To get back to Chuck Bednarik, I read an article talking about how badly mangled his hands were from his playing days. In the article it talks about Chuck making a game - sealing play that still lives on in NFL championship lore (even though not all of us were alive at the time )



"In the 1960 NFL Championship, a 35 year old Bednarik played both ways at center and linebacker, and made one of the most famous plays in NFL Championship history when he stuffed Jim Taylor on a final attempt for the Packers at the 9 yard line.


According to legend, Bednarik sat on Taylor as the final seconds ticked off once he made the tackle, then said “You can get up now, Taylor, this (bad word removed)’ game’s over.” 


35 year old 2 way player. Never gonna see that again.



His hands are in a picture with the story and a quick video. Pretty good read.


http://thebiglead.com/2013/07/07/chuck-b...ree-limbs/

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