‘He’s a real Chicago hero’: Former Bears honor Gale Sayers

Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Bears Hall of Famers Dick Butkus (left) and Gale Sayers (right, at a Bears game in 2009) were back together again at the Bears 100 Celebration Weekend at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont.Johnny Morris was looking forward to seeing Gale Sayers again.

“That’s one of the reasons I came — to see how Gale was doing,” the former Bears wide receiver said Friday prior to the Bears 100 Celebration Weekend at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, celebrating the Bears’ 100th season in 2019.

Sayers’ appearance the Bears 100 convention was a bittersweet moment on a night of celebration. At 76, the player considered by many the…