However, most of the athletes featured in the top 55 of this list produce highlight worthy material in. New jayhawk sendish inspired by highlights of kansas comet by tom keegan chicago bears running back gale sayers breaks free of a detroit lions defender during a. The better question is how good sayers would be if he played today and didnt have his career ruined by a knee injury. Anytime is a good time to see walter payton, jim brown, and gale sayers highlights.
For former nfl great sayers, angling was an outlet. Gale sayers was the better runner and more electrifying with incredible moves and sprinter speed. In addition to the jersey number, thats pretty unmistakably sayers when you look at the way he runs. Bears records held by sayers at the time of his retirement following the 1971 season 1st longest kickoff return 103 vs.
Gale sayers, who was the youngest player to enshrined in canton, mainly because injuries cut his career short, noted that sanders made defenders look. While reggie bush has had his fair share of highlight reel moments in the nfl, his most electrifying moments came during his days as a usc trojan. Of all the chicago bears greats over the last century, willie the wisp galimore is one of the least known. Breathtaking athleticism, a legendary return specialist, you wouldve thought he had super powers. More than 40 years have passed since gale sayers carried a football for the chicago bears and made the guys chasing him look like a bunch of keystone cops, but thanks to his remarkable highlight. Sayers led the nfl in rushing twice, went to the pro bowl four times. It also shows you why he was named to the pro bowl eight times. Gale sayers draws emotional reaction at bears celebration. One of the greatest openfield runner in the history of college football, the.
In a brief but highly productive nfl career, sayers spent seven seasons with the chicago bears from 1965 to 1971, though multiple injuries effectively limited him to five seasons of play. Unknown nfl film from the 1940s or 1950s, anyone know what. Best moments in chicago bears history includes a man called. Sanders was a human highlight reel, and his talent seemed to come from some otherworldly source. Its fourth and long for former chicago bear gale sayers and the computer reseller he heads, mount prospectbased sayers 40 inc. By adding said play to his highlight reel, cohen has now scored a touchdown on a. Gale has a 5minute highlight reel with half of it featuring his amazing st returns. His oftplayed highlight reel runs through enemy lines form the picture of quicksilver grace. In a brief but highly productive nfl career, sayers. A tribute and an ultimate highlight reel for the greatest chicago bear of all time, walter payton. His airness soared to a slightly higher level than the human highlight reel, there was no pressure to crown jordan the slam dunk king on his home court and the judges were not in cahoots.
Walter payton career highlights sweetness greatest. Hes in the hall of fame and only played something like four full seasons before injuries forced him to retire. You cant put together a highlight reel of nfl history without including a few clips from the san francisco 49ers vs. Listing the 100 most memorable moments in bears history. Ku improved to 64, but individually, sayers again took the spotlight. So i was just watching gale sayers s highlight reel on madden and besided reggie bushs great resemblence of him, i wondered something. For all my sports bettors, signup for my pateron to receive winning sport bet picks. Sayers was amazing but i think kelly was the better hof rb due to a more complete game and a longer career. The heisman winner was a human highlight reel every time he touched the ball. Every move that gale sayers made was classic chicago bears gale sayers the kansas comet highlights. Gale sayers pro football hall of fame official site. How good and what stats would he have gotten if he had played more than just 68 games. After jim brown retired, lk44 toke over in 66 and carried the ball 209 times for 15 td fairly similar to ak41.
Classic tailback gale sayers kansas highlights youtube. I watched him tear it up at oklahoma state, way before he became a human highlight reel for the nfl. Walter payton breaks five tackles and avoids three others on a highlight reel 18yard run and finishes with 192 yards and three touchdowns in a 2827 victory against. Karama is incredible, but gayle sayers highlight reel is off the chain. Sayers who was way too critical of kickers getting into the. Almost every time kamara touches the ball, something amazing happens. Pro football hall of fame running back gale sayers comes in at number 22 on nfl films the top 100. I would be concerned about ingram taking touches away from kamara, but fortunately, ingram is cut from the same beastly mold.
Slow news day, so i thought is would be a good time to check out some highlights from bears past. Many of the 196466 coke football caps survived, but expect dings, bends, scratches and at least some rust, most of the. The top 60 highlightreel heroes in sports history with. Gale sayers, bio, wife, age, salary, net worth, numbers. The 11 most elusive openfield runners in nfl history. Tarik cohen matches rookie production unseen since gale sayers. Sayers was known for his elusiveness and agility and was regarded by his peers as one of the most difficult players to tackle. After the recognition, sayers slumped in his wheelchair as mike. Unknown nfl film from the 1940s or 1950s, anyone know what game this is.
A compilation of some of gale sayers highlights at the university of kansas. It might be cheating to point to a highlight reel and say watch this, but of course we have included one. Sandy koufaxa leftys legacy recounts the highlight reel games and provides ample, gritty detail on the deterioration of koufaxs elbowalong with koufaxs stoic battle to pitch through the pain until he could pitch no more. The world of sports, in my humble opinion, could use a few more unique forces like sandy koufax. Best moments in chicago bears history includes a man. Sayers was known for his elusiveness and agility and was regarded by. In the four seasons he suited up for at least games, the bears halfback was as close to unstoppable as it got. Gale sayers joins the chicago bears and is befriended by brian piccolo, an overachieving running back. Gale eugene sayers born may 30, 1943 is an american former professional football player who earned acclaim both as a halfback and return specialist in the national football league nfl. Against oklahoma, sayers returned a kickoff 96 yards to spring the upset of the sooners. The world of sports, in my humble opinion, could use. Sayers who was way too critical of kickers getting into the hof touched the ball less times then morten andersen. Another of sayers highlight reel moments came in the 1964 season.
Galimore played a prominent role and will forever be known by bears super fans as the electric runner that led the bears to eventually drafting hall of famer gale sayers. Most electrifying athletes in sports history bleacher. Sayers best seasons came at the dawn of the super bowl era over 50 years ago, long before anyone played fantasy football, scoured draft guides or even saw a highlight. You cant put together a highlight reel of nfl history without including a few clips from the san francisco. Sayers made four pro bowls during his career, which was marked by so many graceful, highlightreel runs before injuries cut his career short. See more ideas about bears football, nfl and chicago bears. Even pete carroll told bush that he reminded him of the legendary gale sayers. Gale eugene sayers is an american former professional football player who earned acclaim both as a halfback and return specialist in the national football league. When gale sayers was southern illinois athletic director in 197681, one of his favorite ways to relieve stress was to slip away from the business world and set up shop at a nearby lake. Feb 22, 2017 name a tougher essohbe to ever grace the gridiron. One of the greatest openfield runner in the history of college football, the kansas comet blazed across the gridiron. When gale sayers was southern illinois athletic director in 197681, one of his favorite ways to relieve stress was to slip away from the business world and set up. Bay area prep football player of the year allmetro player of the year usua amanam bellarmine rb combines speed, determination will mcculloch, chronicle staff writer. Extreme sports by their very nature are awesome for highlight reel material.
Injuries cut his career short, but when he played, sayers was as good as anyone. He died at age 26 from embryonal cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of germ cell testicular cancer, first diagnosed after it had spread to his chest cavity. The younger of the pair, gale, became a sports figure for the ages with his zigzagging runs to daylight on a football field. Walter paytons dominance and his incredibly charming personality is still remembered and. Its hard to believe bush had to split carries with lendale white. Sayers made four pro bowls during his career, which was marked by so many graceful, highlightreel runs before injuries cut his career short after just seven seasons. Born to run pro football hall of fame official site. He jumpcut, headfaked, hurdled and juked early 60s defenders who had never seen the likes of the kansas comet before. Although they compete for the same spot on the team, and despite the fact that sayers is black and piccolo white, they become roommates on the road and very close friends, especially when sayers. Tied for 1st most combined punt and kickoff returns for touchdowns, game 2 vs. His rushing stats dipped a bit that senior season he only averaged 5. I was born in 1994 so outside of the occasional highlight reel and the 30 for 30 i dont know much about bo jackson.
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