PHILADELPHIA EAGLE GREAT & HALL OF FAMER CHUCK BEDNARIK PASSES AT AGE 89!!!

THIS MORNING, EAGLE HALL OF FAMER CHUCK BEDNARIK PASSED AWAY FROM A BRIEF ILLNESS IN RICHLAND, PENNSLYLVANIA!  "CONCRETE " CHARLIE PLAYED FOR THE EAGLES FROM 1949 TO 1960!  HE WAS ON THE LAST CHAMPIONSHIP THE EAGLES WON!  CHUCK PLAYED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL PLAYING CENTER, LINEBACKER, AND EVEN KICKED & PUNTED!  ALSO, CHUCK WAS A WORLD WAR II VETERAN WHO WAS A BOMBER IN THE U.S. ARMY CORP!  FLYING UP TO 30 MISSIONS WHILE FIGHTING THE NAZIS!  CHUCK GOT HIS NICKNAME FROM SELLING CONCRETE IN THE OFFSEASON!  HIS HIGHEST SALARY WAS $25,000 PLAYING FOR THE EAGLES!  SO TO PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY HE SOLD CONCRETE!  IN 1991, I MET "CONCRETE" CHARLIE AT THE OLD YORK MALL IN YORK,PA!  IT WAS A "FREE SIGNING" AND HE SIGNED AN 8X10 PHOTO FOR ME!  WHAT I REMEMBER MOST IS SHAKING HIS HAND AND HIS FINGERS POINTED IN DIRECTIONS FINGERS DO NOT NORMALLY POINT!  FROM HIS PLAYING DAYS,  HIS FINGERS WERE MANGLED PLAYING IN A GRITTY ERA OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE!

ABOVE IS THE SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO FROM EAGLE GREAT CHUCK BEDNARIK!  INSCRIBED WITH "PRO H.O.F 1967!!  NOTICE THE CLARITY OF HIS AUTOGRAPH!  A LOT OF THE "OLD TIMERS" SIGN A LEGIBLE SIGNATURE COMPARED TO THE CURRENT TALENT!  REST IN PEACE CHUCK AND GODSPEED TO CHUCK'S FAMILY......