Former Eagles coach and player Marion Campbell dies at 87

Former Philadelphia Eagles head coach and player Marion Campbell died Sunday at age 87, the team announced.

Campbell was an All-Pro defensive lineman and member of the Eagles' 1960 NFL championship team before turning to coaching in the late '60s. He was one of the NFL's last two-way players.

After getting his first head coaching gig with the Atlanta Falcons in 1974, Campbell went back to the Eagles as a defensive coordinator under the legendary Dick Vermeil in 1977.

Campbell is likely best known as the man who took over for Vermeil in 1983, when the emotional coach stepped away from the game for the first time. In three seasons at the helm, he led the post-Vermeil Eagles to a 17-29 record.

"Marion Campbell will be missed by the Eagles community, but also remembered for his spirited impact on our game," Eagles owner Jeffrey 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."