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75th Anniversary Team Poll

Position: MIDDLE LINEBACKER (Pick One)



We're asking you to help us select the Eagles' 75th Anniversary Team. Each week, we will ask Eagles fans to vote on a new position or positions, and pick from the choices offered to determine the best of the best from this franchise's colorful and celebrated history. PhiladelphiaEagles.com will announce the results of the voting around the kickoff of the regular season. There have been many, many, many great players since the franchise started 75 seasons ago in 1933. Here is your chance to vote on the best Eagles ever.


Chuck Bednarik
1949-62

Member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame who made the Pro Bowl eight times. Ferocious hitter and iron will of 1960 Championship team. 		Bill Bergey
1974-80

Helped rebuild Eagles defense after he was acquired in trade. Played with intensity and instincts. Made the Pro Bowl four times.
Byron Evans
1987-94

Extremely quick and intelligent in Buddy Ryan’s 46 defense. Outstanding tackling technique. Big-play maker in middle of great defenses. 		Dave Lloyd
1963-70

Played in 105 games for the Eagles and also doubled as the team’s kicker. Very tough player who kept team in games with solid defense.
Tim Rossovich
1968-71

Known as one of the game’s most eccentric players, Rossovich was also a very good player who was at his best inside at linebacker. 		Jeremiah Trotter
1998-2001, 2004-present

Uses his bulk, strength and burst of speed to define a “downhill” linebacker. Has made four Pro Bowls in a career still going strong.
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Positional Analysis by Pro Football Hall of Fame member Ray Didinger and the voice of the Eagles Merrill Reese

“There are some good linebackers here, but it is clear to me that Chuck Bednarik is the very best. He is one of the best linebackers who ever played for any team in this league. He is one of the all-time, all-time great players. He played center and he played linebacker, and he was great at both, but I think most people will tell you that he was a better defensive player than he was an offensive player in his younger days, at the height of his career … - Didinger's Analysis | Reese's Analysis
 

Ray Didinger, author of the must-have Eagles Encyclopedia, is a Pro Football Hall of Famer and senior producer with NFL Films in Mt.Laurel, NJ. Merrill Reese enters his 31st season as the Eagles play-by-play announcer.
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