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Beav, Bernstein has been interesting about Gale this morning. Reason why: his dad played with Gale at Omaha Central; Gale worked for his grandparents in Omaha. Who knew, right?RIP. Surely one of the greatest talents of all time, his NFL highlights are something else, he looks like when you throw on film of a 5* kid playing in a bad high school league. Dude just destroyed defenses until he tore up his knee. In those days it was a career ender.
I was fortunate enough to meet him a few years ago at a card show. His brother Ron was there and helped him walk a bit. Signed a football for me. One of the nicest guys to talk to. His brother Roger was a track star at Omaha U. back in the day and I believe ran about a 9.4 100 yr dash. Great family. Along with Johnny Rogers, two of the most exciting running backs I ever saw. Omaha had some great athletes during those days. He will be missed.From Dementia..
RIP Gale
I believe at one time, he had the title, fastest man on the earth.I was fortunate enough to meet him a few years ago at a card show. His brother Ron was there and helped him walk a bit. Signed a football for me. One of the nicest guys to talk to. His brother Roger was a track star at Omaha U. back in the day and I believe ran about a 9.4 100 yr dash. Great family. Along with Johnny Rogers, two of the most exciting running backs I ever saw. Omaha had some great athletes during those days. He will be missed.
That is awesome having a autograph program from that game..My Gale Sayers memory:. Gale and my cousin were good friends from their days at Central High. When Sayers was back in Omaha after his rookie season with the Bears, my cousin invited me to tag along to Sayers' house to watch the Packers-Cowboys NFL championship game (not the frozen tundra bowl, but the year before in Dallas). I was all of 10-year-old, and I'll never forget that afternoon I shared with him. He even signed his autograph on a 1964 Jayhawks versus Nebraska game program in Lawrence, I still have the program!
His nickname was the Kansas cometThat is awesome having a autograph program from that game..
I was nine years old in the fall of 1965, just starting to get interested in football. One Sunday afternoon my dad told me to come into the living room and watch the Bears play (on our tiny black and white TV) because their best player was from Omaha. Sayers tore up the Rams that day and I became a fan for life. Thankfully, I was just young enough that I did not recall him running wild on NU.My Gale Sayers memory:. Gale and my cousin were good friends from their days at Central High. When Sayers was back in Omaha after his rookie season with the Bears, my cousin invited me to tag along to Sayers' house to watch the Packers-Cowboys NFL championship game (not the frozen tundra bowl, but the year before in Dallas). I was all of 10-year-old, and I'll never forget that afternoon I shared with him. He even signed his autograph on a 1964 Jayhawks versus Nebraska game program in Lawrence, I still have the program!