Marion Campbell, a former All-Pro on the Philadelphia Eagles' 1960 championship team who later went on to become their head coach, died Wednesday at the age of 87, the team announced Sunday night.
"Marion Campbell will be missed by the Eagles community but also remembered for his spirited impact on our game," Eagles owner Jeff Lurie said in a statement. "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."
A fourth-round draft pick of the San Francisco 49ers in 1952 out of Georgia, Campbell served in the United States Army before embarking on an NFL career that would span eight seasons, two with the 49ers and six with the Eagles.