GALE SAYERS AND DICK BUTKUS STORY

[@getx1265]

Arguably the greatest offensive and defensive players ever. Definitely both were the most fun to watch. I was fortunate to grow up getting to watch the two of them each Sunday.

[@carlweaver3243]

Butkus and Sayers. The Greatest MLB and the Greatest RB of All Time. I don't care if their careers were short. I stand by My statement. I'm 62 yo. Watched alot of Football. No one will ever convince me otherwise.

[@getx1265]

@@carlweaver3243 Absolutely!!

[@carlweaver3243]

Those 2 Men sitting together, Doug Buffone and Ed O' Bradovich, were pretty much Butkus' only real help on Defense back in those days. Buffone was absolutely right. Shame on the Bears; Shame on George Halas. He had the perfect HC in waiting, George Allen, and let him leave. And look what that Man, Allen, did, not only with the Rams, but with the Redskins, too. Halas should've retired in '65 and let Allen run the Bears his way.

[@manny4552]

​@@carlweaver3243well said

[@johnkedzior1454]

Butkus was the greatest middle linebacker ever , a one man wrecking crew

[@terrytenley9327]

Gail sayers was one of the first to cut back against the grain and lay folks out.. Only OJ Simpson coukd do this but much later.. As for Butkus the league never ever so will again see a player go so far out.. Butkus just blasted everyone.. His tackles were beyond anything ever saw and perhaps there will never be another person so great and hard hitting as Dick Butkus.. I never was a bear fan but tuning in to sayers and Butkus as a real treat.. bar none..

[@markmiller3308]

All those years later you see in that interview at the end Sayers still couldn’t talk about Brian Piccolo without becoming visibly upset. Sometimes you lose people in your life and the grief is carried until the end of your own. When that is the case you know that person was of a different breed of special and good. Gale loved Brian like a brother. Can’t get more special than that. Now they run in Heaven’s Stadium in the same backfield.

[@timduran2543]

Thanks for this. The sound or picture quality didn't matter after 5 minutes. The story was captivating. Two forces of nature that could not be stopped. Long live 40 & 51.

[@henrymorgan3982]

Legends. Never see this again. Ever.

[@cretejake34301]

Rest in peace Dick butkus you will be missed

[@willoneil1456]

These 2 guy's was the Greatest at their position of all times even though Chicago had losing seasons they were great. RIP Dick the monster and Gale the Kansas comet.

[@LASchgos]

Mr. Sayers was poetry in motion, so smooth when he ran..

[@1Tomrider]

No one has come close to topping that draft year - Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers in the same round, are you kidding me?! 🙂

[@kenanacampora]

RIP Brian Piccolo

[@markwatson8051]

Gale Sayers: the most beautiful runner in NFL history whose extraordinary talent and brief career could be compared to our brief experiences of Hendrix or Basquiats' genius in the worlds of music and art; "...a magnificent running specimen...".

[@cacornhusker2940]

The Kansas Comet.

[@maxpuppy96]

How do the Bears get them both in the same draft? Halas must have loaded the dice. 😂

[@jessewilson9782]

GAYLE SAYERS WAS THE MAN HIS STYLE WAS HIS OWNED.

[@2kkcallahan]

I remember watching the 49er game when he went down with the knee injury after being hit by Kermit Alexander of the 49ers. It was sickening. Sayers was probably in the midst of his finest season as a pro. The week before, he set a personal and Bears record for most yards gained in a game, 205 yards against the Green Bay Packers. The Bears won that game 13-10 over Green Bay when Mac Percival made a free kick field goal after the Bears made a fair catch with less than two minutes to go in the game. It was a exciting year for the Bears. If they won their last game against Green Bay, they would win the Division of Minnesota by virtue of having defeated the Vikings twice. Unfortunately they fell short. Chicago lost to the Packers 28-27 at home in Wrigley Field. They trailed 28-10 and then mounted a furious comeback and almost won the game but for a late interception. A memorable season.

[@dclayton777]

Kim Callahan Nice. Thanks for sharing.

[@blinko656]

I remember Kermit Alexander for sure...:)

[@carlweaver3243]

If Sayers doesn't get hurt, Bears win that Division, they go to the Playoffs and quite possibly, 1969 doesn't happen. As it was, Sayers got hurt, they lost 3 of their last 5 games after the injury and they go 1-13 in 1969.

[@patrickgray5633]

Love Butkus & Sayers. Like them also Buffone & Ed O'Bradovich are Bears royality.

[@carlweaver3243]

Bears only won 20 games from 1969 through 1973, Butkus' last 5 seasons.

[@carlweaver3243]

Patrick Butkus, Sayers, Buffone and O'Bradovich, as well as Payton, Hampton, McMichael and Ditka, these Dudes are Bears' Royalty, like you said, and so many more.

[@collinwilson4223]

I remember that game my heart was broken I was 10 my favorite runner for the bears

[@SuperOlds88]

RIP Mr. Sayers

[@mattsweeny3957]

Total Gentleman Butkus & Sayers

[@VolumedMusicMan]

If George Halas only let George Allen coach the team....Allen picked the 2 greats in the 1965 draft. He would've added good players around these guys like he did with the Rams & Redskins. Allen didn't want to wait on Halas to retire.

[@carlweaver3243]

That's the True shame of it all. Halas blew it big time. He was too set in his ways. Allen would've been like a breath of fresh air. A little bit Touched, if you will, but he knew how to win. Like you said, Volume, look at the Rams, and then, the Redskins. After Allen left, I don't believe the Bears drafted a Pro Bowl player until Wally Chambers in '73. I've said the same thing for Years now. Halas should've retired in '65 and made Allen HC. Allen had a Great mind and he was a Great motivator.

[@pimpladvlad]

There story is kind of sad 2 amazing players that carried their team... But never made it to the playoffs

[@SuperOlds88]

+gamer king They had many great teammates. Like, Pettibone, Buffone, O'Bradovich, Ditka, etc. They were certainly fabulous, but they did have a team that helped them achieve what they did, don't you think? Nothing sad about their careers, two of the best ever.

[@pimpladvlad]

true but they didn't make it too the playoffs and gale did get injured so that is sorta sad

[@SuperOlds88]

Well your right about your fact but I guess I just don't see it as their careers being sad. Butkus got hurt also. Just don't see a HOF career as sad especially playing for George Halas. Have a nice day.

[@pimpladvlad]

you too and yeah you're right.

[@gunchief0811]

Gamerking117 not/sad n that sense. They got to do what they loved. That's more than many in the world. So not sad. No one is guaranteed a championship in sports. But to play at a high level in a sport that you absolutely love? No sir don't feel sorry for either of them they are both hall of famers Record holders in a tough sport They helped their teak to achieve respect! And to gain winning records. Their fame footage is still stay died by football programs even today. Their lives are still filmed and spoken of. That's not sad brother that's epic Their all time great players. And really decent human beings. I'm not a bears fan and my m still seeing the greatness they brought to their team as well as their own family name. And too the N.F. L. No sadness here at all. Just an amazing career. Of two amazing players.

[@mojojojoslyfoxharris]

The thing I wonder after seeing this was how Gale Sayers would have turned out if he had played in the 90s or later because knee surgeries turned out much more successful then than they did back in the late 60s. It's a shame to see how successful Sayers was before the injury because if he had stayed healthy like Payton did who knows where Sayers would be in terms of greatest RBs of all time.

[@2kkcallahan]

Joseph Harris

[@carlweaver3243]

Sayers is still the Greatest RB of All Time, in My Book.

[@gg-yy5pm]

@carlweaver3243. Amen, Mr. Weaver. The best ever!

[@johncashler3611]

I hope both men are doing well in 2022

[@gersonhay984]

You are the best.. God loves you

[@GiantsfanlifeBurgess]

Such a sad story for a young talented player as him. I wasn't born yet But I'm a huge football fan since age 10 in 1977 and it wasn't until 1980 when I choose the team I knew I would love and be a fan 4 life. Giants. I am now 45 and I'm a die die hard giants fan. But I am a football fan 1st so I want to know every thing about the history of every team especially the great legends. I would love to see this movie Brian's Song but I can't find it anywhere in my town. 1 thing I don't understand. He passed away in 1969 and there conducting him in the Hall of fame in 2010. Why so many years I don't understand why the long wait. 😢😢

[@scottfree2929]

If you can tolerate parakeets screaming for their freedom, you can probably enjoy this video. I lasted 6 minutes and hate birds in cages.

[@jamesparry4826]

In all honesty, every team knew the offense was running the ball 80- 90% of the time. Different day and age in football. Defense could easily key on opponents running game.

[@raymondshaw2346]

Dick. Buck. Was. ..the. .Best. bears.... Ever

[@LASchgos]

Never laugh at a guy that grew up on the south side of Chicago in Roseland and went to C.V.S. aka Chicago Vocational School..True Blue Collar

[@gregmccurry5619]

Avalon park

[@gunchief0811]

LASchgos never laugh at a guy with two body parts as his name that are usually funny body parts to speak of.

[@gregmccurry5619]

roseland or avlon park?

[@farmgirl5851]

Sickening they didn't go to a Superbowl. Tragic.

[@TomandAmyinthePI]

Yeah The Bears had Dogshit Quarterbacks from the Mid 60's until the mid 80's and that's why these two legends never made the Playoffs (They didn't have wild card playoffs back then either)

[@tjdent7166]

Yep. Bobby Douglas and Virgil carter are two qb come to mind also as bad. In all honesty, Harbaugh stunk when he played for the bears. I think Douglas may have been the hardest about of all times.

[@TheWookiee1977]

While the video is interesting, it was recorded with a video camera pointed at a TV & a room full of birds making a lot of ruckus in the background.

[@mattsweeny3957]

I didn't know Gale played LB too in College

[@Diosprometheus]

Commander Shepard says...no way Ed Sullivan was going to say Butt on national TV. No way at all. And no way Ed was going to say Butt-Kiss on his show. These were the 60's and now you know the rest of the story.

[@warrenbfeagins]

The greatest draft in NFL history and not one playoff game. JESUS.

[@kevinpayton2664]

The Bears draft both Sayers and Butkus and this is just two years after they won the championship but couldn't win with them.

[@carlweaver3243]

When Sayers and Butkus arrived in '65, the Bears had alot of aging veterans. After Allen left, the Bears drafts were terrible. All the more reason to keep Allen, although some would say Allen probably would've traded his Picks if he were HC. That we'll never know. But the point is that the players they picked were, for the most part, not very good. And the QB situation was a complete mess, and that went on for decades.

[@lauraheacox9858]

Never heard the 49ers referred to as the Prospectors before...

[@abrahamjackson6019]

Gale Sayers was so great he would be an All-Pro in today's game

[@carlweaver3243]

Sayers talent Then to go with where the Hash Marks are placed Now, since the '72 season. He would own the Record Book.

[@manny4552]

Of course

[@tahoe829]

When Men were Men 💪🏿💪🏻

[@robertdoran7387]

How 'bout next time take the chirping birds out of the room before recording your pirate video by pointing a camera at a tv screen?

[@MIKECNW]

After a loss don't open your mouth. He should of learned to leave his anger on the field.

[@ew6019]

Chicago Bear Classic Players

[@MIKECNW]

Anyone know where Butkus lived when he was playing for The Bears?

[@edpinkerton7947]

Chicago heights

[@lol4unme]

RIP Dick Butkus

[@karlcooper7016]

He was a sleeker version of Jim Brown.

[@patcharles2055]

Anyone know what the music at 18:50 under theGale Sayers highlights is?

[@minnowviewbait]

huh yea sounds like Europe's "it's the Finaaal Countdowwwwn" or maybe Asia bu think it's just NFL's orchestral music

[@karlcooper7016]

Butkus,sayers,Ditka that was the team pretty much that's why they were so bad Halas never built anything around those three players.

[@karlcooper7016]

It's the Siberia of the midwest.

[@40cal8]

It's clobberin time

[@kellycor417]

What is that squicking sound

[@purplexenno]

+kellycor417 birds. someone didn't do a direct copy of the show, instead they taped it off a recorder, so it has their pet parakeets in the background.

[@farmgirl5851]

Not enough about butkus

[@mattsweeny3957]

Playing in the mud was awesome..Astroturf sucks

[@gunchief0811]

Parakeets?

[@fourtycents]

SHAME ON CHICAGO SHAME ON THE BEARS

[@scotteboy]

parakeets

[@robertwilson9888]

Scotti p sounded more like cocatiels

[@CompetentSalesUSA]

Crappy audio and video, seems like garbage.

[@allend2749]

the problem with watching this stuff is how great everyone is and u no what - that's bullshit. They are just folks like u and me! Probably none of em ever did anything for anyone unless they knew they would be recognized.

[@mizofan]

We are often quick to idolise certain famous achievers, regardless of faults, while great, kind, brave, generous people go largely unnoticed, but we can't generalise against all football players as selfish. I understand Sayers has been something of a philanthropist, and there may be selfless motives to that.

[@chriscurtis8344]

What a dumb thing to write another bullcraping illiterate troll. You either can’t or refuse to read. Drop the beer and the fork and pick up a book. Try “ I Am Third” by Sayers and Silverman.

[@carlweaver3243]

Read up on Butkus. Believe Me, he has given back to the Game. Same with Sayers, before he Passed. Met them both at an event for one of Sayers' Charities.

[@jackchase3537]

"shame on the bears! shame on them you had two of the greatest players they expected butkus and sayers to take them to the championship". shame on the lions! shame on them! they had to of the greatest players they expected sanders and johnson to take them to the championship... fan since 66 I've had the pleasure of watching 4 of the greatest players to not go to a championship~ as a fan the hardest part of that statement is how deserving these goats were and knowing how totally inept ownership let them go down in history with a blemish on their resume! they should be in jail for how completely ignorant they were!