Today we mark a very sad anniversary in all of sports. On June 16, 1970 the sports world lost a very couragous man when Brian Piccolo of the Chicago Bears passed way at the age of 26. To just look at his death, would not do his life justice.
Brian was born on October 31, 1943 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, exactly 20 years to the day before me. Brian excelled in football at Wake Forest, yet at 6 foot even he was not drafted by any NFL teams. He did manage to land a contact as a free agent with the Bears, where he met his best friend Gale Sayers. Their friendship was the subject of the film Brians Song. That is without a doubt my favorite football movie. Enough said.
Tomorrow we look at a day where one team scored 40 runs and still split a doubleheader.
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