🏈📺On November 30, 1971 the sports drama Brian's Song premiered as The ABC Movie of the Week! Brian's Song recounts the details of the life of Brian Piccolo (played by James Caan), a Chicago Bears player stricken with terminal cancer after turning pro in 1965, told through his friendship with Bears teammate Gale Sayers (Billy Dee Williams).📺🏈 #BriansSong #JamesCaan #BrianPiccolo #GaleSayers #BillyDeeWilliams #ChicagoBears 🐻 | Davenport Sports Network

📺🏈On November 30, 1971 the ABC Movie of the Week “Brian's Song” aired at 8:30 PM on ABC! Brian's Song recounts the details of the life of Brian Piccolo (played by James Caan), a Chicago Bears football player stricken with terminal cancer after turning pro in 1965, told through his friendship with Bears teammate Gale Sayers (played by Billy Dee Williams). The movie is based on Sayers’ account of his friendship with Piccolo and coping with Piccolo's illness in Sayers' 1970 autobiography, “I Am T