Chicago Bears : Ask Biography

NFL Team information

Established

1919

Play in

Soldier Field
Chicago, Illinois

Fight song

"Bear Down, Chicago Bears"

Mascot

Staley Da Bear

Other information

Owner

Virginia Halas McCaskey

Chairman

George McCaskey

CEO

Ted Phillips

President

Ted Phillips

General manager

Jerry Angelo

Head coach

Lovie Smith

Team history

* Decatur Staleys (1919 � 1920) * Chicago Staleys (1921)

Chicago Bears 1922 - present

Team nicknames

Da Bears
The Monsters of the Midway

Championships

League championships

*NFL Championships (8)
1921, 1932, 1933, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1963 (9)

Super Bowl Championships

1985 (XX) (1)

Conference championships

*NFL Western: 1956, 1963 *NFC: 1985, 2006 (4)

Division championships

*NFL Western: 1933, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946 *NFC Central: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2001 *NFC North: 2005, 2006, 2010 (18)

Playoff appearances

NFL: 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1950, 1956, 1963, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2010

Home fields

*Staley Field (1919 � 1920) *Wrigley Field (1921 � 1970) *Soldier Field (I) (1971 � 2001) *Memorial Stadium (Champaign) (2002) *Soldier Field (II) (2003 � present)

Team president

George Halas (1921 � 1953)

*George Halas, Jr. (1963 � 1979) *Mike McCaskey (1983 � 1999) *Ted Phillips (1999 � present)

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The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The team is legally and corporately registered as Chicago Bears Football Club, Incorporated.

The Bears have won nine (9) NFL Championships (eight pre-merger, and one Super Bowl). The Bears hold the NFL records for the most enshrinees in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, with 27 members, and the most retired jersey numbers (13). The Bears have also recorded more regular season and overall victories than any other NFL franchise. The franchise recorded its 700th win on November 18, 2010.

The club was founded in Decatur, Illinois, in 1919, and moved to Chicago in 1921. Along with the Arizona Cardinals (originally from Chicago), it is one of only two remaining franchises from the NFL's founding. The team played home games at Wrigley Field on Chicago's North Side through the 1970 season. With the exception of the 2002 season, they have played their home games at Chicago's Soldier Field every year since 1971. The stadium is located next to Lake Michigan, and was recently remodeled in a modernization intended to update stadium amenities while preserving a historic Chicago structure. The team has a storied, long-standing rivalry with the Green Bay Packers, whom they have played 182 times. The Bears currently hold the edge in head-to-head matchups with a record of 92 � 84 � 6. The two teams have met each other twice in the postseason. The Bears won in 1941 and the Packers won in 2011.

The team headquarters, Halas Hall, is in the Chicago suburb of Lake Forest, Illinois. The Bears practice at adjoining facilities there during the season. They hold their annual training camp from late July to mid-August at Ward Field on the campus of Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois.