Legendary NFL linebacker Bill Bergey died at age 79 on Wednesday morning. Bergey won the AFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award with the Bengals.

Bergey spent the first five seasons of his career in Cincinnati. He was named AFL Defensive Rookie of the Year and made the Pro Bowl in 1969. The Bengals took him in the second-ro

Bergey, 79, voted by the fans as one of the top 50 Bengals of all-time, died of cancer Christmas Day. A second-round pick of the Bengals in 1969 out Arkansas State, Bergey went to the Pro Bowl as a rookie in the last season of the AFL.