Chicago Bears

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Chicago Bears

Established:	1920
Stadium:	Soldier Field
Super Bowl Championships:	1
Conference Championships:	3
Division Titles:	16

1 Franchise History
2 Trivia
3 Local Media
4 Hall of Famers
5 Retired Numbers

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Franchise History

The Chicago Bears are a member of the National Football League (NFL). They currently play in the Northern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC). The franchise began play in 1920 as the Decatur Staleys. They moved to Chicago in 1921, and became the Bears in 1922.

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Trivia

The Chicago Bears won 8 League Championships before the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.

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Local Media

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Hall of Famers

Name	Position	HOF Class	Years With Club
DOUG ATKINS	DE	1982	1955-1966
GEORGE BLANDA	K/QB	1981	1949, 1950-1958
DICK BUTKUS	LB	1979	1965-1973
GEORGE CONNOR	OT/LB	1975	1948-1955
MIKE DITKA	TE	1988	1961-1966
JOHN (PADDY) DRISCOLL	QB	1965	1926-1929, 1920
JIM FINKS	Administrator	1995	1974-1982
DAN FORTMANN	OG	1965	1936-1943
BILL GEORGE	LB	1974	1952-1965
HAROLD (RED) GRANGE	HB	1963	1925, 1929-1934
GEORGE HALAS	Founder	1963	1920, 1921, 1922-1983
DAN HAMPTON	DT/DE	2002	1979-1990
ED HEALEY	T	1964	1922-1927
BILL HEWITT	E	1971	1932-1936
STAN JONES	OG/DT	1991	1954-1965
SID LUCKMAN	QB	1965	1939-1950
WILLIAM ROY (LINK) LYMAN	T	1964	1926-1928, 1930-1931, 1933-1934
GEORGE MCAFEE	HB	1966	1940-1941, 1945-1950
GEORGE MUSSO	OG/OT	1982	1933-1944
BRONKO NAGURSKI	FB	1963	1930-1937, 1943
WALTER PAYTON	HB	1993	1975-1987
GALE SAYERS	HB	1977	1965-1971
MIKE SINGLETARY	LB	1998	1981-1992
JOE STYDAHAR	T	1967	1936-1942, 1945-1946
GEORGE TRAFTON	C	1964	1920-1921, 1923-1932
CLYDE (BULLDOG) TURNER	C/LB	1966	1940-1952