Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton

His legacy is towering. Walter Payton -- the man they called Sweetness for the way he ran -- remains the most prolific running back in the history of the National Football League, the star of the Chicago Bears' only Super Bowl Championship, eleven times voted the most popular sports figure in Chicago's history. Off the field, he was a devoted father, whose charitable foundation benefited tens of thousands children each year, and who -- faced with terminal liver disease -- refused to use his celebrity to gain a preferential position for organ donation. Walter Payton was not just as football hero; he was America's hero.Never Die Easy is Walter Payton's autobiography, from the heart. Growing up poor in Mississippi, he took up football to get girls' attention, and went on to become a Black College All-American at tiny Jackson State (during which time he was a finalist in a "Soul Train" dance contest.) Drafted by the Bears in 1975, he predicted he would last only five years, but went on to play thirteen extraordinary seasons, a career earning him regular acknowledgment as one of the greatest players in the history of professional footbaDon Yaeger is the author of 'Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton' with ISBN 9780606223522 and ISBN 0606223525.