Louis Brian Piccolo was a running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League for four years. He died at age 26 from embryonal cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of germ cell testicular cancer. He was the subject of the 1971 TV movie Brian’s Song, with a remake TV movie of the same name filmed in 2001.
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Louis Brian Piccolo was a running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League for four years. He died at age 26 from embryonal cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of germ cell testicular cancer. He was the subject of the 1971 TV movie Brian’s Song, with a remake TV movie of the same name filmed in 2001. Piccolo played college football at Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; his only other scholarship offer was from Wichita State. He led the nation in rushing and scoring during his senior season in 1964, and was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year. In the balloting for the Heisman Trophy won by John Huarte of Notre Dame,Piccolo was tenth, just ahead of Joe Namath of Alabama and future teammate Gale Sayers of Kansas.
He married his high school sweetheart, Joy Murrath, on December 26, 1964. They had three daughters: Lori, Traci, and Kristi. He accepted the George Halas Award for Most Courageous Player and told the crowd they had selected the wrong person for the award. The month before Piccolo’s death, Sayers accepted the Halas award for most courageous player and said, “I love Brian, and I’d like to see him back on the field again”
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