Walter Payton

• Enshrined July 31st, 1993
• Owns the rushing yard record, rush record, and touchdown record
• Rushed for 275 yards against Minnesota in 1977
• Rushed for more than 100 yards 77 career times
• Argued by many as the best football player who ever lived
• Jim Finks, a Bears Hall of Famer said "He is a complete football player. Better than Jim Brown, better than O.J. Simpson"
• Payton did everything well. He even through a 50 yard touchdown pass once while going down
• Payton only missed 1 game in his 12 years as a professional. And he wanted to play but his coach wouldn't let him.
• He refused to run out of bounds. He would rather dish out the hit.
• Accused by opponents as going out of his way to hit them instead of going out of bounds
• Leapfrogged over a 6-4 coach
• Knocked a kickoff through the uprights
• Battled with a quarterback in a game of burnout
• Ran for a 65 yard touchdown on his first ever high school carry
• Scored an NCAA record 464 points on 66 touchdowns, 5 field goals, and 53 extra points at Jackson State
• Played in 9 Pro-Bowls
• 2 MVP Awards