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 ...

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Bears great Walter Payton died on Nov. 1, 1999, at age 45 of bile duct cancer and liver failure. Payton worked his way from Columbia, Miss., and Jackson State College ...

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Walter Payton became an All-State running back and then became all-world at Jackson State. The Bears made him the fourth pick in the 1975 draft. “When I get through with Chicago,” Payton said ...

They called him Sweetness, but Chicago Bears great Walter Payton had a dark side, according to a biography to be released Oct. 4. An excerpt of "Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton," by ...

But then in 1984, Conway first saw Walter Payton. Through an Irish children’s charity, Conway spent a summer in Oak Park. He was Protestant, so he stayed with a Catholic family of Bears and ...

The Bears finally unveiled the long-overdue statues. Bears’ sculpt classics: Walter Payton and George Halas immortalized with statues at Soldier Field - Chicago Sun-Times clock ...

When the Bears went to Platteville for training camp in 1984, Payton didn’t want to stay in a dorm room, so he rented a motorhome. Then Payton and Suhey drove it over four hours from Chicago.

From Chester Marcol to Walter Payton to Instant Replay to Karl Brooks, ... The Bears tied the game on a Matt Forte touchdown with 3:16 to go, and Mason Crosby's 38-yarder with 25 seconds left ...

As the Chicago Bears look toward their future, they had a somber reminder of the past. And Walter Payton’s son posted an emotional tribute to former defensive tackle Steve McMichael. Jarrett ...

Then there's the "Walter Payton Game" in 1999, just more than 25 years ago, in which the Bears won in almost the exact way as the Packers did Sunday. Played at Lambeau Field, lineman Bryan ...