Walter Payton
Chronology
| 1954 | Born in Columbia, Mississippi, on July 25 |
| 1971 | Graduates from Columbia High School where he starred in football |
| 1971-75 | Attends Mississippi's Jackson State College |
| 1972 | Scores 46 points in a single game |
| 1975 | Picked by Chicago Bears in first round of NFL draft |
| 1976 | Marries college sweetheart Connie Norwood on July 7 |
| 1985 | Leads Chicago Bears to Super Bowl Championship |
| 1987 | Retires from professional football |
| 1993 | Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| 1999 | Develops rare live disease and later cancer of the bile duct |
| 1999 | Dies at the age of 45 in South Barrington, Illinois, on November 1 |
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