In just 68 games, Sayers still had remarkable accomplishments. He was first-team All-Pro the first five seasons of his career and finished top 5 in the MVP voting in his first four.

Legendary Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers died Wednesday, according to a statement from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was 77.

But the great legacy lesson of Gale Sayers — who died in 2020 — remains his life’s impact. Specifically, his racial boundaries-breaking bond with his Chicago Bears teammate Brian Piccolo, a ...

“I Am Third.” The phrase gained popularity in the 1970s through the public statements and writings of Chicago Bears football legend Gale Sayers. Sayers used the sentence as a motto to ...

Former Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers will be featured on MGM+'s documentary series "NFL Icons" debuting a new season on Friday, February 7th. Zack Pearson 0 (Photo: Dick Raphael , USA ...

Sayers followed that by being voted an All-Pro during the first five of his seven NFL seasons (1965-71). But he was stuck on a handful of middling-to-bad Bears teams and, like Dick Butkus, another ...