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A charter member of Pro Football's Hall of Fame, Papa Bear is generally credited with founding not only the Bears but also the NFL. He convened a group of a dozen men interested in forming a new league, meeting in a car dealership selling Hupmobiles and Jordans in Canton, O. The cars didn't endure (Halas had to sit on a running board because there weren't enough chairs) but the football dream did. Halas was working for the Decatur corn products company of A.E. Staley, who encouraged Halas and the Decatur Staleys were formed in 1920. Halas, who played baseball for the New York Yankees before a career-ending hip injury, played for the Staleys and moved the team to Chicago in 1921; a Cubs fan...
A charter member of Pro Football's Hall of Fame, Papa Bear is generally credited with founding not only the Bears but also the NFL. He convened a group of a dozen men interested in forming a new league, meeting in a car dealership selling Hupmobiles and Jordans in Canton, O. The cars didn't endure (Halas had to sit on a running board because there weren't enough chairs) but the football dream did. Halas was working for the Decatur corn products company of A.E. Staley, who encouraged Halas and the Decatur Staleys were formed in 1920. Halas, who played baseball for the New York Yankees before a career-ending hip injury, played for the Staleys and moved the team to Chicago in 1921; a Cubs fan, he chose "Bears" for the name because it was a ferocious grown-up of his favorite team. Halas coached the team at four different times, guiding them to three NFL championships in the 1940s and another in 1963. His win total of 324 was the NFL record until Don Shula eclipsed it in 1993. Halas died Oct. 31, 1983, a year after bringing back Mike Ditka to coach his beloved creation.
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Covered Europe for Tribune
Chicago Tribune reporterGwen Morgan Veysey, who covered postwar Europe from the Chicago Tribune's London bureau, witnessed Queen Elizabeth's coronation, Adolph Eichmann's trial, Winston Churchill's funeral and countless other events large and small while chronicling the...Tags: Chicago Bears, Winnie the Pooh, Imperial and Royal Matters, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, William Allen
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Ditka vs. Quaid
Tribune staff reporterThey are the Grin and the Scowl. Dennis Quaid's lopsided grin and Mike Ditka's sideline scowl have become their personal trademarks. But wait, Quaid interrupts: "If it wasn't for his stats, nobody would really care about his scowl." But few would care...Tags: Chicago Bears, Colleges and Universities, Dennis Quaid, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Oliver Stone
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Get your Bears (big and little) gear
Few professional sports teams have a tradition as rich as the Chicago Bears—born as the Decatur Staleys in 1920 and purchased by George Halas and moved to Chicago a year later, a team synonymous with such football legends as Red Grange, Gayle Sayers...Tags: Chicago Bears, Chicago Cubs, Major League Baseball, Soldier Field, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Bears picking battles over media's picks
I guess I'm a little surprised the game ball hasn't arrived by now, but it's a minor detail. The sense of accomplishment one feels for pumping up the Bears is reward enough. The team has been enjoying the payback that comes with pulling off a major...Tags: Chicago Bears, Baltimore Colts, Super Bowl, National Football League, Kyle Orton
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Prerequisite to join legends: Title
Only one coach in Bears history had more regular season victories after his first four seasons than Lovie Smith's 36. That's George Halas. Tied with Smith behind Papa Bear is Mike Ditka. Yet Smith's name is not mentioned along with Halas and Ditka...Tags: Chicago Bears, Mark Anderson, Volleyball, Lance Briggs, Multi-Sport Events
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Let's make a deal to rev up the rivalry
I had an idea. The deal of the century. The deal of any century. The most talked-about trade in the history of trades. Brian Urlacher for Brett Favre. It would shock every NFL jock. It would be the biggest thing in football since George Halas was a...Tags: Brett Favre, Chicago Bears, Contracts, Johnny Damon, Jim Edmonds
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Lakers' Buss knows when to hold 'em
The best owner in the history of professional sports is strolling through his sprawling hilltop home when he comes upon an ornate wooden door riddled with three gaping holes.
It is the door to his private elevator. It is also, perhaps, the portal to a...Tags: Chicago Bears, Pau Gasol, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, Kwame Brown
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The Chicago Bears win the 1986 Super Bowl
Chicago TribuneThe Chicago Bears devastated the New England Patriots on this date in Super Bowl XX by an appropriate score, 46-10, stamping their ravaging "46" defense on National Football League history. The victory in New Orleans' Superdome, the first major...Tags: Chicago Bears, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Multi-Sport Events, Mike Singletary
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Joe Gibbs Resigns As Redskins Coach
AP Sports WriterAfter the toughest season of his Hall of Fame career, one that tested his leadership like never before, Joe Gibbs is stepping down. He resigned as coach and team president of the Washington Redskins on Tuesday, three days after a playoff loss ended an...Tags: Diseases, Dan Snyder, Don Shula, Cancer, Multi-Sport Events
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Birth of the National Football League
Tribune staff reporterAs the 1920 football season began, professional teams faced three pressing problems involving players: Salaries were rising quickly, players were jumping from one team to another and teams were using college players who had yet to graduate. These...Tags: Chicago Bears, Wrigley Field, Major League Baseball, Lyndon B. Johnson, Bronko Nagurski
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The Chicago Bears wins the 1963 NFL Championship
Chicago TribuneGrit, savvy and sheer brutality--those are classic Chicago traits, no matter the endeavor, and they brought the National Football League championship to Chicago on this date, when the Bears defeated the New York Giants 14-10. The Bears had not been a...Tags: Chicago Bears, Vince Lombardi, Chicago Weather, Y.A. Tittle, Wrigley Field
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Football's line of succession: Most important persons in football since the game began
Sentinel Staff WriterOne must be more than just a great coach or player to lay claim to the gridiron throne. To make our list of football titans, a legacy that has shaped and transformed the game we watch each fall is required. Note that the "reigns" do not cover a figure'...Tags: Joe Montana, Bill Walsh, Multi-Sport Events, Labor Disputes, Contracts
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