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Sep 23, 2020 · Brian Piccolo, left, and Gale Sayers were close as Chicago Bears teammates. (AP) Despite the fondly remembered movie that was spawned by their friendship, Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo weren’t...
Jun 16, 2020 · Tuesday marked 50 years since Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo died from cancer. A car parade in his honor made its way through the Beverly neighborhood where Piccolo once lived with...
Dec 12, 2019 · 149. As was her custom in the spring of 1970, Joy Piccolo spent a little time one morning with folded hands at St. Catherine of Siena, the Catholic Church across the street from Memorial Sloan...
May 25, 2020 · Fifty years ago on May 25, 1970, Gale Sayers accepted the George S. Halas Award at a dinner in New York City. His speech was emotional and left the 600 in attendance awed. Gale Sayers, the great...
Apr 22, 2019 · Piccolo died on June 16, 1970. “Brian Piccolo, Brian the fighter, Brian of the stout heart, lost the big one,” Tribune columnist Robert Markus wrote that day. “He never had a chance.
Jun 19, 2022 · This week 52 years ago, former Bears running back Brian Piccolo died of embryonal cell carcinoma — a rare testicular cancer. Because of his extended battle with the terminal disease (which...
Jun 16, 2022 · Jun 16, 2022 at 05:42 PM. Larry Mayer. Bears Senior Writer. When Joy Piccolo O'Connell arrived at Halas Hall Thursday and looked out onto the practice field for the first time, she could hardly believe her eyes. In honor of her late husband, former running back Brian Piccolo, every single player on the Bears roster was wearing a No. 41 jersey.
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