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The Bears have retired fourteen uniform numbers, which is the most in the NFL, and ranks fourth behind the NBA's Boston Celtics (21), MLB's New York Yankees (20), and NHL's Montreal Canadiens (15) for the most in the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.
In week 11, the Bears handed the Dallas Cowboys their worst home loss in franchise history, beating them 44–0 and clinching the division for Chicago. [22] In week 12, the Bears suffered their only defeat, a 38–24 loss to the Miami Dolphins , retaining their status as the lone team to have ever had a perfect season. [ 23 ]
Chicago Bears No. 42 retired; FB: Bronko Nagurski: 1930–1937, 1943: 3× NFL champion (1932, 1933, 1943) NFL 1930s All-Decade Team; NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team; Chicago Bears No. 3 retired; RB: Walter Payton: 1975–1987: Super Bowl champion ; 2× NFL Most Valuable Player (1977, 1985) NFL 1970s All-Decade Team; NFL 1980s All-Decade Team
In 1943, with the Bears losing so many players to World War II, Nagurski came out of retirement to play tackle. He remained at the position until he returned to fullback against the Chicago Cardinals, whom the Bears needed to defeat to advance to the 1943 NFL Championship Game; [14] Nagurski scored a touchdown in the game as the Bears won 35–24.
Matthew Jerome Suhey (born July 7, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a fullback for ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bears. He won a Super Bowl as a member of the 1985 Bears while scoring a touchdown in the game and was named to the Pennsylvania Football All-Century Team. [1] [2]
Justin Fields (2021–2023) Mitchell Trubisky (2017–2020) Jay Cutler, who holds multiple Bears franchise passing records [1] (2009–2016) Kyle Orton started 15 games in 2008 Rex Grossman, who played for the Bears in Super Bowl XLI in 2006 (2003–2008) Jim McMahon, who won the Bears' only Super Bowl in 1985 (1982–1988)
Bryan Johnson (born January 18, 1978) is a former American football fullback. He entered the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in the 2000 when he signed with the Washington Redskins. [1] In 2004, he was traded to the Chicago Bears as a pending restricted free agent. [2]
His Chicago Bears career rushing records weren't broken until Walter Payton shattered them in the 1970s and 1980s, and he remains the fourth all-time rusher in franchise history, behind Payton (16,726 yards), Matt Forte (8,602) and Neal Anderson (6,166 yards), and ahead of Gale Sayers (4,956 yards).