Former Eagles great Bill Bergey has passed away after a three-year battle with cancer, his son Jake announced on social media.
Bergey was 79 years old.
Jake Bergie wrote: “The best father, friend, grandfather, football player and just a great person in the world.” “I'm really going to miss him. I love you dad.”
Drafted by the Bengals in the second round of the 1969 draft, Bergey spent five seasons in Cincy, winning Defensive Rookie of the Year and appearing in the Pro Bowl. But it would be in Philadelphia that his career would really take off.
With the Eagles, Bergie made “four Pro Bowls, earned first-team All-Pro honors twice, and was named second-team All-Pro the other three times. Bergie had his best season in 1974, when he had five interceptions, He had 3.5 sacks and narrowly handed Defensive Player of the Year to Pittsburgh's Mean Joe Greene, Pro Football Talk said. report.
Bergey finished his 12-year career with 27 interceptions and 18.5 sacks. After retiring from active duty in 1980, he became a regular on Philadelphia sports talk radio.
