Chuck Bednarik
American football player (1925-2015) · United States · On the map · Athletes · Died at 89
Charles Philip Bednarik, Jr., nicknamed "Concrete Charlie", was an American professional football linebacker and center who played in the National Football League (NFL).
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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, and was one of the league's last two-way players.