Walter Payton's "Roundhouse"

Easily one of my favorite football players of all time.  Walter Payton!  Tonight we are going to his restaurant in Aurora, IL. called "Roundhouse."  I have been there once before and was so overwhelmed with all that he accomplished in his career.  Here is a few things maybe you didn't know about Walter Payton.  He was inducted in the NFL Hall of Fame in 1993. He played in 9 pro bowls.  He was a first round draft pick.  The only professional team he played with was the Chicago Bears.  He never missed a game for injury and later said the reason he never got injured was because he would always strive to hit his opponent harder than they hit him.  He played his last NFL game on January 10th, 1988.  He was called "Sweetness" to the end.  But something few people have ever heard is this, he was offered an opportunity to be moved up on the donors list, but declined because he knew someone would have had to die so that he could live.  I'm looking forward to walking through the room that holds things that he valued here on earth.  To remember a man that died before his time.  A good man.  Not sure there will ever be another like him.  He was a hero.  I wonder if he knew Jesus.  I hope so...

1 comments:

  Paul Hinzman

October 6, 2008 at 12:27 PM

One of my favorites too!