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Article: Bears' Fencik a very free safety
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 3, 1986
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SUWANEE, Ga. People miss the point about Gary Fencik. Just
because he's smarter than your average Bear, that doesn't mean he's
some pipe-smoking egghead in an elbow-patched jacket, dabbling in
football because it looks quaint.
He plays football because he loves it. He even loves the messy
chore of throwing his body in the path of oncoming pain. He doesn't
love the pain. He is a smart fellow. But he's out there flattening
ball carriers, not outwitting them.
"Toughest Ivy Leaguer I've ever seen," says Buddy Ryan, the
Bears' defensive coordinator.
Fencik doesn't need the game, not in the sense that he would go
broke without it. He'll have to fend off job offers when his career
ends. But ...