Gale Sayers - Introduction
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I am a child of the 1960s, grew up in a peaceful suburban environment, just blocks from the Chicago’s NW side border. While comfortable, my youth did not afford much in the way of cultural diversity. As I grew and matured, exposure to other>>

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cultures can via reading and TV news. But at 10 or 11 years of age, it came via sports. Via childhood heroes such as Banks, Minoso and Aparicio. And Gale Sayers.

A year ago, during Bears 100 festivities, I took time to compile my memories of Gale Sayers. Thought it

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would be worth sharing with the Twitter Bear Fam. It’s extensive, perhaps long winded. I will post in a chapter/verse format throughout the day. As it looks, I have 8 chapters, but that may evolve as I post. So if you are interested, just follow my feed. I will get it up

here eventually.

Important to note, that as a child, I had no idea at of the difficulties my heroes had to endure as Black (and Latino) men navigating through our white-dominated society. As an aging fan, I learned much about their lives through books and stories shared. But I