chuck bednarek was as local as a philadelphia sports legend could be. today, fans paid homage to his statue at franklin field. >> he was a legend. he was a legend. >> he would be nickname concrete, to tell you the truth, he was unremovable. >> one of the greatest football players whoever lived and nice guy. >> reporter: born in bethlehem, pa, son of immigrants, stand out at liberty high school he thrived on the field of the university of pennsylvania, and he played 14 seasons, all with the philadelphia eagles. >> check bednarek is one of the few that if he were playing in the nfl today, he would be an outstanding, outstanding linebacker. >> reporter: number 60 stood 6-foot two weighed 235-pound. he made devastating tackles like this one against then giant frank gifford. he took the birds to two championshipness 1960 he played both linebacker and center. this is one of the play that is made him a legend. >> philadelphia eagles won the world championship of professional football. >> reporter: in 2010 he took jeff skversky on that very spot on franklin fie

hall of famer chuck bednarek died early this morning. known as concrete charlie he epitomized tough guy linebacker and also outstanding for the eagles from 1949 to 1962. he may be best remembered for the game-saving tackle on the 9-yard line on the final play of the 1960 title game. bednarek was the last nfl starter to play regularly on both offense and defense until dion sanders did it for the dallas cowboys in 1996. he was 89 years old. >>> prom night turns dead al teen's mom is under arrest in connection with the death of his date. the bizarre story coming up. >>> plus a penn state frat member defends what police are calling a disturbing inn vague of privacy. the statement that's causing lots of controversy. that's coming up. >> it's not the hawaiian vacation he had in mind. a man is tacked by a shark and talks about that frightening encounter. music: etta james "at last" (plays throughout) ♪ sometimes, at last doesn't happen at first. ♪ ♪ your dad just kissed my mom. ♪ turning two worlds into one takes love. ♪ helping protect that wo

. >>> well, philadelphia is mourning the loss of the legend eagles grade chuck bednarek passed away have after a brief illness. he defined an area and considered the greatest eagle ever. natasha a brown has his story. >> reporter: he wore number 60 but they called him concrete charlie. he was famous for being one of the more physically dominating players in the history of the game. he was last of the nfl's two-way players, playing center on offense and middle linebacker on defense and only coming off the field for kick offs. former eagles coach dick vermeil said bednarek was philadelphia. >> it didn't take you long from the the west coast to recognize chuck bednarik was a symbol of excellence and toughness, winning being the kind of person that he was very up front and a out spoken. he was i think sort of immortalized. >> reporter: after serving in world war two the the bethlehem pennsylvania native began an all american career at the university of pennsylvania drafted with the first pick in the 1949 draft, bite the eagles, he led the team to two nfl championships including the teams las

. >>> the public can pay their respects to eagles legend chuck bednarek at his birthplace in bethlehem northampton county. concrete charlie as he was known won two nfl titles with the eagles. the pro football hall of famer passed away at the age of 89. his rulings are from noon to 4:00 and 6:00 to nine at connell funeral home in bethlehem there will be a private funeral tomorrow. >>> 5:43. lets check with katie. good morning. >> good morning. let's show you storm scan three. we have heavy moisture moving in across northwest of the ohio river valley. but this is at least the advance of the next cold front and it is starting to credits through and we will eventually end up with a line for the the most part non-severe thunderstorms but there is a catch to. that meanwhile lets zoom it in one time. there is one little pocket have of thunderstorms looking very closely there are a couple little will strikes of lightening that have been popping up, with this round here. through the southern del marva peninsula and that will clip sussex county. just a matter of time. we have a southerly compone