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	ESPN Classic - More Info on Chuck Bednarik
		Bednarik's crushing blow to Gifford's chest left the running back on his back, out cold with a severe concussion - and out of football the rest of that season and all the next year as well.
		Bednarik was on the field for 135 of the 138 plays in the 17-13 victory over Green Bay, according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
		Bednarik's feisty criticism of Deion Sanders' two-way play one season didn't end with the feeling Sanders was not duplicating his physical style.
	espn.go.com /classic/s/bednarikchuckadd.html (628 words)

	Chuck Bednarik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bednarik subsequently attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he was an All-American.
		Bednarik was the first player drafted in the 1949 National Football League draft, chosen by the Philadelphia Eagles.
		A tough and highly effective tackler, Bednarik is perhaps best known for putting Frank Gifford of the New York Giants out of football for a year, with one of the most famous tackles in NFL history in 1960.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chuck_Bednarik (393 words)

	HOFPlayers.com
		It was another game-saving tackle for which Chuck Bednarik would most be remembered: the "guy he put to sleep", NY Giants' Frank Gifford was on the injured list for a year after meeting Iron Man Bednarik on the field.
		It was WWII that brought Chuck Bednarik to football.
		Bednarik was selected as a bonus pick in the first round of the 1949 draft by the champion Philidelphia Eagles, and stayed with that team for the next fourteen years, missing only three regular season games in all.
	www.hofplayers.com /members/chuck_bednarik/chuck_bednarik_story.html (515 words)

	Chat transcript with Chuck Bednarik - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		Chuck Bednarik: In 1949, I was the first draft choice in the NFL and there were 12 teams.
		Chuck Bednarik: At the college HOF a few years back, all this interviewer talked about was the Frank Gifford tackle...and kiddingly I said to him that I wished it was Kathie Lee on that shot instead of Frank.
		Chuck Bednarik: I always thought that being a football coach would have been a great thing for me. I always wanted to be a coach and a teacher.
	www.profootballhof.com /history/release.jsp?release_id=734 (945 words)

	Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History
		Fourteen of Bednarik's gridiron years came as a member of the Eagles and it was in Philadelphia that he became known as pro football's "Iron Man," a distinction that, along with his exceptional athletic skills, earned a berth in Pro Football's Hall of Fame just five years after his retirement in 1962.
		Suddenly Bednarik was in the midst of a heated controversy.
		Bednarik was in action 394 1/2 minutes in a 12-game season that year and then he capped it all off with a sterling 58-minute performance in the championship against Green Bay.
	www.footballresearch.com /articles/frpage.cfm?topic=bednarik (1427 words)

	Maxwell Football Club - Chuck Bednarik
		Chuck Bednarik, truly, one of football’s outstanding players of all time, now retired after fourteen notable years in the most demanding of all sports—professional football—is a Special Sales Representative for the Warner Company and is respected as highly in the business world as he was in the National Football League.
		Bednarik was elected to the Pennsylvania State Hall of Fame in 1962; elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967; elected to College Football Hall of Fame in 1969; elected to the All-Time 50 Year NFL Team in 1970 and was selected by the NFL to the 75
		Bednarik, who was born on May 1, 1925, is married to his childhood sweetheart, Emma, and makes his home in Coopersburg, PA. His is the father of five beautiful daughters.
	www.maxwellfootballclub.org /content/awards/bednarik/bio_bednarik.htm (574 words)

	Top 100 Players - 42 Chuck Bednarik (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		He's listed as a center, but Chuck Bednarik was truly one of college football greatest overall players.
		Bednarik's story is much more interesting than just his battles on the gridiron, his real battles made him a hero before ever going to Penn.
		As much praise and as many accolades as he received on the football field, the best honors were from his war exploits as he was highly decorated for his honor in battle.
	www.collegefootballnews.com /Top_100_Players/Top_100_Players_42_Chuck_Bednarik.htm (446 words)

	Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		No National Football League player in the 1950s was immune to bone-jarring contact with the Philadelphia Eagles' Chuck Bednarik because the 233-pounder played on both the offensive and defensive units long after the two-way player had largely faded from the scene.
		Bednarik didn’t really get into football until he returned from World War II (after a 30-mission tour as a B-24 waist gunner with the Army Air Corps that saw him win the Air Medal).
		Chuck was selected first overall in the 1949 NFL Draft as the Eagles' bonus draft choice and earned a starter’s spot as a center on offense and linebacker on defense.
	www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=22 (372 words)

	Daily Record Sports - Angry Bednarik lashes out at Eagles, 'pussycat football' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		Chuck Bednarik knows he sounds like an angry and bitter old man when he says he is not rooting for the Philadelphia Eagles in next week's Super Bowl against the New England Patriots.
		Bednarik, a Hall of Fame linebacker who appeared in a club-record eight Pro Bowls for the Eagles from 1949-62, said he respects and admires Eagles coach Andy Reid and quarterback Donovan McNabb.
		Bednarik said he has not attended Eagles games in years, saying he finds it hard to watch players who make far more than he did while playing less than half the number of plays he played during his career.
	www.dailyrecord.com /sports/pro/sports7-bednarik130.htm (565 words)

	TheMirl.com - The Writers Anastasia Monponsett
		Applying a Chuck Bednarik litmus test to any idea thus becomes my
		Chuck might not like the idea of selling our game to the Asians.
		Bednarik didn't like seeing all those automaking jobs go to Japan...
	themirl.com /writers_monponsett.html (682 words)

	ESPN.com - NFL/PLAYOFFS04 - Bednarik rooting against Eagles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		Bednarik's acrimony stems from a 1996 visit with Lurie when he asked the Eagles owner to buy 100 copies of his book at $15 a pop, a total of $1,500, or "tip money," as the Hall of Famer described it.
		Bednarik has since distanced himself from the Eagles, only reluctantly showing up for a reunion because the organization surprised him by agreeing to his demand for a limousine.
		Bednarik still watches football and likes Eagles coach Andy Reid because his stoic demeanor reminds him of Buck Shaw, the coach of the 1960 team.
	sports.espn.go.com /nfl/playoffs04/news/story?id=1984482 (947 words)

	Starkey: Concrete Charlie - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Bednarik spoke from his home in Coopersburg, Pa., where he lives with his wife of 56 years, Emma, and tends to his two-acre plot of land.
		Chuck gave him an autographed, framed copy of the famous photo depicting Chuck -- then a center/linebacker/ special teams ace -- standing over a fallen and broken Frank Gifford.
		Chuck believes a key to his longevity is a routine that includes church every morning at 8 a.m., followed by a glass of wine at 8:30.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/trib/mostread/s_397565.html (494 words)

	Cold, Hard Football Facts.com: Home
		More importantly, Bednarik reminds us that football is still just a game and that bigger battles are fought by people much tougher than those who prowl, preen and howl on the fields of the NFL.
		Bednarik is, at the very least, the greatest Eagle ever and the heroic leader of the last Philadelphia football team to win an NFL championship.
		Bednarik spent more than two years in the service and flew 30 missions over Europe as a waist gunner on a B-24 bomber during World War II.
	www.coldhardfootballfacts.com /Article.php?Page=118 (944 words)

	West Virginia's Rodriguez must decide between Bednarik, White today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		Adam Bednarik's grandfather was Chuck Bednarik's first cousin, but no branch on that family tree is flimsy.
		Chuck Bednarik, his 1977 book "Bednarik: The Last of the 60-Minute Men" in his gnarled hands, compared his 6-foot-2, 220-pound relation to the last quarterback to lead the Eagles to an NFL title: "Adam, I hope, will be something like a Norm Van Brocklin."
		Bednarik the younger grew up 10 miles north of Coopersburg and played at Bethlehem Catholic High, though he wasn't one of those pristine quarterbacks from the beginning.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05247/565449.stm (1284 words)

	Philadelphia Eagles, National Football League - CBS SportsLine.com
		Known for his hard-nosed play and big hits, Bednarik is just as well-known for his biting, blunt diatribes about today's NFL, Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and any other topic that reminds him the game isn't the same as when he played.
		While he boasts about playing both center and linebacker for part of his 14-year career, Bednarik is equally as proud to have played on the last Eagles team to win a championship (1960);.
		Chuck Bednarik celebrates with the rest of the Eagles after winning Philly's last NFL title in 1960.
	cbs.sportsline.com /nfl/story/8163328 (565 words)

	Super Bowl XXXIX: 1960 Eagles have fond memories of team's last title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		Bednarik wouldn't budge, keeping his beefy body and hands firmly on Packers fullback Jim Taylor and his eyes on the clock.
		Bednarik let Taylor free ("You can get up now!" he hollered down) and leapt in the air, arms and legs kicked out, hugged a nearby teammate and walked off Franklin Field a champion.
		Being remembered as the last champions is fine with Bednarik, the tart-tongued Hall of Famer who disavowed the Eagles because of a dispute with owner Jeffrey Lurie.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05032/450801.stm (701 words)

	Concrete Charley has hard feelings toward Eagles (phillyBurbs.com) \| Philadelphia Eagles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		Bednarik has felt disrespected by and disassociated from the Eagles since Vermeil left 22 years ago.
		Bednarik does like Andy Reid, who sought him out for a training camp appearance, came to Bednarik's house and made a speaking engagement at Bednarik's request.
		Bednarik came to Lehigh two summers ago, gave Lurie a book and asked him about buying some for the team at a discounted $15 per copy.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/99-01042004-221266.html (749 words)

	Chuck Bednarik
		Chuck Bednarik played for the University of Pennsylvania from 1945 to 1949.
		He was a two time All-American playing center and linebacker.
		Bednarik was the very first pick in the NFL in 1949, selected by the Philadelphia Eagles.
	www.autographedtoyou.com /Chuck-Bednarik.htm (38 words)

	SportsFilter \| You Eagles get off my legacy or I'll call the cops!
		While it is too bad that Bednarik and his contemporaries didn't receive the money they deserved, that argument is ancient history.
		Those of us old enough to remember seeing (or reading about) Bednarik being a 2 way player realize how special a feat it was and congratulate him, but it's time he act his age and stop his whining.
		It should be noted that Chuck Bednarik's wife is in fact Michael Vick.
	www.sportsfilter.com /comments.cfm/4119 (467 words)

	SI.com - NFL - Rock-hard Bednarik was the last of the 60-minute men - Sunday November 20, 2005 5:20PM
		He tucked it under his arm and turned back in the right direction, all in the same motion and then Chuck Bednarik hit him like a lifetime supply of bad news.
		One week Cosell would accuse Bednarik of blindsiding Gifford, the next he would blame Bednarik for knocking Gifford out of football.
		For all the laughing Gifford does when he spins that yarn, there was nothing funny about Nov. 20, 1960, the day Bednarik handed him his lunch.....
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2005/football/nfl/11/20/classic.chuck (385 words)

	Ex-Eagles fondly remember ’60 title team - Super Bowl - MSNBC.com
		Chuck Bednarik, who played both center and linebacker for part of his 14-year career with the Philadelphia Eagles, was a member of the last Eagles team to win an NFL title.
		Bednarik let Taylor free (“You can get up now!” he hollered down) and jumped in the air, arms and legs kicked out, hugged a nearby teammate and walked off Franklin Field a champion.
		Bednarik was glad the Eagles to lost in the Super Bowl, maintaining the 1960 team’s legacy as the last title team.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6917198/from/RL.5 (1116 words)

	College Football Hall of Fame
		Chuck Bednarik was a hero long before he reached Franklin field at the University of Pennsylvania.
		In a day when the rules allowed for free substitution, Bednarik remained a 60-minute player, operating at center and linebacker.
		As a senior in 1948, Bednarik won the Maxwell Award, symbolic of the top collegiate player in America.
	collegefootball.org /famersearch.php?id=40093 (175 words)

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		The legendary Chuck Bednarik will always be remembered as the last great two way players.
		The durable Bednarik, who missed a total of three games in his entire career, played an integral part in the Eagles 1960 Championship season.
		Playing in all but two minutes of the championship game, Bednarik stifled the Packers’ drive by making a game saving tackle and preserving a 17-13 Eagles victory.
	www.mitchellandness.com /detail.aspx?ID=2005 (218 words)

	Rare Material
		Chuck signed HOF 67 and also wrote Hello Frank right over Gifford This is definitely a one of a kind...
		Chuck Bednarik standing over a knocked out Frank Gifford.
		Bednarik signed the words he said after the hit "This f----- game is over" and also HOF 67...............
	www.millerboys.com /RareMaterial.html (2071 words)

	Jackson One of Three Bednarik Award Finalists :: Award designates college football's defensive player of the year.
		Maryland senior D'Qwell Jackson was one of three finalists for the Bednarik Award.
		The three finalists for the 11th Chuck Bednarik Award are Jackson, A.J. Hawk (Ohio State), and Paul Posluszny (Penn State).
		The announcement of the winners of the Maxwell and Bednarik Awards will be made during the Home Depot College Football Awards Show that will be broadcast on ESPN on Thursday December 8, 2005.
	umterps.cstv.com /sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112305aaa.html (336 words)

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