On Monday it was Martin Luther King JR day, which makes me think shouldn't there be a Walter Payton day?  I think so!  Walter Payton has set history, and became an icon in many peoples lives, many reasons why NFL players out there now on all different teams started to play football was because of Walter Payton. Payton was a nine time pro bowl selectee, and entered into the pro football hall of fame in 1993. Walter Payton will be a Bears Angel on Sunday the 23rd watching over the Bears while we win against the Green Bay Packers during play offs, then off to the Super Bowl 2011.  The day after Payton past away, the Bears played the Packers, and they had a moment of silence at all NFL games for Payton, during the game Bears vs. Packers Bears had beat Green Bay on the last couple seconds of the game by a blocked feild goal by Bryan Robinson, leaving the team and the fan base believing that Payton was watching over them! (Chicago Bears History).

Heres a little video that the bears did before the superbowl in 1986, and SWEETNESS, is pretty sweet in this old time video!!!  ENJOY!

Sweetness will never vanish, he is legend!

If you know football or have the love for the game, you will know or should know the guy who goes by Sweetness, number 34...Walter Payton!  Walter Payton's name will live on for eternity, Chicago Bears running back for 13 seasons from 1975-1987. Payton was known as "Sweetness" for his smoothness in his style, he was the leading National Football League rusher of all time until 2002 with a career total of 16,726 yards. Sadly Paytons life came to an end from an illness in 1999 called (PSC) Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis that spread cancer through out his body and soon Payton lost the fight on November 1st of 1999. 

Chicago Bears has always had an impact on my life growing up.  I was born the year Payton stopped playing football in 1987, my father who grew up and knew some Bears players from back in the day passed on the love of the game to me by the age of 1 day old I was in Bears diapers, socks, onesie, hat, jacket, and gloves...instead of bed time stories, I'd hear Walter Payton stories before bed, mind you growing up my father was only around until I was three, then came back when I was 16 giving me the only connection I felt like I had was being a Chicago Bears fan, and idolizing Walter Payton as a hero, and the prince in my bed time stories!

I'm starting this Blog as in MEMORY of Walter Payton, it'll be dedicated to facts, his life, his bio, things you may never have heard of, quotes, stories, and of course pictures!!  This is my first blog that's my own, so I thought what better way to write about then SWEETNESS!