Brian's Song LIED to You — The Real Story Made Even Vince Lombardi Cry
486K views · Jul 3, 2026 · People & Blogs
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@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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@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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@ericwilliam1280 · 2 months ago
Rest in peace Gale and Brian.
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@hollycossin5614 · 2 months ago
Billy Dee Williams gave a touching tribute to James Caan at his funeral, calling him his forever teammate.
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@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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@clarkfischer3906 · 2 months ago
Brian's Song made me cry and I was just kid at the time. James Caan was brilliant in it.
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@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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@braveheartfreedom7620 · 2 months ago (edited)
“I loved Brian Piccolo, I’d like for you to love him, too”
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@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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@scottelkin562 · 2 months ago
Ed McCaskey is the son in law of George Halas. The foundation set up for cancer research in Pic'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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@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 "I am Third." 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. I chose to write about him because he was an amazing athlete, but more importantly an upstanding and beautiful man.
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@gmb858 · 2 months ago
Former Oklahoma University quarterback and black athlete J.C. Watts, and 4 term U.S. Congressman said "character is defined by what you do when no one is looking." Halas and McCaskey did the right thing because their character told them it was the right thing to do.
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