Chuck Bednarik
Charles Philip Bednarik (May 1, 1925 – March 21, 2015), nicknamed "Concrete Charlie", was an American professional football player in the National Football League (NFL). He was a first round draft selection by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1949 NFL Draft. Bednarik is ranked one of the hardest hitting tacklers in NFL history and was one of the league's last two-way players. Bednarik's November 20, 1960, tackle of New York Giants running back Frank Gifford in an Eagles game against the Giants at Yankee Stadium, known simply as "The Hit", is widely considered the hardest tackle and one of the most notable plays in NFL history. A Slovak American from the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, Bednarik played for the Philadelphia Eagles for his entire 14-year NFL career from 1949 through 1962. In 1967, in his first year of eligibility, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Early life and education Bednarik was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on May 1, 1925. Five years earlier, his parents had emigrated from Široké, a village in eastern Slovakia, settling in Bethlehem and working for Bethlehem Steel. He first attended school at SS. Cyril & Methodius,