Payton by Mark Sufrin

The biography “Payton” by Mark Sufrin is a great book because it's about the greatest running back in NFL history. It's about his growing up and his journey from college to the NFL and being the reason for the 1986 Chicago Bears Super Bowl Championship. Payton would become one of the most dynamic and strongest athletes in sports history. I would recommend this book to anybody who is a football lover and likes Walter Payton. At the beginning, Walter Payton, the running back for the Chicago Bears, is playing the Dallas Cowboys and is ready to beat Gale Sayers' all time rushing yard record in a single game. The record was 270 rushing yards. Payton had run 267 yards towards the end of the 4th quarter. He ran 8 yards on a nice handoff from Bears quarterback Matt Suhey and Payton even scored a touchdown and got 275 yards to beat Gale Sayers, which was an all time record. They eventually lost to the Cowboys 23-14. In 1985 Payton signed a big contract extension with the Bears. After that Payton fell apart. He was nervous before every game and was getting tackled too many times in games until the half point of the season when Bears headcoach Mike Ditka benched him and rested him. The Bears eventually made the playoffs with a backup running back. They let Payton play and eventually he got his game back and took the Chicago Bears to the Super Bowl with his outstanding play. I would recommend this book to someone who likes sports, especially football fans. I thought the book was great and rate it a 3 stars out of 5 because I love football. Walter Payton is the greatest running back ever. It's one of the best books I've ever read but the reason I gave it a 3 is mainly because I've read another book about Walter Payton before so I already knew a lot of the information that I read. I would recommend this book for boys ages12-30 because it's a book that is appealing to teens and young kids but only some adults as others would not enjoy it and be bored.

Jeremy W.