1958 Topps football card of former Chicago Bear fullback Rick Casares. This hard-nosed runner played for 14 seasons in pro football, mostly with the Bears, in the 1950s and ’60s. Casares was a member of the Bears’ team that won the NFL title in 1963. He was always among the top yardage gainers in the NFL during his career, but never won the league rushing title, as he played in the same era as the greatest back of all time – Jim Brown. Yet, he held most of the rushing yardage records for the Bears’ franchise until the great Walter Payton shattered them in the 1980s. He still ranks ahead of Gale Sayers on the team’s career rushing yardage list. Casares’ running style was summed up on an NFL Films video when Steve Sabol proclaimed that a slow motion shot of a three yard run by the Bear fullback, highlighting his grit and determination, epitomized the era of the 1960s in the NFL, which he considered the golden era of pro football.