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 ...

Legendary Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers died Wednesday, according to a statement from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was 77. A cause of death for Sayers was not listed in the Hall of ...

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 ...

Gale Sayers, the Hall of Fame running back for the Chicago Bears, whose friendship with a dying teammate was depicted in the movie "Brian's Song," died on Wednesday, officials said. Sayers, who had ...

Gale Sayers was remembered as one of the greatest players in NFL history. From staff reports Omaha Central football star Gale Sayers in November 1960. During the 1960 season, Sayers gained 1,500 yards ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas Comet, former University of Kansas and Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers, died Wednesday at age 77 after battling dementia late in life. Those who knew Sayers, the ...

Gale Sayers at the 1961 state track meet, where he set a long jump record that stood for more than 40 years. Gale Sayers, Central High football player 1960 Gale Sayers with his friend and teammate ...