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The 1963 Chicago Bears season was their 44th regular season and 12th post-season appearance in the National Football League.The team finished with an 11–1–2 record (the best of the 4th and final Halas era) to gain their first Western Conference championship since 1956, and the berth to host the NFL Championship Game against the New York Giants (11–3–0).
Of the original 17 individuals inducted in 1963, three spent a majority of their careers with the Chicago Bears. This includes the founder, long time owner, and head coach George Halas, [7] long time halfback and two-way player Bronko Nagurski, [8] and the "Galloping Ghost" Red Grange. [9] [10] The first few years of the Hall of Fame's ...
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.
With the Chicago Bears he was one of the members of the 1963 National Football League championship team, which included among others Rosey Taylor and Richie Petitbon in the defensive backfield; future coach and hall of fame tight end Mike Ditka; future hall of fame defensive end Doug Adkins; and future hall of fame linebacker Bill George.
The Bears played in four straight NFL Championship Games between 1940 and 1943, winning three of them, including an NFL record 73–0 victory over the Washington Redskins in 1940. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The second period of success was between 1984 and 1991 when the Bears captured six NFC Central Division titles in eight years and won Super Bowl XX .
Willie "the Wisp" Galimore (March 30, 1935 – July 27, 1964) was an American professional football player who played halfback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) from 1957 to 1963. Tragically, his NFL career was cut short with his death at age 29 in a traffic accident just ahead of the 1964 season.
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)
The Bears' NFL championships and overall victories are second behind the Green Bay Packers, [10] [11] [12] with whom they have a long-standing rivalry. [13] The franchise was founded in Decatur, Illinois, on September 20, 1919, [14] [15] [16] became professional on September 17, 1920, and moved to Chicago in 1921.