"Brian's Song" 1971

Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers are teammates on the mid-1960s Chicago Bears. At a time when professional football still bears a certain amount of race-based segregation, the growing friendship between the white Piccolo and the black Sayers, as well as their wives, Joy and Linda , becomes a symbol of harmony during the civil rights era. That bond grows stronger still when Piccolo receives some shattering and unexpected news.

Brian's Song is a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week that recounts the life of Brian Piccolo , a Chicago Bears football player, focusing on his friendship with teammate Gale Sayers