Linebacker Byron Evans: One of the Eagles’ All-Time Greats

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Published: July 8, 2009

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... underrated Eagle at that position ever.  Chuck Bednarik, Bill Bergey, Jeremiah Trotter and Stewart Bradley all deserve their high praise, but so does Evans so here it comes.

Byron should be known at least for his all-time great touchdown celebration, known as the "Beanie-Wiggle."  If you have never seen him shake his stuff, click here.

More seriously, Evans was a key member of the vaunted "Gang Green Defense" of the late '80s and early '90s.  It was the play of the defensive line that really stole the thunder.  Guys like Reggie White, Jerome Brown and Clyde Simmons are some of the greatest to ever play their positions.

Seth Joyner and William Thomas were great linebackers in that era as well but Byron Evans locked down the middle linebacker position and is deserving of more credit than he received.

Evans embodied Eagles' football of that era and played his entire eig...

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