Former NFL Player and Head Coach Marion Campbell Dies at Age 87

July 18, 2016   ·   Matt Fitzgerald   ·   Jump to comments

Former Philadelphia Eagles two-way player and head coach Marion Campbell died Wednesday in Plano, Texas, at the age of 87.
Alex Smith of the team's official website reported the news Sunday.
"Marion Campbell will be missed by the Eagles community but also remembered for his spirited impact on our game," Eagles chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie said, per Smith. "Like Chuck Bednarik, he was a great two-way player during a special era in NFL history. He played with the type of toughness that our town so deeply admires."
Campbell played for Philadelphia from 1956 to 1961 and was a first-team All-Pro on the Eagles' 1960 NFL championship team. As Smith indicated, Campbell played most of that year with torn ligaments in his ankle, which required painkilling shots before games and during halftime breaks.
He began his NFL career with the San Francisco 49ers in 1954. Although he was a fourth-round draft pick out of Georgia in 1952, Campbell served in the United States Army ...

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