Charlie Sanders also revealed heart of poet

Charlie Sanders was more than an NFL Hall of Fame player, as this poem reflects. This was shared with The Detroit News by then Lions public relations director Elliott Trumbull. The title is "NFL" and it was written by Sanders in 1976.

NFL

(Just Passing Through)

Here today, gone tomorrow

If you don't accept it, it's a life of sorrow

Trying to use our God given talent

Being brave like the knight, bold and gallant

Those who can make it feel lucky indeed

It's God's own way of letting you succeed

Our efforts we extend in hopes to win

Some play with their hearts, others just pretend

So give your all and nothing less

Today we win, tomorrow we rest

You're not just a teammate, but my very best friend

Let's play together until the end

Today we'll hang together, just you and me

For tomorrow is a day we may never see

by Charlie Sanders

May 15, 1976