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At five feet 10 inches tall, running back Walter Payton had not been the greatest player in the NFL, but he developed a larger-than-life reputation for his strength, speed, and grit. Nicknamed "Sweetness" during his university football days, he became the NFL's all-time head in rushing and all-purpose yards, recording the hearts of enthusiasts in his implemented Chicago. Drawing from interviews with an increase of than seven-hundred options, acclaimed sportswriter Jeff Pearlman has made the first definitive biography of Payton. Sweetness at last brings fans an in depth, scrupulously explored, all-encompassing account of the legend's surge to greatness. From Payton's child years in segregated Mississippi, where he ended a racial warfare by becoming the legend of his integrated high school's basketball team, to his university years and his thirteen-year NFL career, Sweetness brims with stories of all-American heroism and addresses Payton's life on and off the field. Establish against the backdrop of the tragic health issues that minimize his life brief at just 45 years, this is a stirring tribute to a singular icon and the long lasting legacy he made.