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Chuck Bednarik, Hall-of-Fame Linebacker, Dies at 89
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Posted on 03/21/2015 7:01:09 AM PDT by Perdogg

Chuck Bednarik, a Pro Football Hall of Famer and one of the last great two-way NFL players, has died. He was 89.

A star linebacker and center, Bednarik helped the Philadelphia Eagles win the 1960 NFL championship, tackling Green Bay’s Jim Taylor on the final play to seal the victory. The top overall pick in the 1949 draft out of Penn, he spent 14 seasons as one of the toughest and most feared players in the game.

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To: Banjoguy

Yes, Lou ran an insurance agency in Cleveland.
I still remember the little calendars they used to send every year.


41 posted on 03/21/2015 9:52:17 AM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: nascarnation; Perdogg
Yea, you're right, he was Slovak. My bad. The Carpathian Mountains do separate Poland from Slovakia. Being called a Czech might be fighting words to some old Slovaks though. LOL
42 posted on 03/21/2015 10:16:03 AM PDT by deweyfrank
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To: kvanbrunt2
...also the folsom team used leather helmets until after we no longer played and i remember the youngsters getting the plastic ones.

My first (in 1957) high school football helmet was a reconditioned leather one, with a single bar faceguard added. It was one of the sort of small-end egg shaped kind, felt as hard as plastic on the outside and it did keep my head in one piece.

43 posted on 03/21/2015 10:21:43 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Perdogg

Did he donate his brain for research on brain traums?


44 posted on 03/21/2015 11:14:07 AM PDT by golf lover (goingf)
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To: denydenydeny
The 1960 team was the only professional team ever to beat Vince Lombardi in a title game.

He didn't lose, he just ran out of time.

45 posted on 03/21/2015 12:01:42 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Perdogg

RIP.


46 posted on 03/21/2015 4:24:00 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: GOPsterinMA; sickoflibs; NFHale; BillyBoy; stephenjohnbanker; fieldmarshaldj; Bender2

Here’s a thread of it.

RIP, Chuck. Two-way player and B-24 Tailgunner in WW2!


47 posted on 03/22/2015 6:19:28 AM PDT by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: Impy; sickoflibs; NFHale; BillyBoy; stephenjohnbanker; fieldmarshaldj; Bender2

Thank you, Impy.


48 posted on 03/22/2015 6:21:39 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: Perdogg

Best known as guy that knock Frank Gifford for a season

He was interview for NFL special like 10 years ago he was proud LOL!
I hear Kathy Lee Gifford gave props to Chuck on her FB page


49 posted on 03/22/2015 9:02:51 AM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: Perdogg

bookmark


50 posted on 03/22/2015 9:15:05 PM PDT by Steve0113
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To: Impy

“RIP, Chuck. Two-way player and B-24 Tailgunner in WW2!”

Amen.


51 posted on 03/23/2015 8:29:51 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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