Legendary Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers died early Wednesday morning at the age of 77, the Pro Football Hall of Fame ...

FILE - This is a 1970 file photo showing Chicago Bears football player Gale Sayers. Hall of Famer Gale Sayers, who made his mark as one of the NFL's best all-purpose running backs and was later ...

Back in the 1960s, the United States was a completely different place. In the early 60s, Jim Crow laws, which largely segregated black and white Americans in public places, were still in effect, but ...

George Halas, the 70-year-old head coach of the Chicago Bears in 1965, stepped in front of reporters after rookie Gale Sayers scored six touchdowns in a 61-20 victory over San Francisco on Dec. 12, ...

Gale Sayers, one of the most electric NFL players of the 1960s, has died. He was 77 years old. The Pro Football Hall of Famer was a brilliant running back and returner who spent only seven years in ...

LAKE FOREST, Ill., — The late Gale Sayers is one of the best players to ever suit up for the Chicago Bears' franchise, having his number retired by the team and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of ...

Gale Sayers, a star running back for the University of Kansas in the 1960s and later with the Chicago Bears, has died, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced Wednesday. He was 77. No cause of death ...

The NFL Films documentary series NFL Icons has announced its fourth season of subjects and premiere times. That season, airing on linear and streaming channel MGM+ will include documentaries on four ...

As Steve Sabol, late cofounder of NFL Films, puts it in this hour of NFL Icons, “We have a library of 100 million feet of football film dating back to 1894. The most thrilling footage in that library ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 28, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Chicago's first auto race is about to ...

Sayers, an NFL icon and Hall of Fame player made famous by a friendship, was 'The Kansas Comet.' NFL legend and Hall of Fame running back Gale Sayers has died at the age of 77. Pro Football Hall of ...