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335–36 “All my life, I’ve wanted to be on the same field”: Wiley, “Hats off to the Redskins,” Sports Illustrated, January 18, 1988.

336 “One more year, Walter!”: Dave Anderson, “Walter Payton’s Last Time,” The New York Times, January 11, 1988.

336 “I was just recapping some of the great moments”: Pure Payton, VHS (PolyGram USA Video, 1997).

337 “One by one, he tugged at the fingers”: Anderson, “Walter Payton’s Last Time,” The New York Times, January 11, 1988.

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355 The first time Payton drove at famed Lime Rock Park: Bruce Newman, “Walter Payton,” Sports Illustrated, August 2, 1993.

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358 Best known as Craig: Scott Fowler, “Miami Loses CB Judson, Four Others,” The Miami Herald, March 30, 1990.

359 Among the first to be auditioned: Greg Cote, “Dolphins Likely to Sign RB Today,” The Miami Herald, October 25, 1989.

360 “I always felt that Walter was one”: Jim Thomas, “4-Wheel Drive: Unusual Quartet Homes in on Paydirt,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 20, 1993.

361 Raised in a housing project on the south: Tim Poor, “Fumbled Away; Behind-the-Scenes Turmoil Doomed NFL Hopes,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 5, 1993.

361–62 Growing up in Philly, he sold sodas: Jerry Clinton with Rob Rains. Accept the Challenge (St. Louis: Reedy Press, 2007), 89.

362 “He had on a blue pinstripe suit”: Poor, “Fumbled Away; Behind-the-Scenes Turmoil Doomed NFL Hopes,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 5, 1993.

362 Payton had first outwardly expressed: “Payton Considers Buying NFL Team,” The Washington Post, August 7, 1986.

363 Payton and Clinton were first introduced: Thomas, “4-Wheel Drive: Unusual Quartet Homes in on Paydirt,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 20, 1993.

363 “This is a difficult track”: Clinton and Rains. Accept the Challenge, 57.

363 “Jerry was just kind of an ego guy”: Payton and Yaeger, Never Die Easy, 144.

364 Despite mounting hostilities between: Poor, “Fumbled Away; Behind-the-Scenes Turmoil Doomed NFL Hopes,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 5, 1993.

364 Shortly thereafter, bonds to: Thomas, “4-Wheel Drive: Unusual Quartet Homes in on Paydirt,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 20, 1993.

365 “The demographics are there”: Mitchell, “St. Louis could become Payton’s place,” Chicago Tribune, March 11, 1990. 366 “You know what?”: Payton and Yaeger, Never Die Easy, 145.

366 On September 9, 1993, the partnership: Poor, “Fumbled Away; Behind-the-Scenes Turmoil Doomed NFL Hopes,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 5, 1993.

368 Although Walter Payton would never: Brian Hewitt, “Payton High-steps Into the Hall,” Chicago Sun-Times, January 31, 1993.

368 “I have mixed emotions”: Jay Mariotti, “Was Vote Unanimous? It Doesn’t Matter, Walter,” Chicago Sun-Times, January 31, 1993.

368 One week later Payton, citing: Pierson, “Payton misses his Hall induction,” Chicago Tribune, February 7, 1993.

369 Around this same time, Payton also turned: Ivan Maisel, “Historical Perspective,” The Dallas Morning News, February 21, 1993.

369 A couple of days later, Payton groused: Pierson, “Ex-teammates’ snub hurts: Payton,” Chicago Tribune, February 14, 1993.

369 The first person to come to mind was Jim Finks: “Finks Was to Present Payton,” The Times-Picayune, August 1, 1993.

373 He missed an important Thursday: Mariotti, “Honors Day Tugs, Tears At Payton,” Chicago Sun-Times, August 1, 1993.

374 “This is an historic event that my dad”: Steve Springer, “Younger Payton steals show,” Houston Chronicle, August 1, 1993.

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382 “He ate junk”: Mark Konkol, “Restaurant employee turned into good friend,” Chicago Sun-Times, November 1, 2009.

389 He spent several years as a member of the Chicago: “Presenters named for 1993 Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement,” Business Wire, July 15, 1993.

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393 He underwent further testing: Payton and Yaeger, Never Die Easy, 202.

394 He delighted in seeing his boy: Charley Walters, “What? Moss Wants to Play Pro Basketball, Too,” Saint Paul Pioneer Press, June 2, 1998.