National Football League (NFL) - Chicago Bears

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Chicago Bears Franchise Information

Franchise History:
1922-present Chicago Bears (NFL)
1921 Chicago Staleys (APFA)
1920 Decatur Staleys (APFA)

When this team became a charter member of the American Professional Football Association (APFA) in 1920, the team was located in Decatur, IL, and was named after team sponsor, the Staley Starch Company. The team moved to Chicago in 1921 and became the Chicago Staleys. In 1922, after team founder-manager and star end George Halas purchased the team, he changed the name to the Bears. Halas reasoned that because football players were generally bigger than baseball players, and the city’s baseball team was the Cubs, then logically the football team should be the Bears.

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Chicago Bears - Stadium

Soldier Field
425 McFetridge Place
Chicago, Illinois 60605
Surface Grass
Seating 66,944
Opened Nov. 11, 1926
Phone (847) 295-6600
Fax (608) 342-1201

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Chicago Bears Quick Facts

League Championships (Super Bowl Wins)

1921 (APFA), 1932 (NFL), 1933 (NFL), 1940 (NFL), 1941 (BFL), 1943 (NFL), 1946 (NFL), 1963 (NFL), 1985 (NFL)

Conference Championships

1956 ( WFC), 1963 (WFC), 1985 (NFC), 2006 (NFC)

Division Championships

NFC West - 1933, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946
NFC Central - 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2001, 2005, 2006

Years in Playoffs

1932, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1950, 1956, 1963, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2001, 2005, 2006

Retired Numbers

3 Bronco Nagurski
#5 George McAfee
#7 George Halas
#28 Willie Galimore
#34 Walter Payton
#40 Gale Sayers
41 Brian Piccolo
#42 Sid Luckman
#51 Dick Butkus
#56 Bill Hewitt
#61 Bill George
#66 Bulldog Turner
#77 Red Grange

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