Brian's Song LIED to You — The Real Story Made Even Vince Lombardi Cry

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• JC

  @jculpmm7 · 2 months ago (edited)

  I met Gale Sayers at a card show at the Norfolk Scope in the mid 1990s. I had an old folded up mini poster of him I got out of a pack of football cards when I was a kid. I took that mini poster and had him sign it for me; I still have that today. While he was signing it I asked him a question , not about him, but what was Brian Piccolo like. He looked up at me and said nobody asks me about Brian that much, especially what he was like. <br>Gale said, “I love Brian, he was my best friend, my brother. If it wasn’t for Brian I would not be who I am today. He was the one who pushed me beyond the hurt in my knee, if it wasn’t for him I would not be in the Hall of Fame. I miss him everyday, we had something special and he kept me laughing. Thank you for remembering Brian and letting me talk about him.” His eyes were a little watery, he finished signing my poster and said thank you again. I told him I have an old electric football game, it was the Vikings and the Bears. I got it when I was 11 years old in 1971, and when I got it , the first numbers I put on the players were the running backs, 40 and 41. He looked at me with a big smile, and you still have it, shaking his head, and said that is a nice tribute to my friend. I told him it was also a tribute to you, he then reached up and shook my hand. That is a memory I will never forget.

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• TE

  @terrencetaylor1744 · 2 months ago

  The theme music near the end really sold it. Everyone got choked up. This was probably the best made for TV movie ever.

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• ER

  @ericwilliam1280 · 2 months ago

  Rest in peace Gale and Brian.

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• HO

  @hollycossin5614 · 2 months ago

  Billy Dee Williams gave a touching tribute to James Caan at his funeral, calling him &nbsp;his forever teammate.

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• DA

  @David-t7h8j · 2 months ago

  The movie “ Brian’s Song” had me bawling like a baby. I’m a 60 year old man and I have no problem admitting this. God bless these two fearless men for pushing through the bullshit.

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• CL

  @clarkfischer3906 · 2 months ago

  Brian&apos;s Song made me cry and I was just kid at the time. James Caan was brilliant in it.

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• KE

  @kevinvaughan7134 · 2 months ago

  I’m 61 remember watching in third grade and crying. I still cry when i watch it

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• BR

  @braveheartfreedom7620 · 2 months ago (edited)

  “I loved Brian Piccolo, I’d like for you to love him, too”

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• DA

  @Danc-z6c · 2 months ago

  George Halas muxt have been a hell of a human being paying all of brian piccolos medical bills and his funeral not to mention making sure brians widow was taken care of god rest halas soul

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• SC

  @scottelkin562 · 2 months ago

  Ed McCaskey is the son in law of George Halas. The foundation set up for cancer research in Pic&apos;s name, no longer funds research for his type of cancer. The cure rate now is over 95%. The money now goes to fund research for other types of cancer. Not only did the Bears retire his #41, Wake Forest retired his #31, and St. Thomas Aquinas High School plays their home games on Brian Piccolo Field.

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• SA

  @sandyc858 · 1 month ago

  I did a school report on Gayle Sayers in high school. He was a shy, yet kind and compassionate man. He wrote a book &quot;I am Third.&quot; He explained he loved God first. His family and friends second and finally himself. He was the kind of man every woman wants to be in a relationship with and every boy wants to grow up to be. &nbsp;I chose to write about him because he was an amazing athlete, but more importantly an upstanding and beautiful man.

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• GM

  @gmb858 · 2 months ago

  Former Oklahoma University quarterback and black athlete J.C. Watts, and 4 term U.S. Congressman said &quot;character is defined by what you do when no one is looking.&quot; &nbsp; Halas and McCaskey did the right thing because their character told them it was the right thing to do.

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