When you ask a football fan who they think is the greatest running back of all time, you're going to hear one of just two ...

The award has been named after former Chicago Bears Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton since 1999, the year he passed away. Each year, all 32 nominees get a $55,000 donation to the charities ...

Before the Bears made Walter Payton the fourth pick of the 1975 NFL Draft, the running back starred at Jackson State University, racking up 464 points and a then-NCAA-record of 3,563 yards.

The Bears made history 50 years ago Tuesday, selecting superstar running back Walter Payton with the fourth overall pick in the 1975 NFL Draft. Interestingly, the Bears won a coin flip with the Browns ...

The Walter Payton Man of the Year award is among the most prestigious in the NFL. It honors the memory of the late, great Chicago Bears running back. Every year each NFL team submits one player ...

In 1999, the NFL again renamed it the “Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award” in honor of the late Chicago Bears running back. Each of the NFL’s 32 teams nominates one player for the award ...

By 1980, when the Bears selected Suhey in the second round of the draft, Payton had been voted All-Pro four times, NFL Most Valuable Player and NFL Man of the Year.