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Legendary Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Bill Bergey has died at age 79, his son, Jake, wrote in a post on X on Wednesday morning. According to that same post, Bergey waged a three-year battle ...
He earned Eagles MVP status three times from the votes of his teammates. [12] In his first year with the Eagles, Bergey was runner up to "Mean" Joe Greene for defensive player of the year. [6] Bergey played 91 games as an Eagle, and started every game in six of the seven years in Philadelphia, with 18 interceptions and 15 fumble recoveries. [21]
Bergey’s career took off in Philadelphia and he became one of the more popular Eagles players in his era. He made the Pro Bowl in 1974, 1976, 1977 and 1978 and was named an All-Pro for the 1974 ...
The Eagles won five of their last six games to challenge the Giants for the division lead. On Thanksgiving Day at Texas Stadium , the Eagles shutout their division rival Cowboys 27–0, amidst accusations that certain defensive players were rewarded with bounties to take out several Dallas players, including kicker Luis Zendejas .
Their final two regular-season games thus rendered meaningless, the Eagles sat out most of their first-string players in these games and lost both, yet still finished the season with a 13–3 record. McNabb had his best season to date, passing for 3,875 yards and 31 touchdowns, with only eight interceptions.
A college student who was hurt when he climbed a street pole and fell while Philadelphia Eagles fans celebrated the team's victory in Sunday's NFC championship game has died from his injuries.
In the third game of his career on September 27, 1976, he fumbled the ball with 12 seconds remaining in the first half after he opted to run instead of running out the clock. This led to the Eagles relinquishing their 10–3 lead over the Washington Redskins, with Philadelphia ultimately losing the game in sudden-death overtime.
Hurts tossed two touchdown passes in his first game since a late-season concussion, Goedert threw those three stiff-arms on a rugged TD catch and the Eagles rode their NFL-best defense to a 22-10 ...