Cleveland ? Former Kansas University All-American and Pro Football Hall of Famer Gale Sayers has been chosen for induction into the John McLendon Minority Athletics Administrators Hall of Fame.
The induction ceremony will take place in Orlando, Fla., June 19 in conjunction with the annual National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Convention.
Sayers was a two-time All-America running back at Kansas in 1963 and 1964. He finished third in the NCAA in rushing in 1962 and 1963, rushing for 1,125 yards as a sophomore in 1962 and 917 yards as a junior in 1963. When he left KU he was the school’s career rushing leader with 2,675 yards, a figure which currently ranks fifth all-time.