Gale Sayers passed away
 

Great ballplayer, greater man.

A true inspiration. RIP

A great man. RIP enjoy a good run with Pic.

My dad got me the I am Third book in an attempt to trick me into reading. It worked. I was too young to have seen him play but I loved the book.

The man sure could run smoothly and evade the defense.

He was before my time but I sure remember watching "Brian's Song" years ago. A class act.... RIP.

Brian's Song.... my first tear jerker.....

Too bad he played here for that cheap SOB, Halas .He was a class guy through and through much like Walter.

The one and only Sweetness?

I watched him play live on TV and in his prime against my "home team" (Packers), but cannot remember specifics as I was too young. I do remember feeling sad about his injury and his struggles to play at a high level afterward.

I also remember reading his book and the watching the movie "Brian's Song" as a schoolboy and how sad yet inspiring it was.

When I moved to California, one of my colleagues was a granddaughter of Halas, and if I recall correctly we had a brief conversation early on about Sayers and Walter Payton as well as other Bears greats.

Years later I got to meet Walter Payton when he was part owner of an Indy Car team. The event was at Laguna Seca and I was hanging out a bit with the team. He had an NFL football in his hand a lot that day. Very, very nice man, passionate about motorsport.

RIP Gale Sayers.

Childhood idol. I can remember watching the game when he blew out his knee vs. 49ers. Sad, RIP

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Wikipedia lists cause of death as "dementia"...I'm wondering if it was CTE. He was 6 months older than me when he died. Makes me realize how lucky I am...