Telegram from Mike Garrett to Gale Sayers Re: National Sports Committee

Press Release
January 23, 1967

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  • Press Releases, Volume 4. Telegram from Mike Garrett to Gale Sayers Re: National Sports Committee, 1967. 807f6e87-b792-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/e94d91f8-6e0d-4a53-a719-cab1e9e153f1/telegram-from-mike-garrett-to-gale-sayers-re-national-sports-committee. Accessed June 01, 2025.

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    7_DOMESTIC SERVICE 
Cheek the class of ser 
otherwise this mess: 

sent as a fast te 

csired; 
will be 

a TELEGRAM 
W. P. MARSHALL, presioent 

E DAY LETTER 
NIGHT LETTER 

Wo, WOS-CL, OF SVC, | PD. OR COLL, CASH NO. I CHanGE 1o TE AceoUNT | 
| 

ae a 

Monday,Jan 23, 1967 

‘Send the following menage, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to 

GALE SAYERS 

c/o LEGAL DEFENSE FUND 

10 Columbus Circle 
New York, New York 

SORRY CANNOT MAKE IT. MY SERVICES ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE 

FOR SUCH A GREAT CAUSE. I WOULD LIKE TO DO ANYTHING THAT 

IS POSSIBLE, 

MIKE GARRETT 

Kansas City Chiefs

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