1984: Walter Payton set a rushing record

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The late and great Walter Payton set  new a rushing record of 12,400 yards on this day in 1984.   Payton passed Jim Brown.   

We remember Payton as one of the greatest running backs in NFL history:  16,726 rushing yards, 110 TD’s and a Super Bowl title with the 1986 Chicago Bears.    

Payton died in 1999 of cancer.    He was a great running back: