George Halas, center in white, gives the members of the Chicago Bears a pep talk in 1946. “I noted football players are bigger than baseball players,” Halas wrote.

Everyone who runs the Chicago Bears talks about the influence of George Halas, so let’s talk about it. Halas titled his autobiography “Halas by Halas” but another fine title would have been ...

George Halas Years coaching the Bears: 1920-29; 1933-42; 1946-55; 1958-67 Record: ... The day a new Chicago Bears coach is introduced can be one of the most thrilling for fans.

George “Papa Bear” Halas meant everything to the sport he devoted his life to as a player, founder, owner and coach. He founded the Decatur Staleys in 1920, moved the team to Chicago in 1921 ...

The day a new Chicago Bears coach is introduced can be one of the most thrilling for fans. Here’s a look back at when each of the team’s previous 17 coaches — and Thomas Brown, its 18th ...

Owner-coach George Halas of the Chicago Bears as his club battled Pittsburgh to a 17-17 deadlock at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Nov. 24, 1963.

George S. Halas’ resume is well known: Chicago Bears player, coach, owner. Co-founder of the National Football League. Hired Mike Ditka. “Papa Bear” also helped out the FBI “on occasions ...

The instrumental role that George Halas played to help create the NFL has been well-documented. Less known is that Papa Bear was also a pioneer in the first professional basketball league in the ...

In 1975, Chicago Bears founder George S. Halas made his first pitch to relocate his team from Soldier Field to Arlington Park. Fast forward 46 years to Thursday afternoon, when a similar overture ...

On July 27, 1939, Sid Luckman, Columbia University football star, signs a two-year contract to play with the Chicago Bears as George Halas looks on. (Getty Images) ...