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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.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 237
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781590710562
  • Genres
  • biography, sports, football
  • Release date
  • 2005