On the first play of the chilly, damp and windy afternoon, Payton swept right end for 29 yards. After 250-pound blocking fullback Robin Earl gained 8 yards, it was Payton for 3, for 10, Earl for 8 ...

Walter Payton is the best player in the history of the Chicago Bears. When he died at 45 of bile duct cancer and liver failure on Nov. 1, 1999, the city mourned.His public memorial brought 20,000 ...

Payton jacked his total for the afternoon up to 271 yards by sweeping left end for three, and, after Bob Avellini missed a handoff to him, he made amends on the next play.

Nicknamed "Sweetness," Walter Jerry Payton is considered one of the greatest football players to ever play the game.At 5-foot-10 and 200 pounds, Payton dominated the gridiron. Jackson State University ...

One year ago, football great Walter Payton died of liver cancer at the age of 45. The Chicago Bears legend was known as "Sweetness" and it was easy to see why. Often making a football play look ...