CHICAGO — Gale Sayers, the dazzling Chicago Bears running back and kick returner whose injury-shortened career made him the youngest player ever inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died ...

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Legendary Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers died early Wednesday morning at the age of 77, the Pro Football Hall of Fame ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to sports journalist Kevin Blackistone about Gale Sayers' legacy. The former Chicago Bears running back, whose elusiveness bedeviled defenses, died Wednesday. For all of its ...

When Chicago Bears teammates Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo became roommates in 1967, the first time NFL players of different colors shared accommodations on the road, it hardly looked like a good fit.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gale Sayers, the Hall of Fame NFL runningback whose friendship with Chicago Bears teammate Brian Piccolo was memorialized in the ...

Gale Sayers, the Hall of Fame tailback for the Chicago Bears, has died at age 77. For sports fans of a certain age, simply hearing the theme song for the 1971 ABC telepic Brian’s Song is enough to ...

Back in the 1960s, the United States was a completely different place. In the early 60s, Jim Crow laws, which largely segregated black and white Americans in public places, were still in effect, but ...

Omaha Central football star Gale Sayers in November 1960. During the 1960 season, Sayers gained 1,500 yards and averaged 166.7 yards per game. Gale Sayers, right, and Vernon Breakfield were both ...

Chicago Bears legend Gale Sayers (Image source: Instagram – @realgalesayers) Gale Sayers, universally considered one of the greatest running backs in NFL history and a Chicago Bears legend, passed ...

The athlete's friendship with fellow teammate Brian Piccolo inspired the TV movie Brian's Song Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2018 ...

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