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Gale Sayers
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Running back, Kansas, 1962–⁠64

Gale Sayers

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Gale Sayers played running back at Kansas (1962–⁠64). He was a consensus All‑American in 1963 and 1964. The Chicago Bears took Sayers in the first round, No. 4 overall in the 1965 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1997.

Best season
1964
Consensus All-American and First-team All-Big Eight
Drafted
No. 4
Overall, 1965 NFL Draft (Chicago Bears)

Honors

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

In the NFL

Pro Bowls: 4 (1965–⁠67, 1969) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 3 (1965, 1967–⁠68)

All-Pro teams: AP first team 1965, 1967–⁠68; Pro Football Writers first team 1968; NEA first team 1968; New York Daily News first team 1968; Pro Football Weekly first team 1968; UPI first team 1968.

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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