Gale Sayers Remembered

[@harrychapin808]

Awesome compilation! "Just give me 18" of daylight - that's all I need." The man was a HUMAN GAZELLE - run at top speed, stop, twist, spin, go in the opposite direction, then jump, slide and cut perpendicular, all in what seemed like one singular motion. Time stopped... but "Gale Sayers" kept moving. He was thee hallmark, athletic improviser... and it was all natural ability and instinct. I read his book, "I am Third" decades ago. The man was as humble off the field as he was poetic on the field. And YES... he was the "Jimi Hendrix" of football 🏈. Like "Hendrix" he defied convention, and nearly defied physics... and could never explain how, other than "feeling it." His ability cannot be explained... only marveled. Thank goodness for cameras 📸 that and film 📼. I wonder what young, up-and-coming, players think when coaches show clips of "Gales Sayers" defying gravity and logic. "Did he just do that... how? How can he anticipate every move of every player in his path... and easily evade them without hesitation?!" There is no answer... he just "could." RIP KANSAS COMET, "GALE SAYERS!!" You may have been 3rd in your book... but you were 1st on the football 🏈 field.

[@CAMERONHAOL]

Great 👍 post. THE REASON NO ONE RUNS LIKE THIS TODAY IS BECAUSE THEY AINT GALE SAYERS! I SUPPOSE THE MAN WHO CAME CLOSEST IN RECENT TIME WOULD BE ADRIAN PETERSON ...😊

[@collinwilson4223]

I watched him on TV from 65 to 71 great my favorite love the videos, the moves the scores, not many today could do what he did returning punts kickoffs running halfback truly the best ever .

[@williamtiddsr3967]

Gale Sayers was pure poetry in motion so sad that him and Dick Butkus never were on championship teams but we’re all blessed to have them as Chicago Bears 🐻🏈🍻🍻👍👍🙏🙏

[@CAMERONHAOL]

May they BOTH REST IN PEACE AND PERHAPS ENJOY SOME FOOTBALL IN HEAVEN WITH JIM BROWN 😊

[@yusufu9]

The most exciting and electrifying running back in the history of the game. When you watched Gale play, you were constantly in anticipation that he was going to make those stunning, high speed moves that only he was capable of, and then he'd be off to the races. Thanks for this wonderful tribute, Dave!

[@user-vz4xm3ef4q]

As a child growing up in OK, the Kanas Comet was my idol and favorite player. I would pray that Chicago was on TV every Sunday. At his HOF induction, George Halas, owner and head coach of the Bears, said watching Gale run was like watching Poetry in Motion.

[@stantheman9072]

Wow! The sonorous glory of John Facenda wafts through my ears once again!

[@22_cincatt]

Like I have always said. I don't remember watching him live, but just watch the films man. JUST watch the films. That's all you need to do. Long live Gale Sayers and long live his legend!

[@williamtiddsr3967]

I was one of the few while growing up in Indianapolis we got to see the Kansas Comet in action on select Sundays 🏈🏈🐻🐻👍🙏🙏🙏

[@elwoodblues6663]

you were one of the greatest players ever but you were a better person r.i.p.GOAT 😇

[@olofpalme63]

Excellent tribute!

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Thank you sir :)

[@SECRETARIATguy224]

​@@davevolskysbackdoor5673Sir, can you please help me identify a piece of music I've seen in NFL Films? It's been in several highlights, but I've never known the title or the composer. It's the music that plays during the Walter Payton segment of the 1984 Bears highlight video [It's called "Fight to the Finish"]. Please help me if you can!

[@markwatson8051]

John Facinda: "...Gale Sayers was to football what Jimi Hendrix was to rock: an improvisation on a classic theme..."

[@1983jblack]

Just heard about his passing and sorry to hear. Great player and great person.

[@gregggibson8784]

Excellent tribute to one of the greatest! RIP Gale Sayers. Thanks "Back Door"!

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Thanks Gregg!

[@williamnorman2838]

He's the best runner ever

[@carlweaver3243]

110% in Agreement. No One like Sayers. NO ONE.

[@Moondoggy]

Gale Sayers was the BEST running back ever to play in the NFL. The Bears had 2 players on those teams. Sayers and Butkus. Halas was so cheap he didn't go get any supporting staff for them. Halas has the BEST defensive player and offensive player and Halas blew it....

[@carlweaver3243]

And He had George Allen as a HC in waiting but let Him go. How different the Late 60s, Early 70s Bears might have been with Allen as HC.

[@keithmotsinger918]

Only saw Gale Sayers and my man Johnny U. at the tailends of their careers . One of my big regrets .

[@kevinparker5557]

He was amazing, all he did was outrun everyone, just wow!

[@markwatson8051]

Mr.Volsky, I want to sincerely thank you for taking the time to put this video of - as one Chicago sports writer put it -"... a magnificent running specimen..." together. It's perfect.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Thanks Mark!

[@j.p.pelzman7481]

Awesome work as always. I wish I had seen one of his games on TV. Too young to do so. What a talent and a even greater person

[@bearcards3497]

The Kansas Comet. Love it! Man, look at him run 🏆

[@antrygis1]

This is the BEST one yet. Thank you Volsky. I was 7 when he lit up our Chicago B+W TV screens.

[@Bruce12867]

Gale Sayers was one tough mudder. December 12, 1965, was evidence of that (and a few other games like that as well). And of course, he was great on a perfect field as well. R.I.P. Gale Sayers. 🙁

[@22_cincatt]

Great tribute. Thanks Back Door.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Thanks Scott!

[@user-fn6lt2cn3o]

😊 Awesome open field runner

[@maximusvonce1381]

Greatest running back in human history

[@lawrence97431]

Thanks for the great video! By the way, I'm not sure how many Pro Bowls he played in, either 4 or 5, but he was voted the MVP in all but one of them. The best of the best!

[@bajikimran2304]

A lot of players that I grew up watching have passed in the last year or so. The Dolphins of the early 1970's have been hard hit with the passings of Jim Kiick, Nick Buonicounti, Don Shula, Jim Langer and Bob Kuechenberg. The Packers have been hit hard too- Willie Davis, Forrest Gregg, Bart Starr and MacArthur Lane. Other notables that I can think of off the top of my head are Willie Brown, Cliff Branch, Larry Wilson, Tom Dempsey, Ken Riley, Fred Cox, Cedric Hardman, Bill Nelsen, Cas Banaszek and E. J. Holub. Holub started at both center AND Linebacker for the Chiefs in Super Bowl I. Unless Deion Sanders did as much, I don't think anyone else has ever started on both offense and defense in a Super Bowl.

[@alanquintus2069]

When I was a kid I read "I Am Third" several times RIP#40!

[@wayne7725]

Gale was the hole package.

[@randallswanson3435]

No one could run like Sayers

[@mrmgr690]

From 1:55-1:58, he jukes Larry Wilson, in two different games. Both of these Hall of Famers just passed within a week of each other

[@user-ii1ce7kw7t]

Sayers Cutback .....At The 3"08 Mark Vs frisco ............... In The Mud ............... Was UNBELIEVABLE !!!!!

[@cryptohalloffame]

true, otherworldly

[@dcahill61]

This is from sensational 60's 1970 version 0-2:40 mins Best running back I ever saw

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

The first segment is from that show, but I think I used segments from 6 or 7 different programs altogether.

[@dcahill61]

@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 no-one has ever posted that show. I have that show on old Vhs tape probably degrading in my basement lol. Thanks for posting D. V.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

@@dcahill61 That film was actually released on laserdisc way back in 1978. A few years back I purchased that disc as well as a few other NFL Films ones from back then and got them transferred to digital.

[@SorgiStories]

1:24 He broke Ray Nitschke’s ankles. Now, they’re chatting old times in a better place. RIP.

[@maximusvonce1381]

John Facenda the voice of God

[@markwatson8051]

Jim Brown, Gale Sayers, O.J. Simpson, Walter Payton, Tony Dorsett, Barry Sanders and Eric Dickerson.

[@sha11235]

Now he is reunited with Brian Piccolo.

[@collinwilson4223]

My first bears favorite

[@jamesrodgers7490]

When you see barry sanders you see gale sayers

[@CAMERONHAOL]

At 6:01 the two guys from the packers accidentally ran into each other 😂

[@zagnorch1336]

You know, I never really paid much attention to Gale Sayers highlights until now. In most of his runs, he has the moves and elusiveness of both Walter Payton and Barry Sanders. Had his career not been cut so short by those knee injuries, who knows what kinds of records he would have set... and if they would ever have been approached, let alone broken.

[@carlweaver3243]

Payton and Sanders' running styles were similar but No One, before or since, ran like Sayers.

[@rudolphbradshaw6124]

Just remember he ran on muddy fields

[@charlieilardi481]

I miss your old channel so much! I can't remember the name of the music used in the opening title sequence and in parts throughout "Lombardi", can you jog my memory?

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Johnny Pearson's 'The Awakening' --- kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4nHdIppa7elkK8

[@tedreed7961]

I’d love to watch the video but it is way too long. I loved Gayle Sayers. Maybe another time.

[@user-fn6lt2cn3o]

Wouldve. Broken Browns record with healthy knees

[@FuriousMan226]

Hey Dave, What’s the track that played in the 1966 Eagles highlight film when they show the Playoff Bowl game vs. the Colts?

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

That's one of the few tracks from back then that I've been unable to track down.

[@FuriousMan226]

@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 oh. What about the one that starts when they show the text on the screen “Act III: The Swingers”

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Johnny Hawksworth's 'Beat To Begin' --- kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4Ckamp6a8t1gMU

[@22_cincatt]

"Just give me six inches of daylight. That's all I need." -------Gale Sayers

[@carlweaver3243]

18"

[@genobourn7423]

There was Sayers before there was Sanders. No disrespect!

[@CAMERONHAOL]

Can anyone explain what the heck happened at 5:12...An optional illusion 😂

[@jennyhurtfan]

I dont think the Vikings ever tackled him. Hand off to Gale, juke Vikings until he crossed the goal line...and then the Vikings picked up their jock straps.

[@spencerpearson3986]

Noooooo

[@GaryThompsonjr]

Mercury Morris better in the open field 🤨

[@michaeliovine2462]

Gale was like a mirage get close to him he would disappear