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New Payton Book with DVD

10 Things About Walter Payton You May Not Know:

1) Only Missed 1 Game His Entire 13 Year Football Career. This Was His Coach’s Decision, Not His.
2) In 1985 He Led The Chicago Bears To Their Only Super Bowl Win, 46-10 Against The New England Patriots.
3) Elected To Hall Of Fame In 1993.
4) He Loved To Fish, But Hated Eating It.
5) Favorite Candy Is Banana Laffy Taffy.
6) As A Child, His Favorite Team Was The New York Mets.
7) He Always Practiced In The Same Clothes And Took The Same Route To Practice. If A Teammate Needed A Ride He Would Send A Car For Him As He Had To Follow Game Routine.
8) Walter And His Teammates Loved To Out Do Each Other In Who Could Find The Best Way To Training Camp. Walter Arrived Once By A 20 Person RV And Helicopter.
9) He Once Owned 6 Cars At One Time.
10) He Retired As The All-Time Leader In Rushing With 16,726 Yards And Held The Single Game Rushing Record At 275 Yards.

Bonus Trivia

He threw 8 touchdown passes

“The best football player I have ever seen”
“One of the best people I have ever met”

~Mike Ditka on Walter Payton

“Children have always brought a tremendous amount of joy to me and I feel that if you can catch them at a young age you can really change a life. There are a lot of studies that show that one act of kindness to these children has a 40 percent chance of making that child have a completely different outcome in their life. What you hope is that you can get a kid to believe in something and to believe in themselves.” ~ Walter Payton

Welcome to the Walter and Connie Payton Foundation’s website. We have made it our goal to continue to carry out one of Walter’s largest ambitions, this Foundation. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions or if you can help us in any way. ~ Connie Payton

Walter and Connie Payton Foundation

Berman on Payton

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