik knocked New York Giants halfback Frank Gifford unconscious with a tackle that has been called "professional football's most notorious concussion" in that time. Today Bednarik's tackle is simply known as "The Hit".[2] He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967, his first year of eligibility.