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...happened. The Crimson were led by 5'6 halfback Vic Gatto, the captain, who guided a steady offense that supported a deep, veteran defense that only gave up 41 points going into The Game. The Bulldogs countered with a powerful offensive squad, with running back Calvin Hill, a future NFL star and father of Detroit Piston Grant Hill, and Brian Dowling, a quarterback who had not lost a game as a starter since junior high school and would later gain most fame as the inspiration for the character of B.D. in Gary Trudeau's "Doonesbury" comic. A powerful Yale team...
...fall of 1985, the Chicago Bears were ripping up the NFL on their way to Super Bowl XX, led by tough, fearsome players like Mike Singletary, the late Walter Payton and William "The Refrigerator" Perry. Their hardnose, determined style of play inspired many young boys growing up in Chicago to throw off their Cubs gear and put on the pads...
...Everything I do, I want to do it to the best that I can do it," Sands said, adding, in reference to the NFL, "It would be nice...
DIED. WALTER PAYTON, 45, Hall of Fame Chicago Bears running back who gained 16,726 rushing yds.--more than anyone else in NFL history; of bile-duct cancer; in Barrington, Ill. (see Eulogy...
...estimated amount of time it took Walter Payton to run his NFL record 16,726 career yards...