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58 That spring a portly defensive assistant from Florida State: Steve Conroy, “Football Bill misses Payton’s place,” Boston Herald, July 19, 1994.
59 The school had gained fame for producing Willie Heidelburg: Rick Cleveland and Billy Watkins, “It took rare type to integrate college football,” Jackson Daily News, July 1, 1984.
60 “The campus was as beautiful as I remembered it”: Payton and Jenkins, Sweetness, 51–52.
61 Alyne Payton—strong-willed, tough, focused: Sufrin, Payton, 51.
62 A rugged former lieutenant commander in the navy: Kansas State University Library, Exhibit: K-State Presidents & Their First Ladies.
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65 “Before it’s too late, you had better start thinking”: Jonathan Grant, “Awaken Black Youths,” The Blue and White Flash, November 1971.
66 Grant’s piece ran alongside another column: Tommie Steen Calhoun, “A Black Man’s Hope,” The Blue and White Flash, November 1971.
66 The altercation began when police mistook the sound: Jesse Crow, “Person of the Day: James Green,” Jackson Free Press, April 27, 2010.
68 “I was feeling right at home”: Payton and Jenkins, Sweetness, 56.
76 The paper finally got around to the Tigers: Orley Hood, “J-State Seeks Improvement,” Jackson Daily News, September 5, 1971.
80 Walter Payton’s first collegiate touchdown: David Boone, “Jackson St. Rattles Bishop,” Jackson Daily News, October 10, 1971.
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83 “If you have to come under control to make a cut”: Don Pierson, “The Last Word,” Chicago Tribune, November 7, 1999.
86 “At first I was glad to room with people”: Payton and Jenkins, Sweetness, 61.
88 The Tigers were returning twenty-three lettermen: “Frosh Stars, 23 Lettermen Set For Play At Jackson State,” The Clarion-Ledger, September 3, 1972.
93 A sellout crowd arrived at Memorial Stadium the following: Billy Brantley, “Jackson State Rips Kentucky State, 28-14,” The Clarion-Ledger, October 1, 1972.
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96–97 She was even a standout dancer: Payton and Yaeger, Never Die Easy, 60.
97 “I was very surprised to hear Walter’s distinctive, high-pitched voice”: Connie Payton, Jarrett Payton, and Brittney Payton, Payton (New York: Rugged Land, 2005), 28.
97 “We spent that evening just kind of talking about her”: Payton and Yaeger, Never Die Easy, 60–61.
98 “When it was dinnertime, he wouldn’t eat”: Ibid., 61.
99 “A greyhound with muscles”: Red Smith, “Philadelphia Story,” The New York Times, January 12, 1981.
100 A mere three months later, Montgomery ran for 146 yards: “Faces in the Crowd,” Sports Illustrated, November 12, 1973.
101 Yet despite the sludge, and despite Omaha stuffing: “Sloppy Field Didn’t Stop JSC’s Payton,” The Clarion-Ledger, September 13, 1973.
102 In the immediate aftermath of the Omaha victory, Mississippi Governor Bill Waller: “JSC’s Payton Lies In ‘SWAC Shadow,’ ” The Clarion-Ledger, October 4, 1973.
102 They entered the game 1-3: “Rebounding J-State Welcomes Bishop For First Home Date,” The Clarion-Ledger, October 5, 1973.
105 Yet even though Waller officially proclaimed October 20: Ponto Downing, “J-State, Grambling Head Small College Attractions,” The Clarion-Ledger, October 20, 1973.
106 “Payton is fantastic,” Robinson said: Bernard Fernandez, “Payton Marked Man,” Jackson Daily News, November 20, 1973.
106 Some of the pain was lessened: Al Harvin, “Jones Heads Black All-Americans,” The New York Times, December 20, 1973.
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108 “Most of the time, I thought, ‘You can have him’ ”: Debra Pickett, “We were opposite, opposite,” Chicago Sun-Times, May 12, 2002.
110 “Long range, long-shot prediction”: Walter Payton, Jackson State running back”: Dick Young, “Young Ideas,” The Sporting News, July 6, 1974.
111 “The Payton-for-the-Heisman drive”: “Payton a ‘Heisman’ hopeful,” Pascagoula Press, September 1, 1974.
111 “There’s no comparison,” Payton told: “Quotable,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 14, 1975.
112 “What Walter really needs is exposure”: “Flash Talks To Frank Banister,” The Blue and White Flash,