The Chicago Bears' Walter Payton Era lasted for 13 seasons as fans witnessed one of the greatest running backs to ever grace a football field. Heading into the 1975 NFL Draft, the Bears had a 12 ...

Chicago Bears general manager Jim Finks won a coin flip on Jan. 19, 1975, for the fourth pick in the NFL draft. The Bears selected future Hall of Famer Walter Payton. (Chicago Tribune) The Bears ...

Jackson State’s Walter Payton (left) was picked No. 4 by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the 1975 NFL draft. Teammate Robert Brazile (right) was selected 6th by the Houston Oilers.

The Chicago Bears have a grand total of one ... even decades later. Before the Bears made Walter Payton the fourth pick of the 1975 NFL Draft, the running back starred at Jackson State University ...

Walter Payton became an All-State running back and then became all-world at Jackson State. The Bears made him the fourth pick in the 1975 draft. “When I get through with Chicago,” Payton said ...

A few pieces of Bears history will be auctioned off next month. Fans and collectors will have the chance to bid on several big time awards and pieces of memorabilia from Walter Payton’s personal ...

CHICAGO – Monday marks what would have been Walter Payton’s 68th birthday. The Chicago Bears legend was born July 25, 1954. It’s also almost been 23 years since his death, yet the memory of ...