CHUCK BEDNARIK - TYPED QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 169559

CHUCK BEDNARIK
He signs on this 6x4 card barring a typed quotation
Typed Quotation signed: "Chuck/Bednarik", 6x4 card. Comparing one-platoon football to two-platoon, in full: "They couldn't do it. Before the half, they'd be suckin' and huffin' and puffin'. We keep hearing how great they are. One-platoon football would let us really find out how great they are." Bednarik was selected first overall in the 1949 NFL Draft as the Eagles' bonus draft choice and earned a starter's spot as a center on offense and linebacker on defense. As an offensive center, big Chuck was a bulldozing blocker, both on rushing and passing plays. On defense, he was a true scientist in his field and the kind of tackler who could literally stop even the finest enemy runners "on a dime." Chuck Bednarik (1925-2015) was selected first overall in the 1949 NFL Draft as the Eagles' bonus draft choice and earned a starter's spot as a center on offense and linebacker on defense. He was the last NFL lineman to play both defense and offense, and is openly contemptuous of today's platoon players. As an offensive center, big Chuck was a bulldozing blocker, both on rushing and passing plays. On defense, he was a true scientist in his field and the kind of tackler who could literally stop even the finest enemy runners "on a dime." He was named All-NFL as a linebacker 1951 through 1957 and again in 1960. He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967. Fine condition.