Payton
THE BEST FOOTBALL PLAYER EVER, PERIOD.
— Mike Ditka
Walter Payton played running back with a devastating combination of grace and ferocity. Though standing an inch and a half short of six feet and just a shade over two hundred pounds, he led the beleaguered Chicago Bears to a Super Bowl title, broke Jim Brown’s career rushing record and won the unconditional love of millions of NFL fans.
How did a small-town daydreamer in Mississippi end up taking the cellar-dwelling Bears from awful to awesome? Walter Payton simply worked harder and with more purpose than any football player in history. And he did it with a smile.
PAYTON captures the life of an on-field superstar who wanted most to be the consummate team player. He was a man who left everything on the field, always put family first and committed himself to giving back to the community. Sweetness indeed.
Includes a DVD with NFL Films' "Pure Payton," a collection of extraordinary highlights of Walter Payton's football career. This DVD — only available here — offers striking, never-before-seen footage of Payton both on and off the field, and completes any serious Bears fan's collection.
- Author
- Connie Payton, Jarrett Payton, Brittney Payton
- Format
- hardcover
- Pages
- 237
- Publisher
- Rugged Land
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9781590710562
- Genres
- biography, sports, football
- Release date
- 2005
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