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rsdsharp

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5. This is so sad.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Mar 20, 2017, 03:56 PM

Mar 2017

I was 11 when he was drafted by the Bears. i was a Lombardi Packer fan, but as they were winning three consecutive championships, Sayers was by far the most exciting thing in football. He only played 68 NFL games, and none of those was an NFL championship or Super Bowl game. To this day, watching film of him is like watching the physical embodiment of poetry. No one before or since has ever run with that kind of grace.

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Pro Football Hall of Famer Gale Sayers battling dementia [View all] Eugene Mar 2017 OP

So sad....Sayers was a beast in his time... Docreed2003 Mar 2017 #1

This Packer's fan is sad - he was a joy to watch. elfin Mar 2017 #2

One of the best ever SHRED Mar 2017 #3

As a small boy I remember him lapfog_1 Mar 2017 #4

This is so sad. rsdsharp Mar 2017 #5

Oh no joeybee12 Mar 2017 #6

Just magnificent. He was amazing, even to a teen aged girl who didn't like football. watrwefitinfor Mar 2017 #7

He was also one of the nicest people you could hope to meet world wide wally Mar 2017 #8

The Kansas Comet BHDem53 Mar 2017 #9