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Sayers, Piccolo friendship lives on in 'Brian's Song'

| September 23, 2020 3:33 PM

When Chicago Bears teammates Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo became roommates in 1967, the first time NFL players of different colors shared accommodations on the road, it hardly looked like a good fit.

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