Pro Football: In Search of Excitement

To Chicago Bears Halfback Gale Sayers, 22, it all seems kind of humdrum.

He runs back a kickoff 96 yds., rambles 62 yds. with a punt, throws a 26-yd.

touchdown pass—lefthanded. So what else is new? He has scored as many as four touchdowns in a single game (against the Minnesota Vikings two months ago), averaged 4.4 yds. every time he has carried the ball, caught 26 passes for an average gain of 15.6 yds., broken a National Football League rec ord for touchdowns by a rookie (14), and virtually sewed up the...

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