Gale Sayers was born on May 30, 1943 and is also popularly known by the name “The Kansas Comet”. He is a retired professional football player, and played his entire career for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League (NFL).
Sayers is an illustrious member of the College Football as well as Professional Football League Hall of Fame lists. His close friendship Chicago Bear fullback Brian Piccolo was illustrated in the movie Brian’s Song released in 1971. The film was based on Gale Sayers’s biography and tells the story about the intense friendship between both of them.
He is also a successful a well-known entrepreneur in the field of information technology as well as a well-known and active philanthropist.
Gayle Sayers was born in Wichita in Kansas and grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. After graduating from the High School, he became an All American football player twice during his time at University of Kansas. During his university career, he had the record for having rushed for 2675 yards and gained a total of 3917 all purpose yards. In the year 1963, he ended up setting a record in the NCAA first division with a 99 yards run while playing against Nebraska. Gale Sayers is considered widely as one of the greatest open field runners in the history of college football.
Gale Sayers joined the Chicago Bears. During his first season, Gale Sayers’s stats were incredible as he set a record of 22 touchdowns (14 while rushing, 6 while receiving, and 1 on punt as well as 1 on kickoff returns). Sayers gained around 1374 yards by scrimmage and had an incredible 2272 al purpose yards. He ended up tying Ernie Nevers as well as Dub Jones for the record for the most number of touchdowns in one game, with six touchdowns during 61-20 thrashing handed out to San Francisco 49′ers.
In the second season, Gale Sayers topped the listings in the league for rushing totaling 1231 yards, and averaging 5.4 yards per carry along with 8 touchdowns. He led the listings for the Bears for receiving totaling an incredible 34 catches, two more scores, and 447 yards. He also ended up surpassing his rookie years kick return figures, averaging around 31.2 yards for every return and two touchdowns. Sayers also set an NFL record by totaling 2440 al purpose yards despite of his team finishing fifth in the league. Sayers was also the winner of first of the Pro Bowl award for the most valuable player.
The year 1977 saw Sayers inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame; he still holds the record for being the youngest inductee.