Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears
Conference	NFC
Division	North
Founded	1920
Home Field	Soldier Field
City	Chicago
Colors	Navy blue, burnt orange, and white
Head Coach	Lovie Smith
All-Time Record (W-L-T) (At Start of 2005 Season)	660-489-42

The Chicago Bears are a National Football League team based in Chicago.

Founded: 1920 in Decatur, Illinois. One of the charter NFL franchises.

Formerly known as: the Decatur Staleys (1920) and the Chicago Staleys (1921), after their corporate sponsors, a starch company.

Nicknames: Da Bears and The Monsters of the Midway

Fight song: Bear Down

Home field: Soldier Field

Previous home fields:

Staley Field (1920)

Wrigley Field (1921-1970)

Memorial Stadium, Champaign, IL (2002; used during renovation and expansion of Soldier Field, currenttly used by the University of Illinois)

Uniform colors: Home: Navy blue jerseys with orange trim, and white pants. Away: white jerseys, navy blue pants.

Helmet design: Navy blue, with an orange "C".

Arch-rivals: The Green Bay Packers

League championships won:1921 (as the Chicago Staleys), 1932, 1933, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1963, 1985.

Super Bowl appearances: XX (won)

Franchise history

The Bears are one of the storied NFL teams. They were founded by George Halas, who maintained control of the team until his death in 1983. Halas also coached the team off-and-on for forty seasons, an NFL record. For the most part, the Bears have stayed in the Halas family. The team is currently owned by Halas' daughter Virginia McCaskey and has been run on a day-to-day basis since 1999 by President and CEO Ted Phillips .

New Soldier Field

Players of note

Super Bowl XX Championship Roster:

Kevin Butler
Maury Buford
Jim Covert
Mark Bortz
Willie Gault
Jay Hilgenberg
Dennis McKinnon
Jim McMahon
Emery Moorehead
Walter Payton
Matt Suhey
Tom Thayer
Keith Van Horne
Richard Dent
Dave Duerson
Gary Fencik
Leslie Frazier
Dan Hampton
Wilber Marshall
Steve McMichael
William Perry
Mike Richardson
Ron Rivera
Reggie Phillips
Mike Singletary
Otis Wilson

Current players

Zack Abron
Bryan Anderson
Jerry Azumah
Derrick Ballard
Keith Belton
Cedric Benson
Eddie Berlin
Bernard Berrian
Alfonso Boone
Mark Bradley
Doug Brien
Lance Briggs
Alex Brown
Mike Brown
Ruben Brown
Jeremy Cain
Darrell Campbell
Desmond Clark
Marc Colombo
Alrese Currie
Ryan Dinwiddle
Quinn Dorsey
Rob Droege
Steve Edwards
Jamin Elliott
Carl Ford
Justin Gage
Roberto Garza
Mike Green
Rex Grossman
Chris Harris
Tommie Harris
MIchael Haynes
Hunter Hillenmeyer
Chad Hutchinson
Israel Idonije
Jonathan Jackson
Ben Johnson
Bryan Johnson
Ron Johnson
Tank Johnson
Todd Johnson
Thomas Jones
Tyler Jones
Alain Kashama
Kareem Kelly
Kurt Kittner
Craig Krenzel
Olin Kruetz
Bo Lacy
Dustin Lyman
Patrick Mannelly
Alfonso Marshall
Brad Maynard
Jason McKie
Todd McMillion
Terrence Metcalf
Fred Miller
Qasim Mitchell
Muhsin Muhammad
Joe Odom
Adewale Ogunleye
John Owens
Adrian Peterson
Shurron Pierson
Jerrell Pippens
Marcus Reese
Gabriel Reid
A.J. Ricker
Fred Russell
Darnell Sanders
Ian Scott
Nicholas Setta
John Shivers
John Tait
Charles Tillman
Brian Urlacher
Nathan Vasher
Bobby Wade
Cliff Washburn
Greg White
LeVar Woods
Cameron Worrell

Retired numbers

3 Bronko Nagurski
5 George McAfee
7 George Halas
28 Willie Gallimore
34 Walter Payton
40 Gale Sayers
41 Brian Piccolo (the subject of the film Brian's Song)
42 Sid Luckman
51 Dick Butkus
56 Bill Hewitt
61 Bill George
66 Clyde (Bulldog) Turner
77 Harold (Red) Grange

Not to be forgotten

Neal Anderson
Marty Booker
Doug Buffone
Mark Carrier
Rick Casares
Jim Harbaugh
Raymont Harris
Mike Hartenstine
Johnny Morris
Larry Morris
Ed O'Bradovich
Jim Osbourne
Alan Page
Doug Plank
Marcus Robinson
Ed Sprinkle
Donnell Woolford

Recent Draft Picks: 2005

Cedric Benson Running Back - 1st Round 4th Selection - University of Texas

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LeVar Woods. Greg White. Cliff Washburn. Bobby Wade.

Nathan Vasher. Brian Urlacher. Charles Tillman. John Tait.

John Shivers. Nicholas Setta. Ian Scott. Darnell Sanders.

Fred Russell. Ricker. A.J. Gabriel Reid.

Marcus Reese. Jerrell Pippens. Shurron Pierson. Adrian Peterson.

John Owens. Adewale Ogunleye. Joe Odom. Muhsin Muhammad.

Qasim Mitchell. Fred Miller. Terrence Metcalf. Todd McMillion.

Jason McKie. Brad Maynard. Alfonso Marshall. Patrick Mannelly.

Dustin Lyman. Bo Lacy. Olin Kruetz. Craig Krenzel.

Kurt Kittner. Kareem Kelly. Alain Kashama. Tyler Jones.

Thomas Jones. Todd Johnson. Tank Johnson. Ron Johnson.

Bryan Johnson. Ben Johnson. Jonathan Jackson. Israel Idonije.

Chad Hutchinson. Hunter Hillenmeyer. MIchael Haynes. Tommie Harris.

Chris Harris. Rex Grossman. Mike Green. Roberto Garza.

Justin Gage. Carl Ford. Jamin Elliott. Steve Edwards.

Rob Droege. Quinn Dorsey. Ryan Dinwiddle. Alrese Currie.

Marc Colombo. Desmond Clark. Darrell Campbell. Jeremy Cain.

Ruben Brown. Mike Brown. Alex Brown. Lance Briggs.

Doug Brien. Mark Bradley. Alfonso Boone. Bernard Berrian.

Eddie Berlin. Cedric Benson. Keith Belton. Derrick Ballard.

Jerry Azumah. Bryan Anderson. Zack Abron. Otis Wilson.

Mike Singletary. Reggie Phillips. Ron Rivera. Mike Richardson.

William Perry. Steve McMichael. Wilber Marshall. Dan Hampton.

Leslie Frazier. Gary Fencik. Dave Duerson. Richard Dent.

Keith Van Horne. Tom Thayer. Matt Suhey. Walter Payton.

Emery Moorehead. Jim McMahon. Dennis McKinnon. Jay Hilgenberg.

Willie Gault. Mark Bortz. Jim Covert. Maury Buford.

Kevin Butler.