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Al Wistert, a Tenacious All-Pro Tackle for Champion Eagles Teams, Dies at 95

Al Wistert, a star tackle for Philadelphia Eagles teams that won two consecutive N.F.L. championship games by shutouts in the late 1940s and the last survivor of the three Wistert brothers inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, died on Thursday in Grants Pass, Ore. He was 95.

His death was confirmed by his daughter Kathryn Wistert.

Wistert was often outweighed by the man across the line of scrimmage in his nine N.F.L. seasons, all with the Eagles. But he was not known as Ox for nothing. He mowed down opponents on both offense and defense and covered punts and kickoffs as well.