Gale Sayers
Awards And Accomplishments
1961 | Named to All-American high school football team |
1963-64 | Wins college All-American honors |
1965 | Named NFL's Rookie of the Year |
1965-69 | Picked to play in Pro Bowl |
1966, 1969 | Leads NFL in rushing |
1968 | Founds Gale Sayers Foundation to help young newspaper carriers |
1969 | Receives George S. Halas Award as "most courageous player in professional football" |
1977 | Becomes youngest player to be enshrined in Pro Football Hall of Fame |
1977 | Voted into College Football Hall of Fame |
1984 | Founds a computer supplies company |
1999 | Named to Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame |
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