A legend comes to Tampa

Gale Sayers, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame who was called The Kansas Comet, is coming to Tampa Feb. 27 for a business networking event. The gathering at the Tampa Club is sponsored by HomeBanc, according to a statement from HomeBanc chairman and CEO Jerry Campbell.
Sayers played for the Chicago Bears from 1965 to 1971. His friendship with ailing Bears teammate Brian Piccolo was portrayed in the film “Brian's Song.”

After a lengthy career in football, and as an athletic director, Sayers launched a sports marketing and public relations firm, and a computer supplies business that has become a global provider of technology products. He is chairman of Sayers, based in Vernon Hills, Ill., near Chicago. The company has an office in Clearwater.

In 1999, Sayers was inducted into the Chicago Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame. The executive, who earned a master's degree in educational administration, serves on the board of directors of Triad Hospitals, which manages facilities in the South and Southwest.