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Staley Da Bear, October 28, 2008. Staley Da Bear is the official mascot of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He is an anthropomorphic bear with a customized team jersey. Staley's name is eponymous to A. E. Staley, who founded the Bears’ franchise in 1919. He debuted during the 2003 Chicago Bears season to entertain fans at ...
Other seasons. 1920 →. The 1919 Decatur Staleys season was the first in the team's long existence, later becoming known as the Chicago Bears. It was also the only season in which the Staleys/Bears were an amateur team, not a member of the National Football League or managed by George Halas. The 1919 Staleys were a works team, made up purely ...
Early years: Formation of the league and Bear domination (1919–1946) The Decatur Staleys, the organization that eventually became the Chicago Bears, were originally founded as a works team of the A. E. Staley food starch company of Decatur, Illinois, in 1919; [ 1 ] this was the typical start for several early professional football franchises.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 September 2024. American football executive (born 1923) Virginia Halas McCaskey Born Virginia Marion Halas (1923-01-05) January 5, 1923 (age 101) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Alma mater Drexel University Spouse Ed McCaskey (m. 1943; died 2003) Children 11, including Michael and George McCaskey Parent ...
Despite the Bears not having the Honey Bears, the Bears unveiled a mascot Staley Da Bear in 2003. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] As of 2021, the Bears have gone 5–11 (.313) in the postseason, compared to the team's 4–3 record during the squad's tenure (.521), as well as 235-254 (.480) in the regular season after the squad's termination, a .30 winning ...
Staleys: George Halas (owner/coach), Guy Chamberlin, George Trafton. The 1921 NFL Championship controversy, known among Buffalo sports historians and fans as the Staley Swindle, is a dispute in which the Buffalo All-Americans unintentionally surrendered the 1921 APFA Championship title to the Chicago Staleys (later renamed the Chicago Bears).
1921 (Chicago) →. The 1920 season [1] was the Decatur Staleys 2nd season of existence, the first professional season of the franchise that would go on to be known as the Chicago Bears and their first under head coach George Halas, competing in the newly formed American Professional Football Association. The team improved on their 6–1 record ...
The original home of the Bears was Staley Field at Decatur, Illinois, when the team was known as the Decatur Staleys, before they moved to Chicago in 1921. Soldier Field's playing surface was changed from natural grass to astroturf before the 1971 season, and then back to natural grass in time for the start of the 1988 season.