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Biography of Gale Sayers
Name: Gale Sayers
Birth Date: May 30, 1943
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: Wichita, Kansas, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: football player, corporate executive, writer
Gale Sayers
Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers (born 1943) was the youngest player ever to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Sayers earned the nickname of "Gallopin' Gale" for his exceptional ability to elude defensive attackers.The professional football career of Gale Sayers was brief, lasting for six seasons, from 1965 to 1971. He played a total of only 68 games, yet Sayers retired with a career gain of 6,213 yards and left six National Football League (NFL) records, among them a record as the all-time leading NFL scorer for a single season in 1965 with 22 touchdowns. That record, which stood for 10 years, remained an all-time rookie scoring record into the twenty-first century. Sayers was honored as NFL Rookie of the Year in 1965 and as Most Valuable Player in 1967, 1968, and 1970. In the wake of his 1972 retirement at age 29, Sayers was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame during his first year of eligibility …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…he was an alumni representative for the Kansas University Athletic Corporation. Further Reading Sayers, Gale, I Am Third, Viking Press, 1970.Forbes, September 14, 1992, p. 522."Chicago Bears--Hall of Fame: Gale Sayers," http://www.chicagobears.com/bearsalley/galesayers.cfm (December 14, 2000)."Fame Couldn't Wait for Sayers," ESPN.com, 2000, http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016460.html (December 14, 2000)."Gale Sayers," Kansas Sports Hall of Fame, http://www.kshof.org/inductees/sayers.html (December 14, 2000)."Hall of Fame Career Profile," Sayers Computer Source, http://www.sayers.com/sayers1_frame.htm (December 14, 2000)."NFL Legends and Lore," CBS SportsLine.com, http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/football/nfl/legends/hof/sayers.htm (December 14, 2000)."The Players," All-Madden.com, http://www.foxsports.com/allmadden/players/gale_sayers.sml (December 14, 2000).Pro Football Hall of Fame, 2000, http://www.profootballhof.com/players/enshrinees/gsayers.cfm (December 14, 2000)."Sayers Takes the Ball and Runs with It," HawkZone, September 20, 2000, http://www.hawkzone.com/stories/092000/foo_kuacsayers.shtml (December 14, 2000).
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