Chuck Bednarik, the Hall of Fame linebacker and center for the Eagles between 1949 and 1962, was the epitome of a hard-nosed, blue-collar football player. A “bulldozing blocker” and a “bone-jarring tackler,” as the Hall of Fame described him, Bednarik was an All-Pro for five straight seasons and helped Philadelphia win two NFL titles. Bednarik, who was born to Slovakian immigrants in 1925 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was an All-American at Penn, and was the first overall pick in the 1949 Draft. “This is the way you go after ‘em,” he said once. “You’re frothing from the mouth, and you say, ‘Get ‘em.” Get ‘em.” A durable 6-foot-3, 233-pounder who played offense and defense, he was known as a “60 Minute Man” – one of the last pro players to go both ways. He was also nicknamed “Concrete Charlie” because he worked part-time as a concrete salesman. Bednarik’s most infamous play was a vicious but legal hit he made on the Giants’ Frank Gifford at Yankee Stadium in 1960 that left the Hall of Fame Giants halfback unconscious and hospital-bound.