One of the best pitchers in baseball history was out there on the court, playing college basketball for Creighton University.
One of the best running backs in football history was in the stands, absorbing motivation.
If Bob Gibson could do it, so could Gale Sayers.
A flood of moving tributes have poured forward this week for Sayers, the elusive and elite Hall of Fame tailback for the Chicago Bears who died Wednesday at the age of 77 due to complications of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell called Sayers “one of the finest men in NFL history and one of the game’s most exciting players.