Tell me what you remember about him...


www.walterpayton.com

I remember this thread about him and that's about it.

Seriously though...I need information from any fans etc...any stories, greatest moments, this will all contribute to the USA... ...and cancer research...
[This message was edited Thu Mar 13 13:51:23 PST 2003 by REDFEATHERS]

I remember that he's dead.

I remember my dad going up to Chicago for the big memorial service at Soldier Field.

AaronFantastic said:

Was that in 1999?

REDFEATHERS said:

Hey, you're the one with the website link, look it up yourself.

tommyalma said:

I wanna hear it from the Orgers in their own words so they can all contribute...just wait and see...

Having seen nearly every Bears game during Payton's career, there are a few specific moments I am fond of:

---the 275 yard game vs Minnesota. I never thought that record would be broken.

---The race for the single season rushing title against OJ Simpson, in 1977 (correct me if I'm wrong)

---the NFL rushing record game, against New Orleans.

---Super Bowl XX, when Payton got his 1st and only championship.

In general, I can always envision many stiff-arms, and all the run plays where he never ran away from anyone, or out-of-bounds and hardly ever got hit solid.

As a child, I thought my destiny was to be the Bears next great RB after Sweetness. Ahhh, the dreams of a child!!!


GO BEARS!!!
GOD BLESS SWEETNESS!!!

One of the Greatest Players Ever in the NFL in My Personal Top 5 Running Backs Ever.I got Him there with Jim Brown,OJ Simpson,Gayle Sayers,&Barry Sanders. "Sweetness' was One of a Kind.the Media truly didn't give Him enough Props when He died IMHO.the Man truly was Something on the Field&Off The Field IMHO.Walter Payton did things with some of the Crappest Teams as well.before Mike Dikka,Jim mchanon,Richard Dent,Fridge,Wilbur Marshall,Mike SIngeltary,Dan Hampton,Matt Suehy,etc... Walter Payton didn't have much at all to work with.Read Great Books on the Cat&still remember Him Hosting "Satuarday Night Live".He was Something Else RIP.Yeah in 77 He passed OJ.they had some One of a Kind Duels.

I remember that he was a football player for the chicago Bears.

I vaguely remember him in the Soul Train dance line. My memory is fuzzy, but it was him.

I remember all those runs; he'd sometimes carry that ball in one hand, not cradled between his ribs, his forearm, and his hand while in the open field kicking his legs up like he knew he was gonna get into the end zone while being chased by defenders. And a lot of the time he did.

I remember him being forgotten by Mike Ditka in the Super Bowl by allowing the sideshow aspect of William "The Refrigerator" Perry to run in a short yardage touchdown at the goal line, after Payton had been relegated to weak teams his whole career. Though he was always his teams' biggest asset, although he got a Super Bowl ring, it would have been nice to see him get a well-deserved touchdown in a 46-10 rout.

I remember his voice was always so soft-spoken for an athlete, for a football player especially, where a brute force competition (and his success in it) might make you think he would have been a braggart or a loudmouth.

I remember him telling the world of his health problems on national tv, bursting into tears, and ripping my heart out.

I was never a Chicago Bears fan. But I ended up being a Walter Payton fan.