(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)
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
Player stats at PFR
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 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 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.
^"Hardest Hitters in NFL History," Sports Illustrated, July 25, 2007
^Anderson, Dave (November 11, 2010). "Chuck Bednarik's Hit on Frank Gifford Still Echoes". New York Times.
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