Bob Avellini, the former Chicago quarterback who teamed with Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton to lead the Bears to the 1977 playoffs, died Saturday. He was 70. The Bears said Avellini died ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Bob Avellini, the former Chicago quarterback who teamed with Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton to lead ...

CHICAGO — Bob Avellini, the former Chicago quarterback who teamed with Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton to lead the Bears to the 1977 playoffs, died Saturday. He was 70. The Bears said ...

Former Chicago Bears quarterback Bob Avellini, who spent all nine of his NFL seasons in the Windy City, died Saturday. He was 70 years old. The Bears announced that Avellini lost a battle with cancer.

Sun-Times file Even as a quarterback, Bob Avellini came to the Bears in the shadow of Walter Payton — he was the Bears’ sixth-round draft pick out of Maryland in 1975, when Payton was the ...

CHICAGO -- Bob Avellini, the former Bears quarterback who teamed with Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton to lead the Bears to the 1977 playoffs, has died. He was 70. The Bears said Saturday ...

Former Chicago Bears quarterback Bob Avellini has died at the age of 70. Avellini had reportedly been battling cancer before his death, according to the Chicago Tribune’s Brad Biggs. The Bears ...

Bob Avellini, who threw one of the most famous passes in Bears history, has died at the age of 70 of cancer. Avellini's famous pass was a 37-yard touchdown throw to tight end Greg Latta with three ...

Bob Avellini, the former Bears quarterback who teamed with Walter Payton to lead the team to its first postseason appearance in 14 years in 1977, has died. He was 70. The Bears said in a statement ...

Former Chicago Bears quarterback Bob Avellini has died at the age of 70. Avellini had been battling cancer before his death, according to the Chicago Tribune’s Brad Biggs. The Bears selected ...

Bob Avellini, who quarterbacked the Chicago Bears through some of the greatest seasons of Walter Payton’s career and helped the team make the playoffs in 1977, has died. He was 70. A team ...