Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967.
Center on the University of Pennsylvania's football team, 1945-1948.
Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969.
Inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1963.
Inducted into the Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.
In late 2018, the Slovak Association of American Football named its championship trophy the Chuck Bednarik Trophy.
Interred in Saint Joseph Calvary Cemetery, Limeport, Pennsylvania.
Inducted into the Penn (University of Pennsylvania) Athletics Hall of Fame in 1996 (inaugural class).
Since 1995, the Chuck Bednarik Award has been presented annually to the defensive player in college football, as judged by the Maxwell Football Club, to be the best in the United States.
Inducted into the Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame in 1987.