Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team in the National Football League based in Chicago, Illinois. The Bears were founded in Decatur, Illinois, by George Halas, in 1919. They were first called the Decatur Staleys, after the A.E. Staley Starch Company which owned the team for its first two seasons. The team has won nine NFL Championships, with the last being in 1985 (Super Bowl XX).[1] They also played in Super Bowl XLI in 2006 against the Indianapolis Colts, but they lost 29-17 to Peyton Manning and the Colts.[1] The team is owned by Virginia Halas McCaskey,[2] and the general manager is Ryan Pace.[3] The team's current head coach is Matt Nagy since 2018.

Chicago Bears
Established 1919
Play in Soldier Field
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Bears logo
Chicago Bears logo
Logo
League/conference affiliations

National Football League (1920–present)

  • Western Division (1933–1949)
  • National Conference (1950–1952)
  • Western Conference (1953–1969)
    • Central Division (1967–1969)
  • National Football Conference (1970–present)
    • Central Division (1970–2001)
    • North Division (2002–present)
Current uniform
Team colorsNavy Blue, Burt Orange, White
Personnel
Owner(s)Virginia Halas McCaskey
General managerRyan Poles
Head coachMatt Eberfluse
Team history
  • Decatur Staleys (1919–1920)
  • Chicago Staleys (1921)
  • Chicago Bears (1922–present)
Team nicknames
Da Bears Monsters of the Midway
Championships
League championships (9)
  • NFL Championships (pre-1970 AFL–NFL merger) (8)
    1921, 1932, 1933, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1963
Conference championships (4)
Division championships (18)
Home fields
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The Bears play their home games at Soldier Field. They played there from 1974 to 2001 and then 2003-present (Soldier Field was being made new in 2002). The Bears had played at Wrigley Field from 1921 to 1970. Wrigley Field is the home of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, and the Bears were named after the Cubs.[4]

The Bears have retired 14 uniform numbers, the most than any NFL Franchise.

Players
Current Chicago Bears roster (21 January 2022)[5]

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

  • 29 Tarik Cohen
  • 24 Khalil Herbert
  • 32 David Montgomery
  • 35 Ryan Nall
  • 8 Damien Williams

Wide Receivers

  • 10 Damiere Byrd
  • 84 Marquise Goodwin
  • 11 Darnell Mooney
  • 83 Dazz Newsome
  • 12 Allen Robinson

Tight Ends

  • 80 Jimmy Graham
  • 81 J.P. Holtz
  • 18 Jesse James
  • 85 Cole Kmet
  

Offensive Linemen

  • 64 Alex Bars G
  • 75 Larry Borom T
  • 68 James Daniels G
  • 74 Germain Ifedi T
  • 76 Teven Jenkins T
  • 67 Sam Mustipher C
  • 71 Jason Peters T
  • 73 Lachavious Simmons T
  • 65 Cody Whitehair G

Defensive Linemen

  • 90 Angelo Blackson DE
  • 97 Mario Edwards Jr. DE
  • 94 Eddie Goldman NT
  • 96 Akiem Hicks DE
  • 93 Margus Hunt DE
  • 98 Bilal Nichols DE
  • 95 Khyiris Tonga NT
  

Linebackers

  • 50 Jeremiah Attaochu OLB
  • 99 Trevis Gipson OLB
  • 55 Bruce Irvin OLB
  • 45 Joel Iyiegbuniwe ILB
  • 92 Caleb Johnson ILB
  • 57 Christian Jones ILB
  • 46 Sam Kamara OLB
  • 52 Khalil Mack OLB
  • 44 Alec Ogletree ILB
  • 94 Robert Quinn OLB
  • 58 Roquan Smith ILB
  • 6 Danny Trevathan ILB

Defensive Backs

  • 25 Artie Burns CB
  • 26 Deon Bush SS
  • 23 Marqui Christian FS
  • 38 Tashaun Gipson SS
  • 27 Thomas Graham Jr. CB
  • 4 Eddie Jackson FS
  • 33 Jaylon Johnson CB
  • 20 Duke Shelley CB
  • 22 Kindle Vildor CB

Special Teams

  • 16 Pat O'Donnell P
  • 2 Cairon Santos K

References
  1. "2019 Super Bowl Homepage - NFL.com". www.nfl.com.
  2. "Meet The 88-Year-Old Grandmother Who's One Win Away From The Super Bowl - Business Insider". Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
  3. "Bears hire Emery as general manager". Archived from the original on 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
  4. "1920s Chicago Bears". www.bearshistory.com.
  5. "Team Roster". www.chicagobears.com.

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