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What were Joe Horn's and Duce Staley's Itawamba Community College football numbers?
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I'm not sure what it was right now. I am Joe's sister-in-law and I will find out later. I'm sure someone in the family knows.
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Which professional football coach has been with the same team the longest past or present?
In the NFL, that would be George Halas who was head coach of the Decatur Staleys, Chicago Staleys, and Chicago Bears for 40 seasons (1920-1929, 1933-1942, 1946-1955, 1958-1967). The Bears were the Decatur Staleys in 1920 and the Chicago Staleys in 1921.
Who won the most games in the first ten years of the American professional football association?
That would be the Chicago Bears with 84. The Bears were known as the Decatur Staleys in 1920, the Chicago Staleys in 1921, and the Chicago Bears from 1922 on. The American Professional Football Association changed their name to National Football League in 1922 which was the League's third year of existence.
Was Staley ever the name of the Chicago Bears?
Yes. The team was originally known as the Decatur Staleys (1919, 1920 APFA). In 1921, as part of the American Professional Football Association, they were the Chicago Staleys. From 1922 to the present, they have been known as the Chicago Bears.
What were Chicago Bears called before?
The Chicago Staleys and before that the Decatur Staleys.
How many football teams are there when football started?
The NFL started out with 14 charter franchises, only 2 of which remain, the Decatur (IL) Staleys (now the Chicago Bears) and the Chicago (now Arizona) Cardinals.
When did the Chicago Bears play their first football game?
On October 3, 1920, the Chicago Bears, then known as the Decatur Staleys, played their first football game. They defeated the Moline Universal Tractors, 20-0.
Was the Chicago Bears the first team?
The Decatur Staleys. They played two years in Decatur and moved to Chicago in 1921 as the Staleys. The named was changed to Bears in 1922. It wasn't until 1921 that they were known as the Chicago Bears. George Halas chose the name Bears because they were playing at Cubs park and because football players are bigger than baseball player he chose the name Bears.
When were the Chicago Staleys changed to the Chicago Bears?
The name change from Staleys to Bears became official in 1922
When did the decatur staleys switch to the Chicago Bears?
The Decatur Staleys suffered huge financial losses in the 1920 season, the first season of the NFL then known as the American Professional Football Association. Augustus Staley turned control of the team over to George Halas in 1921 who moved the team to Chicago. They kept the name Staleys for the 1921 season due to Augustus Staley paying $5000 to Halas. In 1922, the name was changed to Bears by Halas. The story goes that Halas, in honor of having been allowed to use Wrigley Field (home of the Chicago Cubs) as the home field of the team, renamed the team Bears because "football players are bigger than baseball players".
What year did the Decatur Staleys start in?
1919
What is Augustus staleys middle name?
The founder of the NFL's Decatur Staleys, which later became the Chicago Bears, given name is Augustus Eugene Staley.
When were the Chicago Bears founded?
The Chicago Bears are one of the two charter NFL franchises still in operation today (the other being the Arizona Cardinals). The Bears, in 1920, were the Decateur Staleys, named after their owner. In 1921, the team moved to Wrigley Field & became the Chicago Staleys. In this time frame, George S. Halas was purchasing control of the club from Staley. In 1922, Halas was the league's first player-coach-owner for his new team, the Chicago Bears, the new nickname inspired by their home field (Wrigley Field, which is the legendary home of baseball's Chicago Cubs). The short answer: The franchise began as an original NFL franchise. The team known as the Bears were first assembled in 1922.
