GALE SAYERS DIES AT 77
Sayers entered the NFL as a rookie in 1965 and scored 22 touchdowns that year including six in one game
Brian's Song
In 1967, Sayers and Bears teammate Brian Piccolo, a white man, became the first interracial roommates in the NFL. Sayers’ ensuing friendship with Piccolo and Piccolo’s struggle with cancer became the subject of the made-for-TV movie Brian’s Song.
Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction
1977, AT THE AGE OF 34
George S. Halas
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If you wish to see perfection as a running back, you had best get a hold of a film of Gale Sayers. He was poetry in motion. His like will never be seen again.
NAMED TO NFL's 75th ANNIVERSARY TEAM
AS HALFBACK AND KICK RETURNER
After Football
Sayers went on to found several technology and consulting businesses, become a stockbroker, sports administrator, businessman and philanthropist for several inner-city Chicago youth initiatives.
Later on in life, Sayers battled with dementia which ultimately began the decline of his health until his death.