Payton
Proper noun
Meaning
A habitational surname from Old English.
A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
A unisex given name:
A male given name transferred from the surname.
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I used to imagine what it would be like to do what Jim Brown was doing. I used to imagine what it would be like to be like a Tony Dorsett. I used to imagine what it would be like to be like a Walter Payton. I was imagining Emmitt Smith doing exactly what they were doing.
I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and Billy Graham, to know that fame looks good only to people who don't have it.
It's grossly unfair to judge Walter Payton solely on the yards he gains. He is a complete football player, better than Jim Brown, better than O.J. Simpson.
According to Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports, one source insists that the chances of the Cowboys checking in on New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton cannot be discounted, particularly after the team’s early playoff exit Sunday.
After the game, Jordan delivered the line above, formally welcome Payton to the league.
Among the victims were his daughter Gianna and two children, Payton Chester and Alyssa Altobelli, as well as a coach, Christina Mauser, were on the flight.