1965-1966: Rudy Bukich, Bill Wade
1967: Jack Concannon, Larry Rakestraw
1968: Jack Concannon, Larry Rakestraw, Virgil Carter
1969: Jack Concannon, Bobby Douglass, Virgil Carter
1970: Jack Concannon, Bobby Douglass
1971: Jack Concannon, Bobby Douglass, Kent Nix
They both were famous running backs for the Chicago Bears.
Brian Piccolo wore #41 for the Chicago Bears.
Brian Piccolo wore #41 for the Chicago Bears.
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Brian's Song is a 1971 madeforTV movie, recalling the details of the life of Brian Piccolo (played by James Caan) a white football player stricken with terminal cancer, and his friendship with black Chicago Bears running back teammate and Pro Football Hall of Famer Gale Sayers (Billy Dee Williams), who helps him through the difficult struggle.
Probably, they were close friends.
Piccolo fell tha people will think he just got the jobbecause of Sayers knee injury.
"Brian's Song" (1971) is a sports drama. It tells the real life story of Brian Piccolo, who graduates from Wake Forest University and goes on to play for the Chicago Bears. He becomes friends with Gale Sayers. (To tell you more would ruin it for you) It stars James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Warden, Bernie Casey, Shelley Fabares and various real life Chicago Bears players and coaches.
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