Bill Bergey, All-Pro linebacker and Philadelphia Eagles legend, dies aged 79

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Bill Bergey, All-Pro linebacker and Philadelphia Eagles legend, dies aged 79

  • Bergey, 79, dies after long fight with cancer, son says
  • Five-time Pro Bowler became legend in Philadelphia

Bill Bergey, a five-time Pro Bowl linebacker who played in a Super Bowl for the Philadelphia Eagles, died Wednesday, the team announced. He was 79.

His son, Jake, posted on social media that Bergey died of cancer. Bergey, a three-time Eagles team MVP in a vote of his teammates, had been open about his fight with the disease over the last few years.

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