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Lead  \nCarolyn Freeman  \nKaitlyn Kennedy  \nKim Ainza  \nHelen Moser Petersen  \n# About theAuthors\n\nCarolyn Freeman,teacher  \ncoordinator,is a retired kindergartenteacher from the Indianapolis PublicSchools and is a long-time tennisplayer.She has many arts and craftstalents.  \nKim Ainza and Kaitlyn Kennedyboth attend St.Theodore GuerinHigh School(Noblesville,Indiana)and like to play tennis.They bothplan to attend college  \nAll three like to learn and helpothers to learn.  \nHelen Moser Petersen is theChampion Reads creator and  \nwriting producer.She is a nationallyrecognized tennis leader and formerEnglish teacher.  \nChampion Reads is grateful to thiswriting team for creating the originaltext for this book and the educationalactivities.  \n## CHAMPION CITIZEN:\n\nGALE SAYERS  \nFinding the Champion in You!  \nCreated by  \nCourtesy Gaylon Bullard  \nPublished and distributed by  \nin association with  \nIBJ Book Publishing  \n41E.Washington St.,Suite 200Indianapolis,IN 46204www.ibjbp.com  \nCopyright 2011 by Hamilton County Community Tennis Association.  \nALL RIGHTS RESERVED.No part of this book,lesson plans,or educationalactivities associated with this book may be reproduced in any manner without theexpress written consent of Hamilton County Community Tennis Association.Allinquiries should be made to Hamilton County Community Tennis Association.  \nHCCTA is grateful to the USTA Foundation for its grant to make theChampion Citizens books a reality.  \nCover photo courtesy Gaylon Bullard.  \nThank you to the Indy AdCafe for the Champion Reads logo design.  \nHCCTA is grateful to Susie Learey for donating her copy editing services  \nHCCTA is grateful to the Sayers family for their support and contributions tothis book.  \nISBN 978-1-934922-54-5Second Edition  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \nCourtesy Gaylon Bullard  \nThis book is dedicated to people whorespect the differences in others andencourage people to do their best.  \n\"Each of us excels at different things ...(wemust)strive to do our very best.Nothing ismore of a waste than unrealized potential.”  \n一Gale Sayers  \n## TABLEOFCONTENTS\n\n1  \n## 2.HIGH SCHOOL,COLLEGE FOOTBALL3\n\n4  \n4.BEING A FRIEND5  \n5.NFL RECORDS  \n7  \n8  \n## VOCABULARY\n\n12  \n## FUN FACTS\n\n13  \nCHAMPIONCITIZEN  \n## GALE SAYERS\n\nFinding the Champion in You!  \nCourtesy Gaylon Bulard  \n## DIFFICULT CHILDHOOD\n\nale Eugene Sayers was born in Wichita,Kansas,onMay 30,1943,to Roger and Bernice Sayers.He had oneolder brother,Roger;and five years later his brother Ronniewas born.  \nThey owned a comfortable little house that had a backyard,and this was a very happy time for the family.  \nAfter the death of Gale's grandfather,they decided to movefrom Wichita.This was the first of many moves.Each movemade Gale more unhappy.He and his brothers were often theonly black children attending their school,which was verydifficult for the Sayers boys.  \nEventually,his family settled down in a ghetto in Omaha,Nebraska.Gale nicknamed it “The Toe.\"Moving wasn't the onlyproblem.His parents were drinkers,and they fought a lot.Attimes,his mother would even leave for a while.Things got so badthat his parents both went to jail for a while because of too muchdrinking.  \nGale's family had a hard time making ends meet.He and hisbrothers often found themselves scavenging for food,and theywere often hungry.During the winter,it was not uncommon tofind Gale and his family freezing cold because they could notafford heat.The little amount of money their dad made fromhis job usually went towards alcohol(not food and clothes forthe family).So Gale and his brothers struggled daily and weredenied the opportunities many children have today.  \nEven though Gale went through a difficult childhood,heloved his parents and knew they loved him.The experiences hewent through in his childhood made him into the person he istoday.They taught him many 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