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Gale Sayers

Gale Sayers work ethic and development of his God-given athletic talents resulted in dozens of major college football scholarship offers. However, Sayers decided to stay in state and play at Memorial Stadium for the University of Kansas Jayhawks. While at K.U., from 1961-1965, Sayers was a two time All-American tailback whose 99 yard touchdown run as a sophomore against Nebraska is still an NCAA record today. Sayers went on the achieve many more honors as a running back for the Chicago Bears, including NFL Rookie of the Year in 1965, NFL record-setting six touchdowns in one game in 1965, leading the NFL in scoring 22 touchdowns in 1965, All-time NFL kickoff return leader, NFL All-Star Game MVP in 1967, 1968 and 1970, and he was a member of the 75th Anniversary All-Time Team. After just three seasons in the National Football League, Gale Sayers was voted to the first team as halfback of the NFL's First 50 Years All Star Team. In 1970, Sayers was named the NFL's most courageous player by the Pro Football Writers of America to acknowledge his dedicated comeback from career threatening knee surgery. Seven years later, Sayers became the youngest player in NFL history to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Upon retirement from the Chicago Bears, Sayers made many contributions... Next

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