In a 2010 interview with The Times, Cornelius said he was excited about a movie project he was developing about ‘Soul Train.’ Advertisement Payton died in 1999 of complication from cancer and ...

Payton actually was first introduced to the world when he and a girlfriend competed in a dance contest (they finished second overall) on the popular television show of the early 1970s "Soul Train." ...

Walter Payton, #34 of the Chicago Bears, signs autographs during training camp in 1987. Getty Images. ... but as a finalist on the Soul Train National College Dance Championship ...

An archivist could even screen footage of Payton as a finalist at the “Soul Train” TV show dance contest in Los Angeles a quarter century ago. There won’t be much dwelling on Walter at the end.

NFL: Walter Payton's Life Won't Change the Way I Feel About Him. Kendrick Marshall Jun 5, 2018. ... How he would play practical jokes on teammates, his appearance on Soul Train, ...

Was Payton ready to become a member of the Soul Train dance troupe? Nah. But on that magical day in ’73, the Hall of Fame legend put on his boogie shoes and disco’d his way into immortality.