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The film Brian's Song, loosely based on Gale Sayers' autobiography, tells the story of the friendship between Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and their time together while playing football for the Chicago Bears, up until Piccolo's death. [32]
Brian's Song is a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week that recounts the life of Brian Piccolo , a Chicago Bears football player stricken with terminal cancer, focusing on his friendship with teammate Gale Sayers (Billy Dee Williams). Piccolo's and Sayers's sharply differing temperaments and racial backgrounds made them unlikely to become friends but ...
Brian's Song is the 2001 American remake of the 1971 television film Brian's Song, telling the story of Brian Piccolo (), a white running back who meets, clashes with and befriends fellow Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers (Mekhi Phifer).
Gale Sayers, the Hall of Fame running back for the Chicago Bears, whose friendship with a dying teammate was depicted in the movie "Brian's Song," died on Wednesday, officials said. Sayers, who ...
Set during the Civil Rights Era, football players and teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers start off as rivals. But when Gale suffers an injury, Brian helps him recover, and it leads to an ...
Gale Eugene Sayers (May 30, 1943 – September 23, 2020) was an American professional football halfback and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL). In a relatively brief but highly productive NFL career, Sayers spent seven seasons with the Chicago Bears from 1965 to 1971, though multiple injuries effectively limited him to five seasons of play.
William Blinn, a screenwriter for the landmark TV projects “Brian’s Song” and “Roots” and the Prince film “Purple Rain,” has died. He was 83.
The summer before McCaskey officially joined the Bears, he befriended the Bears player Brian Piccolo. The two remained close friends until Piccolo's death of cancer in 1970. As the story goes, he was the person behind the idea to put Piccolo and Gale Sayers in the same room – the first interracial roommates in team history. [4]