The chicago bears are a professional american fitbaa team based in chicago, illinois. One of only two remaining charter members of the national football league, the chicago bears are a team steeped in history. The franchise that became the bears was founded by businessman a. Beginning with the franchises 1919 origins as the decatur staleys, this lavishly illustrated book presents the highs and lows from more than nine decades of football. In 1922, after team foundermanager and star end george halas purchased the team, he changed the name to the bears. Halas helped found the national football league, and with it the chicago bears, the most storied franchise in the leagues history. The chicago bears are a professional american football team based in chicago. The chicago bears are a professional american football team in the national football league based in chicago, illinois. Ask any bears fan and they will talk about it as if it happened just yesterday. The nfl draft returns to primetime in 2018, with the first round taking place thursday, followed by the second and third rounds on friday.
The bears have almost always had an offense centered around pounding the ball down the defenses throat. Giants assistant strength and conditioning coach markus paul was the bears fourth. Staley starch company which owned the team for its first two seasons. After playing college football for louisianamonroe, he was drafted by the chicago bears in the third round of the 1999 nfl draft. Less than two weeks after suffering a serious back injury during a dec. From their founding as the decatur staleys, through the move to chicago, championships in the 1930s and 40s, the monsters of the 1950s, to the present, its all covered in the book.
With nine pro football championships and twentysix hall of famers, the bears are also among the most successful franchises in all of professional sports. Every week during the season, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, this weeks schedule, top performers, fantasy drops and adds, new debuts and interesting tidbits. History watch full episodes of your favorite shows. For the longest time, the bears held the title of the monsters of the midway because of their ruthless and dominating defenses. In chicago, the bears grip on the city spans generations and cultures, endures disappointments, and celebrates triumphs great and small. First, the chicago bears got demolished and shut out by the denver broncos in their exhibition opener, losing 220. They were first called the decatur staleys, after the a. The bears were founded in decatur, illinois, by george halas, in 1919. The following is a list of all regular season and postseason games played between the chicago bears and new orleans saints.
While he played well in chicago, the bears needed a defensive end to rush the quarterback. As of the beginning of the 2019 season, chicago s starting quarterback is mitchell trubisky. The bears have won nine nfl championships, including one super bowl, and hold the nfl record for the most enshrinees in the pro football hall of fame and the most retired jersey. New official chicago bears 2000 yearbook brian urlacher rookie season vintage. Follow the link for more information on hosting the author as a chicago bears speaker for your event or organization. The complete illustrated history brings the teams vibrant history to life. How the chicago bears fumbled away a fortune forbes. Chicago bears uniform and team history heritage uniforms. The first franchise in nfl history to win 600 games, the bears have an eightdecade record of excellence. The bears have captured nine nfl championships eight nfl championships and one super bowl second most all time behind the green bay packers.
Marty montez booker is a former american football wide receiver who played for eleven seasons in the national football league. Halas reasoned that because football players were generally bigger than baseball players, and the citys baseball team was the cubs, then logically the football. The team has won nine nfl championships, with the last being in 1985 super. Chicago bears historical starting lineups profootball. Chicago bears history is a 128page, softcover book covering the history of the chicago bears from 1920 to 2004. During his first tenure with the bears, he earned a pro bowl selection in 2002. Transactions the official website of the chicago bears. Revised and updated to include the latest seasons on the gridiron, chicago bears.
The wcg staff is making a few super early predictions about the chicago bears 2020 schedule and today were giving our sure fire winner. Bears in 1922, after team foundermanager and star end george halas purchased the team, he changed the name to the bears. From the teams humble beginnings to its status as a marquee nfl franchise, the chicago tribune has documented every season. The bears compete in the national football league nfl as a member club of the leagues national football conference nfc north division. Chicago bears in the 3rd round 78th overall of the 1999 nfl draft. The greatest bears by numbers 9094 windy city gridiron. The heart of the 1963 bears leagueleading defense and of the entire team was its corps of linebackers. However, after witnessing such a disaster, i had to take time to gather myself before analyzing the horrible play by the chicago bears in their 3514 week 4 loss to the hated green bay packers. The chicago bears professional football team began in 1920 as the decatur staleys, an industrial team sponsored by the a. Nfl history of the chicago bears dvd 2005 dvd empire. Halas reasoned that because football players were generally bigger than baseball players, and the citys baseball team was the cubs, then logically the football team should be the bears.
The team moved to chicago in 1921 and became the chicago staleys. Chicago bears history by roy taylor arcadia publishing books. Their alltime season record is 74155542, which places the chicago bears as the number one alltime winning team in nfl franchise history. The chicago bears relied on their defense to defeat the new york giants 1410 and win the national football championship. The chicago bears and the arizona cardinals originally the chicago cardinals are the two charter members of the national football league still in existence. The bears hae wan nine 9 nfl championships aicht premerger, an ane super bowl. List of chicago bears starting quarterbacks wikipedia.
He also played for the miami dolphins from 2004 to 2007, bears in 2008, and atlanta falcons in 2009. Thay are members o the north division o the national football conference nfc in the national football league nfl. Nevers has nfl record 6 touchdowns and 4 extra points. During the teams 96year history, the bears have won eight presuper bowl nfl championships, four conference championships, 18 division championships, and 26 playoff appearances. From their early days as the decatur staleys through their triumphant nfc championship and super bowl victories, the windy city team has more hall of famers than any other franchise, including george halas, dick butkus and walter payton. Organized and coached by chicago native and former university of illinois player george s. Watch full episodes of your favorite history series, and dive into thousands of historical articles and videos. Giants offensive line coach pat flaherty was the tight ends coach for the bears from 2001. Halas, affectionately known as papa bear, prowled the sidelines as head coach until 1968. The two teams have met each other 31 times including 2 postseason games, with the chicago bears winning 15 games and the new orleans saints winning 16 games. The 2004 depth chart one could argue that the 20032004 span may have been the lowest point in the history of bears football for quarterback play.
Lew freedman is the author of more than 40 books on sports, including chicago bears. Signed dl lee autry, ol dieter eiselen, lb keandre jones, lb lacale london, lb ledarius mack, rb napoleon maxwell, dl trevor mcswain, rb artavis pierce, lb rashad smith, ol badara traore and wr ahmad wagner to oneyear contracts. If that doesnt change, theyll draft top five again in 2018. From the galloping ghost, to the monsters of the midway, to that indomitable 46 defensethe grabowskis as their coach named thembears teams and players have made such an impact on the city of big shoulders. His complete illustrated histories of the bears, giants, and steelers all rank among mvps top five bestselling football titles. Barring injury or inept play from their competition, these five chicago bears will be looking for work elsewhere by the time training camp is over. Before chicago bears 2017 training camp is in the books, these five noteworthy players will surprisingly be cut from the roster. Marty montez booker born july 31, 1976 is a former american football wide receiver who played for eleven seasons in the national football league nfl. They pulled a trade with booker that brought adewale ogunleye from the miami dolphins. Halas, the staleys recruited employees and former college players and helped establish the american professional football association, which. The chicago bears american football franchise is a charter member of the national football league nfl and have played in all of the leagues 100 seasons. Chicago bears, and the 50 greatest plays inchicago bears football history. These 84 quarterbacks have started at least one game for the chicago bears of the national football league.
They are listed in order of the date of each players first start at quarterback for the bears. The chicago bears are one of the nfls most storied teams, and their uniform, the chicago bears jersey, tells the history of the teams struggles and triumphs. Chicago bears football vintage yearbooks for sale ebay. Staley in 1920 and was first known as the decatur illinois staleys. The chicago tribune book of the chicago bears is an impressive testament to bears tradition, compiling photography, original box scores, and entertaining essays from hall of fame reporters. George halas became playercoach of the new team, which he relocated to chicago in 1921 after staley handed the young franchise over to him. The franchise has also recorded more victories than any other franchise with 739, retired. Booker had no hard feelings, and when he became a free agent in 2008, he returned to chicago. Bears wr knox visits team, discusses terrifying back injury. The author of this site is available to give presentations to libraries or other organizations on the chicago bears and chicago bears history.
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