Combined, Ed O'Bradovich, Richard Dent and Patrick Mannelly played in 539 regular season games for the Chicago Bears. O'Bradovich was a force in the 1960s at defensive end. A ferocious pass rusher, Dent was named to four Pro Bowls and won MVP in Super Bowl XX. And Mannelly, a long-snapper, is the franchise's all-time leader in games played. In order to have that success on the field, however, all three players survived an uphill climb just to make the Chicago roster.
None of the three players was a top draft choice. In 1962, O'Bradovich was a seventh-round pick from Illinois, the ninth of 23 players the Bears selected in the 20-round draft.