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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).
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 ...
The Staleys began the 1921 season at Staley Field in Decatur, a facility with extremely limited fan seating. The Staleys began the 1921 season in Decatur, Illinois, playing the team's non-league opener and first league game against the Rock Island Independents on Staley Field in that city.
The team moved to Chicago in 1921, where the club was renamed the Chicago Staleys; Under an agreement reached by Halas and Sternaman with Staley, they received US$5,000 to keep the name "Staleys" for the 1921 season. [23] In 1922, Halas changed the team name from the Staleys to the Bears. [24]
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.
A. E. Staley founder Augustus Eugene Staley never intended to create a national powerhouse. He founded the Staley athletic program because he thought that employees participating in sports, either actively or as spectators, would grow to value the lessons learned of being a team player, good sportsmanship, character building as well as building a sense of team/factory loyalty. [3]
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 Staley company sold the team to George Halas, who transferred the team to Chicago in 1921 and move the games to Cubs Park (now Wrigley Field), which was owned by the Chicago Cubs, [5] and in 1922, they renamed themselves the Chicago Bears in order to associate themselves with their landlords. [6]