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Walter Jerry Payton (July 25, 1953 [notes 1] – November 1, 1999) was an American professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears. Nicknamed " Sweetness ", he is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time.
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Nov 1, 2022 · Walter Payton passed away on November 1, 1999, at the age of 45. Soon after his death, the NFL added Walter Payton’s name to its annual Man of the Year Award, an honor given to a player that makes a significant impact in his community, which Payton certainly did in his life.
May 23, 2024 · Walter Payton (born July 25, 1954, Columbia, Mississippi, U.S.—died November 1, 1999, Barrington, Illinois) was an American professional gridiron football player whose productivity and durability made him one of the game’s greatest running backs.
Apr 15, 2022 · Walter Jerry Payton was born on July 25, 1954 (some sources have his birth year as 1953) in Columbia, Mississippi. He was the youngest of three children and, initially, Payton wasn’t overly enthusiastic about sports, although he did play Little League baseball.
Nov 1, 2021 · Bears great Walter Payton died on Nov. 1, 1999, at age 45 of bile duct cancer and liver failure. Payton worked his way from Columbia, Miss., and Jackson State College (known today as Jackson...
Nov 2, 1999 · Walter Payton, the Chicago Bears' running back whose single-minded aggressiveness and singular combination of power and speed made him the leading ground gainer in pro football history, died...
Nov 1, 2019 · Walter Payton was that athlete. It’s hard to believe, but it’s already been 20 years since Payton passed away on Nov. 1, 1999 of bile duct cancer and liver failure. He was 45 years old.
Nov 1, 2019 · Melancholy in the way it hits you that it has been 20 – two-zero, 20 – years since Walter Payton died from bile duct cancer and liver failure. Has it really been that long? And along with that the awareness that the…
Walter Payton, the Chicago Bears' first-round choice and the fourth player selected in the 1975 National Football League Draft, developed into a superstar of unusual dimensions during his 13-season NFL tenure from 1975 to 1987, all of which he spent with the Chicago Bears.
