Sway Avellini, the previous Chicago quarterback who cooperated with Corridor of Popularity running back Walter Payton to lead the Bears to the 1977 end-of-the-season games, passed on Saturday. He was 70.The Bears said Avellini kicked the bucket after a fight with disease. Avellini and Payton had the best times of their vocations in 1977, when Chicago and the Minnesota Vikings each went 9-5 in the NFC North. Minnesota won the division, while Chicago procured a trump card season finisher billet.
The Bears were beaten by Dallas, 37-7, in the end of the season games that season. Avellini tossed 11 score passes and had a profession high 2,004 yards with 18 captures. Payton, in the mean time, scrambled for in excess of 1,800 yards and 14 TDs. Avellini tossed for 7,111 yards with 33 scores and 69 block attempts in 73 games north of nine seasons, from 1975 to 1984. Avellini, from New York, was essential for a similar draft class as Payton, chose by Chicago in the 6th balance of Maryland in 1975. Payton was the fourth in general pick.
