The five new members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame pose after induction ceremonies in Canton, Ohio, on Saturday, July 30, 1977.
Current bid: US $41.00. But his career was cut short by knee injuries, and years later the injuries to his brain became apparent. Both players ended up in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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Revealing his dementia diagnosis years after his retirement showed the toll of those dazzling performances. Resume bidding, if the page does not update immediately. Four Bears teammates carried him off the field. For a player who made his living by using his knees not just to run, but to cut in every direction, the injury was devastating, especially given the state of orthopedic surgery at the time.
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Even before his diagnosis, Sayers was well known for avoiding the spotlight. Gale Sayers was known for his graceful style of running on the field.
Those videos omit the career-ending plays when injured players are taken off the field on stretchers.
Many, as a result, suffer in silence for years after they leave the game and the cheering stops. shipping [ 8 bids] Your max bid: Place bid.
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Sayers’s brilliant but brief career hit the skids on Nov. 10, 1968, when on a run to the left side of the field, he tore ligaments in his right knee after a 49ers defender slammed into it. In March 2017, Sayers’s family revealed that he had dementia after he had publicly displayed symptoms of it for years. The tandem defined the team and the league for most of a decade. hours. Gale Sayers Chicago Bears Signed Football Jsa 40 Number Coa. But his career was cut short by knee injuries, and years later the injuries to his brain became apparent. Sayers, though, was determined to show that he could overcome the odds. Gale Sayers Chicago Bears Autographed Signed Football HOF 77 .
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“I wanted to prove that one could come back from a serious knee injury in a year,” Sayers told N.F.L.