Walter Payton Breaks the NFL’s Rushing Record
"I think the whole entire city of Chicago was waiting for that moment… 'Quick pitch to Walter. He's got it!!' I hear it over and over again and I watch my dad holding the ball like a loaf of bread on probably one of the biggest runs of his career." Jarrett Payton recalls his father, Walter Payton, breaking the all-time NFL rushing record on October 7, 1984.
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