He scored his first pro touchdown in the second game of the season, a losing effort against the Los Angeles Rams, and never looked back, amassing a total of 2,272 combined rushing, receiving and kick-return yards and 22 touchdowns, a record for a rookie. Though Kansas City offered him more money, Sayers chose to play for the Bears. In 1965, he was drafted by both the Bears of the NFL and the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League (AFL).
On December 12, 1965, the rookie running back Gale Sayers of the Chicago Bears scores six touchdowns during a single game against the San Francisco 49ers at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, tying the National Football League (NFL) record for most touchdowns in a single game.īorn in 1943, Sayers was a two-time All-American at the University of Kansas at Lawrence.
