It seems a laughably impossible feat: 17 sacks in one game. Since it became an official statistic in 1982, a player has recorded 17+ sacks in an entire season only 38 times. But on October 26, 1952, Eagles defensive end Norm "Wildman" Willey claims he did in a 14-10 win over the Giants.
Did he? And if even if he didn't, why has he been forgotten?
Norm "Wildman" Willey came to the Eagles as a 13th round draft pick in 1950 out of Marshall. At Marshall he was a standout basketball and football player, in 2003 he was inducted into their Hall of Fame.