George Halas

• Made perhaps the most contributions to the game of football as a coach, player, and owner as anyone in the history of the game
• Helped begin the franchise when it was the Decatur Staleys
• Worked out a deal to let them play in Wrigley Field
• Saved professional football from extinction by hiring Red Grange in 1925
• Won 321 games in his 40 seasons as coach
• Second place in all time victories is Curly Lambeau with 212, 109 less than Papa Bear
• Halas considers the Bears 73-0 victory over the Redskins in 1940 as his greatest thrill in professional football
• Halas was responsible for 8 of the Bears 9 NFL titles
• More of his Chicago Bears than any other franchise in the NFL have made the Hall of Fame