What is the birthday of the running back that U.S Route 34 in Illinois is named after?
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U.S. Route 34 in Illinois U.S. Route 34 (US 34) is an east–west highway In the state of Illinois that runs from the Iowa state line at Gulfport, west of Galesburg, to Illinois Route 43 (IL 43) and Historic U.S. Route 66 at Harlem Avenue in Berwyn. The entire highway in Illinois is named the Walter Payton Memorial Highway after Pro Football Hall of Famer Walter Payton, who wore #34 for the Chicago Bears. The highway is 211.37 mi long within the state.
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Walter Payton Walter Jerry Payton (July 25, 1954 – November 1, 1999) was an American football running back who played for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) for thirteen seasons. Payton was known around the NFL as "Sweetness". A nine-time Pro Bowl selectee, Payton is remembered as a prolific rusher, once holding records for career rushing yards, touchdowns, carries, yards from scrimmage, all-purpose yards, and many other categories. He was also versatile, and retired with the most receptions by a non-receiver, and had eight career touchdown passes. He was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996. Hall of Fame NFL player and coach Mike Ditka described Payton as the greatest football player he had ever seen—but even greater as a human being.
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Jacob Hester Jacob Troy Hester (born May 8, 1985) is a former American football running back who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the third round of the 2008 NFL draft. He played college football at Louisiana State University.
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Brian Piccolo Louis Brian Piccolo (October 31, 1943 – June 16, 1970) was a professional American football player, a running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) for four years. He died at age 26 from embryonal cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of germ cell testicular cancer, first diagnosed after it had spread to his chest cavity.
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Greg Lewis (running back) Gregory Alan Lewis (born August 10, 1969) is an American former college and professional football player who was a running back for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) for two seasons in the 1990s. Lewis received All-American honors and the Pacific-10 Conference offensive player of the year award in 1990 at the University of Washington. He was the inaugural winner of the Doak Walker Award given to college football's most outstanding running back.
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Walter Mendenhall Walter Mendenhall (born January 22, 1986) is a former American football running back. He played college football at Illinois from 2005 to 2007 before transferring to Illinois State University where he played in 2008. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2009 and has also been a member of the Indianapolis Colts, Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals. He is the brother of former Arizona Cardinals running back Rashard Mendenhall.
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Deji Karim Abdul-Gafar Olatokumbo Ayodeji Lamar "Deji" Karim ( ; born November 18, 1986) is an American football running back. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football for Southern Illinois and Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College.
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B. J. Daniels (American football) Bruce Edward Daniels, Jr. (born October 24, 1989) is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the seventh round of the 2013 NFL Draft after playing college football at South Florida. He played quarterback for South Florida and the Seattle Seahawks, before moving to wide receiver in 2015. He won Super Bowl XLVIII with the Seahawks over the Denver Broncos.
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Charlie Bivins Charles Louis Bivins (born October 16, 1938 – died March 15, 1994) was a retired American football running back who played for the National Football League's Chicago Bears and Pittsburgh Steelers and the American Football League's Buffalo Bills. Bivins played college football at Morris Brown College.
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Curtis Brown (running back, born 1954) Curtis Jerome Brown (December 7, 1954 – July 31, 2015) was an American football running back with the Buffalo Bills and Houston Oilers in the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Missouri.
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Booker Moore Booker Thomas Moore (June 23, 1959September 20, 2009) was an American football running back.
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Andre Ellington Andre DeAngelo Ellington (born February 3, 1989) is an American football running back for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson and was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the sixth round of the 2013 NFL Draft.
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Cullen Bryant William Cullen Bryant (May 20, 1951 – October 13, 2009) was a professional American football player who spent thirteen seasons in the National Football League (NFL) as a running back and return specialist for the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks. He played college football at Colorado.
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Roland Harper Roland Harper (born February 28, 1953 in Seguin, Texas) is a former professional American football player who played running back for eight seasons for the Chicago Bears. He was selected in the 17th and final round of the 1975 draft from Louisiana Tech. He was a starting fullback known in his playing days as a punishing blocker who opened holes in opposing defenses for star halfback Walter Payton. Harper ranks sixth on the Bears' all-time rushing list with 3,044 yards and 15 TDs on 757 carries in seven seasons. Harper was inducted into the Louisiana Tech University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1986.
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Moe Williams Maurece Jabari "Moe" Williams (born July 26, 1974) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL). He formerly played for the Minnesota Vikings and Baltimore Ravens. He attended the University of Kentucky.
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Jamie Morris James Walter Morris (born June 6, 1965) is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and a record-setting running back in college for the University of Michigan Wolverines. While attending Michigan, he broke the school's all-time records for rushing yards in a season and in a career and for all-purpose yards in a career. His career rushing total was once third in Big Ten Conference history. He continues to hold the career receptions record for Michigan running backs. He also still holds the all-time NFL record for most rushing attempts in a game with 45.
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Don Smith (running back) Donald Michael Smith (born October 30, 1963 in Hamilton, Mississippi) is a former American football running back in the National Football League, after a successful college football career at Mississippi State University as a quarterback. He scored a touchdown in Super Bowl XXV for the Buffalo Bills in what turned out to be the final carry of his career.
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Terry Caulley Terry J. Caulley (born June 22, 1984) is a former American Football running back. He played college football at Connecticut. Despite sitting out the second half of 2003 and the entire 2004 season with a knee injury, he has racked up 3,187 rushing yards including 31 touchdowns. In 2003, Caulley had a breakout game against the University at Buffalo, rushing for 236 yards. Despite having a successful college career, he did not get drafted in the 2007 NFL Draft. However, he signed with the Washington Redskins as an undrafted rookie free agent on April 30, 2007. He was released by the Redskins on June 1, 2007.
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Jonathan Grimes Jonathan Grimes (born December 21, 1989) is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He played college football at William & Mary.
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Robert Green (American football) Robert David Green (born September 10, 1970 in Washington, D.C.) is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, the Minnesota Vikings, and the Chicago Bears. He played college football at the College of William & Mary.
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Thurman Thomas Thurman Lee Thomas (born May 16, 1966) is a former American football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins. Thomas was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2007 and into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Mal Bross Matthew A. "Mal" Bross (December 7, 1903 – February 8, 1989) was a running back in the National Football League.