Gale Sayers

Gale Eugene Sayers

Position: RB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 198 lbs.
Born: May 30, 1943 in Wichita, KS
College: Kansas

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1977

4-time Pro Bowler & 5-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1965 Draft
Drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1st round (5th overall) of the AFL 1965 Draft

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View Details For: 56 Regular Season TDs Scored / 1 Regular Season TD Thrown

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · · · 100/300/100

						Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1965*+	22	CHI	HB	14	0	166	867	14	61	5.2	61.9	11.9	29	507	17.5	6	80	2.1	36.2	1374	20	9
1966*+	23	CHI	HB	14	0	229	1231	8	58	5.4	87.9	16.4	34	447	13.1	2	80	2.4	31.9	1678	10	2
1967*+	24	CHI	HB	13	0	186	880	7	70	4.7	67.7	14.3	16	126	7.9	1	32	1.2	9.7	1006	8	8
1968+	25	CHI	HB	9	0	138	856	2	63	6.2	95.1	15.3	15	117	7.8	0	21	1.7	13.0	973	2	7
1969*+	26	CHI	HB	14	0	236	1032	8	28	4.4	73.7	16.9	17	116	6.8	0	25	1.2	8.3	1148	8	7
1970	27	CHI		2	0	23	52	0	15	2.3	26.0	11.5	1	-6	-6.0	0	-6	0.5	-3.0	46	0	1
1971	28	CHI		2	0	13	38	0	9	2.9	19.0	6.5								38	0	0
Career				68	0	991	4956	39	70	5.0	72.9	14.6	112	1307	11.7	9	80	1.6	19.2	6263	48	34

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1965*+	22	CHI	HB	14	0	16	238	1	85	14.9	21	660	1	96	31.4	2272
1966*+	23	CHI	HB	14	0	6	44	0	27	7.3	23	718	2	93	31.2	2440
1967*+	24	CHI	HB	13	0	3	80	1	58	26.7	16	603	3	103	37.7	1689
1968+	25	CHI	HB	9	0	2	29	0	18	14.5	17	461	0	48	27.1	1463
1969*+	26	CHI	HB	14	0						14	339	0	52	24.2	1487
Career				68	0	27	391	2	85	14.5	91	2781	6	103	30.6	9435

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · · · 100/300/100

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
1965*+	22	CHI	HB	14	2	3	66.7	53	1	33.3	1	33.3	27	17.7	6.0	26.5	3.8	109.7
1966*+	23	CHI	HB	14	2	6	33.3	58	0	0.0	1	16.7	39	9.7	2.2	29.0	4.1	30.6
1967*+	24	CHI	HB	13	0	5	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1968+	25	CHI	HB	9	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1969*+	26	CHI	HB	14	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	1	3	-1.0	-1.0	33.3
Career				68	4	18	22.2	111	1	5.6	2	11.1	39	6.2	1.7	27.8	1.6	31.7	1	3	5.7	1.5	5.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1965*+	22	CHI	HB	14	0								9	4	0	0
1966*+	23	CHI	HB	14	0								2	3	0	0
1967*+	24	CHI	HB	13	0								8	4	0	0
1968+	25	CHI	HB	9	0								7	0	0	0
1969*+	26	CHI	HB	14	0								7	2	0	0
1970	27	CHI		2	0								1	0	0	0
Career				68	0								34	13	0	0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	Pts
1965*+	22	CHI	HB	14	14	6	1	1	132
1966*+	23	CHI	HB	14	8	2		2	72
1967*+	24	CHI	HB	13	7	1	1	3	72
1968+	25	CHI	HB	9	2				12
1969*+	26	CHI	HB	14	8				48
Career				68	39	9	2	6	336

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls 1965 1966 1967 1969	1st-team All-Pro 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969	Rushing Att 1965 NFL 166 (7) 1966 NFL 229 (3) 1967 NFL 186 (7) 1969 NFL 236 (1) Career 991 (167)	Rushing Yds 1965 NFL 867 (2) 1966 NFL 1231 (1) 1967 NFL 880 (3) 1968 NFL 856 (5) 1969 NFL 1032 (1) Career 4956 (108)
Rushing TD 1965 NFL 14 (2-- 47) 1966 NFL 8 (2) 1967 NFL 7 (4) 1969 NFL 8 (3) Career 39 (97)	Long Rush 1965 NFL 61 (3) 1966 NFL 58 (6) 1967 NFL 70 (3) 1968 NFL 63 (5)	Yds/Rushing Att 1965 NFL 5.2 (3) 1966 NFL 5.4 (2-- 83) 1967 NFL 4.7 (4) 1968 NFL 6.2 (1-- 21) 1969 NFL 4.4 (6) Career 5.0 (24)	Rushing Yds/Game 1965 NFL 61.9 (3) 1966 NFL 87.9 (1) 1967 NFL 67.7 (3) 1968 NFL 95.1 (1-- 99) 1969 NFL 73.7 (1) Career 72.9 (30)
Long Reception 1965 NFL 80 (4) 1966 NFL 80 (10)	Touchdowns 1965 NFL 22 (1-- 12) 1966 NFL 12 (5) 1967 NFL 12 (3) Career 56 (143)	Points Scored 1965 NFL 132 (1-- 51)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1965 NFL 20 (2-- 19) 1966 NFL 10 (6)
Non-Offensive TDs 1965 NFL 2 (2) 1966 NFL 2 (1) 1967 NFL 4 (1-- 4) Career 8 (24)	Yds From Scrimmage 1965 NFL 1374 (3) 1966 NFL 1678 (1) 1969 NFL 1148 (4)	All-Purpose Yds 1965 NFL 2272 (1-- 27) 1966 NFL 2440 (1-- 7) 1967 NFL 1689 (1) 1968 NFL 1463 (3) 1969 NFL 1487 (2) Career 9435 (133)	Touches 1965 NFL 232 (2) 1966 NFL 292 (1) 1967 NFL 221 (5) 1969 NFL 267 (2) Career 1221 (168)
Yds/Touch 1965 NFL 9.8 (1) 1966 NFL 8.4 (4) 1967 NFL 7.6 (5) 1968 NFL 8.5 (5)	Kick Returns 1965 NFL 21 (10) 1966 NFL 23 (6) Career 91 (185)	Kick Return Yds 1965 NFL 660 (6) 1966 NFL 718 (5) 1967 NFL 603 (6) Career 2781 (116)	Kick Return TD 1965 NFL 1 (1-- 57) 1966 NFL 2 (1-- 13) 1967 NFL 3 (2-- 3) Career 6 (1)
Long Kick Return 1965 NFL 96 (3) 1966 NFL 93 (3) 1967 NFL 103 (3-- 21)	Yds/Kick Return 1965 NFL 31.4 (2-- 21) 1966 NFL 31.2 (1-- 24) 1967 NFL 37.7 (2-- 2) 1968 NFL 27.1 (3) 1969 NFL 24.2 (10) Career 30.6 (1)	Punt Returns 1965 NFL 16 (10)	Punt Return Yds 1965 NFL 238 (5)
Punt Return TD 1965 NFL 1 (2-- 85) 1967 NFL 1 (1-- 85) Career 2 (69)	Long Punt Return 1965 NFL 85 (1-- 97) 1967 NFL 58 (3)	Yds/Punt Return 1965 NFL 14.9 (2-- 58)	Kick & Punt Returns 1965 NFL 37 (8)
Kick & Punt Return Yds 1965 NFL 898 (3) 1966 NFL 762 (6) 1967 NFL 683 (7) Career 3172 (134)	Fumbles 1965 NFL 9 (4) 1967 NFL 8 (1) 1968 NFL 7 (3) 1969 NFL 7 (3)	Fumbles Recovered 1965 NFL 4 (9) 1967 NFL 4 (1)

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary

1965 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1965 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1965 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1965 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1965 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1966 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1966 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1966 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1966 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1966 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1966 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1967 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1967 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1967 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1967 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1967 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL/AFL
1968 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1968 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Hall of Fame: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · ·

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	PosRank
1970	27	2	RB	5	122
1971	28	2	RB	4	120
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