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Walter Payton
Walton Payton was born in Columbia, Mississippi on July 25, 1954. Walter was born to Alyna and the late Peter Payton. Walter’s dad was a factory worker. ... Payton also participated in track and set some records in the long jump in track. ... Payton was a junior in high school at the time. ... By the time Walter graduated from high school, he had all kinds of colleges that wanted to recruit him for their football. ...
At Jackson State College, Payton played football and was an all-purpose star. Walter set new records at Jackson State. ... After graduation from college, Payton got into the NFL draft.
The Bears first-round draft pick in 1975 was Walter Payton. Payton rose to stardom quickly, winning his first two MVP awards in 1977. ...
In 1985 Walter took the Bears to a 18-1 season and to Super Bowl XX. ... Payton was going for 12,312 yards, which was Jim Brown’s record and he achieved that plus 4,000 yards more, which gave him 16,726 yards. ...
Mike Ditka coached Payton in his final six seasons with the Bears. Ditka was quoted as saying, “that Payton was the best football player he had ever seen, because he could do so many things so well.
Approximate Word count = 990
Approximate Pages = 4
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