Chuck Bednarik

Chuck Bednarik

Bednarik c. 1952
No. 60
Position:	Linebacker Center
Personal information
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)
Career information
College:	Penn (1945–1948)
NFL draft:	1949 / round: 1 / pick: 1
Career history
Philadelphia Eagles (1949–1962)
Career highlights and awards
2× NFL champion (1949, 1960) 10× First-team All-Pro (1950–1957, 1960, 1961) 8× Pro Bowl (1950–1954, 1956, 1957, 1960) NFL 1950s All-Decade Team NFL 50th Anniversary All-Time Team NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame Philadelphia Eagles 75th Anniversary Team Philadelphia Eagles No. 60 retired Maxwell Award (1948) Unanimous All-American (1948) Consensus All-American (1947) Second-team All-American (1946) 3× First-team All-Eastern (1946, 1947, 1948)
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 169 Games started: 166 Interceptions: 20 Interception yards: 268 Fumble recoveries: 21 Defensive touchdowns: 1 Military career Allegiance  United States Service / branch U.S. Army Air Forces Years of service 1942–1946 Rank Staff Sergeant Unit Eighth Air Force Battles / wars World War II Signature Stats at Pro Football Reference
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame

Charles Philip Bednarik (May 1, 1925 – March 21, 2015), nicknamed "Concrete Charlie", was an American professional football linebacker and center who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn Quakers, and was selected with the first overall pick of 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".

On November 20, 1960, Bednarik knocked New York Giants halfback Frank Gifford unconscious with a tackle that was called "professional football's most notorious concussion". 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, and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969. He was named to the NFL 50th Anniversary All Time Team, the NFL 75th Anniversary All Time Two Way Team, and the NFL 100th Anniversary All Time Team.