billy dee williams played gale sayers in brian's song.
who played gale sayers in brian's song?
billy dee williams
in 1967, sayers and bears teammate brian piccolo became the first interracial roommates in the nfl. sayers' ensuing friendship with piccolo and piccolo's struggle with cancer (embryonal cell carcinoma, which was diagnosed after it metastasized to a large tumor in his chest cavity), became the subject of the made-for-tv movie "brian's song". the movie, in which sayers was portrayed by billy dee williams in the 1971 original and by mekhi phifer in the 2001 remake, was adapted from sayers' account of this story in his 1970 autobiography, "i am third". a notable aspect of sayers' friendship with piccolo, a white man, and the first film's depiction of their friendship, was its effect on race relations. the first film was made in the wake of racial riots, escalating racial tensions fueled by martin luther king's assassination, and charges of discrimination across the nation. sayers and piccolo were devoted friends and deeply respectful of and affectionate with each other. piccolo helped sayers through rehabilitation after injury, and sayers was by piccolo's side throughout his illness until his death in june 1970.
gale sayers
bullet::::- fewest games to reach 4,000 all purpose yards: 25, gale sayers 1965–1966





















































bullet::::- fewest games to reach 5,000 all purpose yards: 31, gale sayers 1965–1967





















































bullet::::- fewest games to reach 6,000 all purpose yards: 39, gale sayers 1965–1967





















































bullet::::- fewest games to reach 7,000 all purpose yards: 44, gale sayers 1965–1968





















































bullet::::- fewest games to reach 8,000 all purpose yards: 53, gale sayers 1965–1969





















































bullet::::- fewest games to reach 9,000 all purpose yards: 61, gale sayers 1965–1969





















































bullet::::- fewest games to reach 10,000 all purpose yards: 76, timmy brown 1960–1966
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