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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 c...
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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Streak for the ages
Sun StaffIt was only a 3-yard pass, hardly worth watching on a highlights film. John Unitas, the Colts' rookie quarterback, flipped the ball to his tight end, who fell into the end zone. The play averted a Baltimore shutout. It also provided a glimpse of a...Tags: Jack Chesbro, Sports Illustrated, Jacksonville Jaguars, Chicago Bears, Chris Chandler
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Pro Football Hall fumbles in shunning of Modell
THE ABSENCE OF Ravens owner Art Modell's name from the list of 15 finalists for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003 was expected. There is still too much passion and, in some cases, disdain when his name is mentioned. It's a shame....Tags: Miami Dolphins, Morgan State University, Art Modell, Paul Warfield, Chicago Bears
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Did a Gatorade shower kill George Allen?
FOOTBALL URBAN LEGEND: Did a Gatorade shower lead to the death of a Hall of Fame football coach? After leading the New York Giants to a victory in Super Bowl XLVI earlier this year, head coach Tom Coughlin earned himself his second post-Super Bowl...
Tags: Miami Dolphins, Mike Ditka, Hockey (music group), Corporate Crime, Cardiac Arrhythmia
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Anatomy of a Front Page
Thrown together by time and a newspaper's front page, two disparate events can become related. Forty-five years ago, a horrific flash fire killed three Apollo 1 astronauts on the launch pad, the worst disaster to that date for the nascent U.S. space...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Space Programs, Vehicles, Apollo Moon Mission (1961-1975), Chicago Weather
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Bears' McCaskey doesn't like to deal with hypotheticals
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — After becoming chairman of the board last May, George McCaskey has overseen an interesting year for the team his grandfather George Halas founded. McCaskey sat down with the Tribune at the NFL meetings to discuss the state of...
Tags: New York Giants, Labor Disputes, George McCaskey, Chicago Bears, Jay Cutler
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CPS planning new neighborhood school to replace Crane Tech
Tribune reportersOn the eve of Wednesday's board vote on school closings and turnarounds, Chicago Public Schools has reached a deal with community leaders on the West Side to bring in a new neighborhood high school to replace Crane Tech, which is expected to begin a...Tags: Chicago Mayor, College Sports, Rahm Emanuel, Hospitals and Clinics, Students
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175 years of memorable, horrible, humorous and remarkable events that shaped Chicago
On March 4, 1837, exactly 175 years ago, Chicago was incorporated. Not that Flashback needed a reason, but we took this occasion to compile a very long list of events, year by year and decade by decade, that helped shape this great city.
Some events...Tags: Butch O'Hare, Chicago Marathon, Chicago Board of Trade, Roman Catholicism, Chicago Elections
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The lesson from Josh McHanie
I’ve been waiting for a “gotcha,’’ but I guess it’s true and official: Bears coach Lovie Smith named Josh McCown to lose to the Packers on Christmas night.
Smith admitted he hasn’t seen a lot from McCown, and what&...Tags: Coughing, Earl Bennett, Chicago Bears, Jay Cutler, Brandon Meriweather
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Blame game always same
Sure, they want Mike Martz run out of town.
Just like Ron Turner before him.
And Terry Shea. They came after him with pitchforks.
John Shoop inspired venomous websites and signs in the stands that demanded his dismissal.
Gary Crowton's last day...Tags: Seattle Seahawks, Mike Ditka, NFL Pro Bowl, Andre Smith, Chicago Bears
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Reader Q&A: Dan Pompei's Bears mailbag
How do you explain the failures of Caleb Hanie? Was it that management misevaluated him and he just does not have the ability? Or did the coaching staff fail to prepare him properly these past years? Or didn't he prepare himself? Is he just choking...Tags: Donovan McNabb, Charles Tillman, Marion Barber, Kansas City Chiefs, Earl Bennett
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