Gayle Sayers....

Sad news.

I had witnessed this 1st hand with my dad, it's soul crushing to watch but patient and love can persevere thru these times

sad news. Loved watching Sayers more than any running back who ever played. Humble and classy man.

and liked it.

and liked it.

and liked it.

and liked it.

and liked it.

and liked it.

I only read it once though

and Sayers in same 1965 draft (first pick in entire draft was Giants' Tucker Fredrickson). Bears finished 9-5 that year, the best either would have with the Bears.

Both Hall of Famers ended up more associated with losers than winners. Team only had one more winning season during their careers (1967 went 7-6-1) and didn't win again until both were out of football.

So sorry to hear about Sayers dementia.

it's terrible.

It's Sayers, Brown and Sanders and then the rest. Without injuries I'm thinking he distances himself from everyone else.
I Am Third great book, pretty much took one chapter and turned it into a story that lives on forever

the Big A. It tears you apart when you see a loved one
decline decline and decline, to the point where they don't know you and just have a blank stare.Still I would want her back that way rather than have lost her.

is this Alzheimer's or Dementia? I just lost my brother to Alzheimer's...had lost my Dad to same 30 years ago.

But my sister, who is a nurse, said there is a difference between the two diseases.

Picture the face of Billy Dee Williams when we think of Mr. Sayers? And prayers to him and his family, of course.

She remembered nothing at all for about four months. Doctors all told me it was dementia. The most difficult thing to understand. She would be talking with me and just get up and walk to the door looking her little children. Like I was not even there. Around the middle of December she started calling my name and would ask questions about some events. From then until now her memory have started to return. The most humbling thing!

Very sad indeed..I had the privilege of watching him live..Can't believe we passed on him(or Butkus) for freakin' Tucker Frederickson, who, had he stayed healthy, would have been a good player, but Sayers he was not..Not even close..

I saw Sayers during his rookie year at the Stadium and naturally he took a KO to the house..He and Jimmy Brown were the two best backs I've ever seen.

I woke up this morning thinking about Gayle Sayers - like, for the first time in my 54 year-old life!

Seriously.

Damn....

Of all the things I don't want to deal with as I grow older, Dementia/Alzheimers is #1 on the list.

Feeling really badly for the Sayers family.

Gale..😎

but Sayers was nearly as quick and had more breakaway speed. His combination of quickness and speed is just mind-blowing when you watch his old highlights. I think only Deion Sanders has come close to matching Sayers' speed/quickness combo.

the game to see even if it had nothing to do with the Giants or other teams you followed. He was a TD threat every time he touched the ball in whatever capacity. Probably my favorite non-Giants player of all time.

Sorry to hear about the dementia.

In comment 13401379 Osi Osi Osi OyOyOy said:

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but Sayers was nearly as quick and had more breakaway speed. His combination of quickness and speed is just mind-blowing when you watch his old highlights. I think only Deion Sanders has come close to matching Sayers' speed/quickness combo.

You know the overused expression, 'he can cut on a dime?' He literally could. Float on a dime might be more accurate

Sayers mentioned that his family was so poor that they slept near the kitchen oven - turned on of course. In the mornings he would suffer from headaches due to the gas I guess leaking out but not burning. Likely no relation to his condition but I remembered that part of the book.

Walter...my #1 by far...
Many years playing at a very high level means a lot...

But it becomes harder & harder to watch these players, knowing how much damage they are sustaining.