Chuck Bednarik, RIP

[GA Russell]

Chuck Bednarik has died at 89. RIP

The first NFL championship Game I watched was in 1960. I had Bednarik's bubble gum card that year. In the game, Norm van Brocklin and the Eagles beat Green Bay.

Bednarik played both ways, as the center and as a linebacker. I believe that that game was the last example of a 60-minute man in the NFL.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hall-of-famer-chuck-bednarik-dead-at-89/ar-BBiwYC0?ocid=ansusasports11

http://espn.go.com/blog/philadelphia-eagles/post/_/id/11107/chuck-bednarik-greatest-eagle-dies-at-89

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

[T.D.]

RIP. Before my time, but I remember Bednarik often being mentioned for:

a) Putting a brutal open-field hit on Frank Gifford;

b) Having remarkably misshapen hands as a result of old football injuries.