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Checkout the latest stats for Gale Sayers. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, college, draft, and more on Pro-football-reference.com.
In Sayers' rookie NFL season, he set a league record by scoring 22 touchdowns—including a record-tying six in one game —and gained 2,272 all-purpose yards en route to being named the NFL's Rookie of the Year. He continued this production through his first five seasons, earning four Pro Bowl appearances and five first-team All-Pro selections.
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Apr 2, 2014 · (1943-2020) Who Was Gale Sayers? American football player Gale Sayers played for the University of Kansas before being drafted by the Chicago Bears in 1965 and being named Rookie of the...
Gale Sayers gained a career-high 237 yards from scrimmage during the Chicago Bears 23-6 win against the Atlanta Falcons on November 27, 1966. View the most current football statistics for Gale Sayers, Running Back, for the Chicago Bears at The Football Database.
Gale Sayers played 7 seasons for the Bears. He had 991 carries for 4,956 yards, 112 catches for 1,307 yards and scored 56 touchdowns, along with 131 kick returns for 3,172 yards. He was selected to play in 4 Pro Bowls. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1977.
In regular season, he scored four touchdowns, including a 96-yard game breaking kickoff return, against the Minnesota Vikings. And, in the next-to-last game, playing on a muddy field that would have stalled most runners, Gale scored a record-tying six touchdowns against the San Francisco 49ers.
