Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Farewell to the GOAT of Crooked Fingers

Philadelphia Eagles legend Chuck Bednarik died this week at the age of 89.
He is known for three things:
1) he was the last player to play both offense and defense regularly in the NFL
2) he knocked out Frank Gifford, causing Gifford to miss a year and a half, and then stood over his stiff body



3) he was generally a tough son of a bitch. He is Godfather of the mangled finger. Anthony Munoz, Charles Mann, Alan Page and our own beloved Billy have Bednarik to thank for the glory he brought to hideously unaligned fingers.

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3 comments:

  1. Bill8:58 PM

    This is great. I actually meant to tell you that Al's dad was his neighbor growing up. Said concrete charlie taught him how to play football. Said he was a great guy and taught him some "tricks" like wrapped hands. That's pretty cool.

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  2. Scat2:11 PM

    Phalanges

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzu7o-MCId0

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  3. Paul4:14 PM

    Dynamite drop-in Scotty!
    You've been lurking for years just waiting for this opportunity.
    Wiggles your phalanges!!!!

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