Chuck Bednarik
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American football player
Why Is Chuck Bednarik Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Charles Philip Bednarik , nicknamed "Concrete Charlie", was an American professional football player in the National Football League . 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.
