According to the Chicago Bears website, The A.E. Staley Company of Decatur IL founded the Decatur Staleys. George Chamberlain of the A.E. Staley Company is credited with hiring George Halas, who became one of the greatest coaches of all time.
The Chicago Staleys and before that the Decatur Staleys.
Decatur Staleys
1919
They began in 1919 as the Decatur Staleys.
The Decatur Staleys
The Chicago Bears were established by the A.E. Staley Company of Decatur, Illinois in 1919 as a company team. The team played as the Decatur Staleys in 1920, moved to Chicago and played as the Chicago Staleys in 1921, and changed to the Chicago Bears in 1922. The Chicago Bears.
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.
They were called the Decatur Staleys. They were founded by George Stanley Halas in Decatur, Illinois.
Number 7 Decatur Staleys
Decatur Staleys
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.
The founder of the NFL's Decatur Staleys, which later became the Chicago Bears, given name is Augustus Eugene Staley.