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Payton, NFL's career rushing leader, dies at 45 Payton ranked 39th-best athlete of century Sweetness ran and ran and ran By Ron Flatter Special to ESPN.com It doesn't have the same ring to it as 755, but football fans might argue 16,726 should be just as significant as baseball's most hallowed career record. Payton carried the ball and ran for more yards than any running back in NFL history. That 16,726 is the number that quantifies "Sweetness." It's the career record for most yards rushing in the National Football League. "If I'm going to get hit," Payton said, "why let the guy who's going to hit me get the easiest and best shot? I explode into the guy who's trying to tackle me." Despite all this punishment, he missed only one game in his Hall of Fame career with the Chicago Bears. Not bad for a guy who predicted he would last only five years in the league. But he played for 13 seasons. And on Nov. 1, 1999, nearly 12 years after his retirement from football, Payton died of bile duct cancer that was discovered earlier in the year during treatment for a rare liver disease. He was 45. But on the football field, he seemed unstoppable and he knew it. Tacklers had difficulty stopping those hard-pounding legs, those runs in which his knees never looked like they were bending, the changes in direction, the bursts through the lines, the overpowering collisions.

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Walter Payton Biography Walter Payton, NFL Hall of Fame football player, was born in Columbia, Mississippi, the son of Peter Payton, a factory worker, and Alyne Payton. Walter, or "Spider Man" as he called himself as a boy, was active in Boy Scouts, the church choir, camping with friends, and playing drums in the band before he finally turned to football his junior year in high school at the all-black Jefferson High School. Already bigger and stronger than most of his teammates, Walter was an instant starter. Halfway through his junior year at Jefferson, the all-white Columbia High School was ordered to integrate, and Payton and several of his teammates transferred there. They were upset, however, when a white coach, Tommy Davis, was hired for the Columbia job instead of their Jefferson coach, Charles Boston. Already socially conscious at the age of sixteen, Payton boycotted spring practice that year to express his dissatisfaction, but, recognizing that the decision would not change, he joined the team for the start of his senior season. Payton led his Columbia team to an 8-2 record that year and was named All State. But with just one year at the school and two years of high school football, he was not heavily recruited. He attended nearby Jackson State University, where he joined a team that featured a number of other future NFL players and Pro Bowlers, including Jerome Barkham, Vernon Perry, Ricky Young, Robert Brazille, and fellow Hall of Famer Jackie Slater. At Jackson State, Payton rushed for 3,563 yards, achieving a 6.1 average per rushing attempt, and became the NCAA's all-time leading rusher with 65 touchdowns. He majored in communications and graduated in 1975.

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About The Walter Payton Cancer Fund The Walter Payton Cancer Fund was created because Connie Payton was devastated by the ravaging effects cancer had on Walter and was determined to do something about it. Her goal: to honor Walter's life and help find a cure for cancer. To help Connie and her family achieve this goal, the Walter Payton Cancer Fund is dedicated to funding research that not only improves quality of life, but also offers genuine hope for a cure. As a special fund of Cancer Treatment Research Foundation *, the Walter Payton Cancer Fund sponsors the world's most innovative and promising clinical research in complementary medicine and integrative oncology. Connie Payton has said that the Walter Payton Cancer Fund "will facilitate cutting edge cancer research with the same grit and determination that Walter showed on the football field. Watching Walter run the football was like watching a colt prancing through a meadow just for the sheer exuberance of running. Our family created the Walter Payton Cancer Fund to bring new exuberance to the quest for a cure for cancer." Walter lived his life and fought his disease with passion, idealism, and determination. His family now urges fans to continue fighting cancer in Walter's honor. The Walter Payton Cancer Fund provides a unique opportunity for fans to honor the memory of a national sports hero and change the face of cancer.

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