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Running alone is the toughest. You get to the point where you have to keep pushing yourself.
Walter Payton
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Walter Payton
Age: 45 †
Born: 1954
Born: July 25
Died: 1999
Died: November 1
American Football Player
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Columbia
Mississippi
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Walter Jerry Payton
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