Philadelphia Eagles legend Bill Bergey dies at 79 after three-year cancer battle, family reveals
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Philadelphia Eagles legend Bill Bergey dies at 79 after three-year cancer battle, family reveals

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Bill Bergey, the hard-nosed Philadelphia Eagles linebacker who epitomized the NFL's gritty 1970s mystique, has passed away at age 79, according to his family. Bill Bergey, the hard-nosed Philadelphia Eagles linebacker who epitomized the NFL's gritty 1970s mystique, has passed away at age 79, according to his family His son's post included a year-old photo of the elder Bergey, dressed in a No. 'There's no way that I would have grabbed a Bill Bergey for two number ones and a number two draft choice--I think that's absurd,' Bergey told the Associated Press in 1978. Bergey would go on to serve asa color commentator on Eagles radio broadcasts and later became a plaintiff in a concussion-related lawsuit against the NFL.

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