Ep. 275: Dan Hampton reflects on Thanksgiving & Walter Payton

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

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Football, Sports, Sports:football

4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Hall of Fame defensive lineman Dan Hampton joins NBC Sports Chicago Bears producer Eric Strobel to discuss a variety of topics, including the significance of playing on Thanksgiving and an epic Bears/Lions holiday game in 1980 (1:45), his broken nose in the celebratory aftermath of that game (5:00), how Walter Payton's legacy has endured and grown in the 20 years since his passing (9:00), and his disappointment in this year's Bears team (14:45).See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome in to another edition of the Undercenter podcast brought to you by Sprinkler Fitters Union Local 281.
0:10.0	We've got a great one for you today. Our Bears producer Eric Strobel recently sat down with Bears'
0:15.6	Hall of Fame defensive lineman Dan Hampton. With the Thanksgiving game against the Detroit Lions coming up, you'll hear why Hampton
0:22.1	thinks it's so special to play on Thanksgiving, as well as the inside story behind a crazy
0:27.1	Bears Lions Thanksgiving Day game in 1980.
0:30.1	Hampton also reminisces about Walter Payton and his enduring legacy 20 years after number 34's
0:35.7	untimely passing.
0:37.3	It's all ahead on the Undercenter podcast starting right now.
0:42.2	What it means to me to be a Chicago bear, it's an easy question.
0:46.9	It means everything to me.
0:48.0	That means rich tradition, black and blue division, defense, legends, linebackers.
0:57.0	The history of it, I mean, I'm a big history guy, so understanding this was one of the first
1:02.0	franchise is just kind of blows my mind, honestly, that was able to be a part of that.
1:06.0	The city, just the nostalgia of playing for a story franchise, the story franchise of the running back position
1:14.8	with guys like Gail Sayers and Walter Payton and being able to follow in those footsteps.
1:18.6	So being a bear means everything.
1:20.6	And what more can you say?
1:26.6	We're putting this out on Thanksgiving week, Dan, and just in general, what is it, you played on Thanksgiving a handful of times.
1:32.5	Bears are playing on Thanksgiving this year.
1:33.7	What does that mean to a player?
1:34.7	Is that something special or not really?
1:37.2	No, it is special.
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