The old teammates didn’t socialize much even though both remained in the Chicago area. Matt Suhey, the fullback, traded soybean meal futures and owned a bottled water company. He left home for ...

Matt Suhey had just finished his final game at Soldier Field and was walking towards the locker room tunnel. He was met in midstride by a muscular young man with a smile on his face. Walter Payton ...

When Walter Payton died in 1999, former Chicago Bears fullback Matt Suhey became the executor of his will and then helped to manage his estate and likeless. So in a way, it's only appropriate ...

Matt Suhey was a reliable fullback whose impact on the team went well beyond the box score. His effect is hard to explain in an age when fullbacks are going the way of the defensive halfback and ...

CHICAGO -- Matt Suhey never had a chance. Not at first, anyway. Oh sure, the young running back and Bears second-round draft pick in 1980 was a fine player and part of a proud tradition of ...

Walter Payton trusted Matt Suhey. He knew the Bears playbook. He knew the business world. Most importantly, he knew how much family mattered to Walter. When Walter passed, Matt became the executor ...

One thing he has settled: Former teammate Matt Suhey, a Bears running back from 1980 to ’89, will introduce him for his speech at the induction this summer. “I think it’s appropriate ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Bears legend Walter Payton pulls down teammate Matt Suhey’s shorts at minicamp in 1985. Jim Maentanis Share OK, I defy anybody to sit calmly and study ...

When former Bears great Jimbo Covert is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Sept. 18, his official presenter will be long-time teammate Matt Suhey. In their seven seasons together in Chicago ...

Matt Suhey, a State High graduate who played in the NFL with the Chicago Bears, is among inductees to the 2024 class of the Centre County Sports Hall of Fame. Centre Daily Times, file The newest ...

Former San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates receives his Hall of Fame door knock from former San Diego Chargers running back and Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson. Former Philadelphia Eagles ...