Bears great Walter Payton would have turned 58 today. Unfortunately he was lost too soon 12 years ago at age 46. He lost his battle to bio-duct cancer. He spent all of his NFL seasons (13) with the Chicago Bears and missed only one game. He was a star on and off the field. The [...]
Chicago Bears’ Super Bowl winning LB Otis Wilson joins Bears Backer for an exclusive interview. Otis talks about the 2011 Bears chances, the 85′ Super Bowl team including the Super Bowl Shuffle, his relationship with Walter Payton and Mike Singletary and much more….Enjoy! Jake Perper is the owner and head writer for Bearsbacker.com. He is also [...]
Twelve years ago today the world lost one of the best players in the entire NFL, running back Walter Payton. He was battling bile-duct cancer and died at the age of 46. Payton often referred to as “Sweetness”, played all of his 13 NFL seasons with the Chicago Bears, missing only one game. During that [...]
Walter Payton lead the NFL in kickoff returns with a 31.7-yard average and a long of 70 yards as a rookie in 1975. 14 of his 17 career kickoff returns came that season. In addition to being a tremendous rusher, receiver and blocker during 13 years with the Bears, he also threw eight touchdown passes [...]
