Of special note – helmets at this point still lacked any sort of facial protection. This then left the 1972 Dolphins as the only team in NFL history to go undefeated and untied through an entire NFL season and playoff. Sadly, the 1934 Bears lost to the Giants 30-13 in the NFL Championship Game, while the 1942 Bears lost 14-6 to the Redskins in the final game. Of note: The 1934 Bears, the 1942 Bears, and the 1972 Dolphins are the only 3 teams in the history of the NFL to go through the regular season undefeated and untied. As noted above, they then came back with a vengeance in 1943 and defeated the Redskins 41-21. They humiliated the Washington Redskins 73-0 in 1940, they went on to beat the Giants 37-9 in 1941, then lost 14-6 to the Redskins in 1942. The early 40’s were heady times for the Bears – in fact, they started off the 1940’s with an impressive four straight appearances in the NFL Championship Game. It’s interesting to note that much like today’s college teams, the Bears had to wait four weeks between their last regular season game on November 28th and the Championship Game on December 26th. What a year! Bronko Nagurski ends a 5-year retirement and at the age of 35, returns to the Bears, plays 3 different positions, and helps lead the team to an 8-1-1 record and an NFL Championship! In the Championship game, the Bears met the Washington Redskins, and came away 41-21 victors. This then left the 1972 Dolphins as the only team in NFL history to go undefeated and untied throughout an entire NFL regular season and playoffs. Unfortunately, the ‘34 Bears lost to the Giants 30-13 in the NFL Championship Game, while the 1942 Bears lost 14-6 to the Redskins in the final game. The 1934 Bears, the 1942 Bears, and the 1972 Dolphins are the only 3 teams in the history of the NFL to go through the regular season undefeated and untied. It’s interesting to note that in 1934, two years after the year of this uniform, the Bears were part of football history. In this game, played before 11,000 fans, the Bears beat the Portsmouth Spartans, thus ensuring themselves of the ‘World’s Champions’ title in the first ever NFL playoff game.
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This year witnessed the first indoor pro football game, a game that was played Decemin Chicago Stadium because of inclement weather. It’s interesting to note that from the beginning of the APFA in 1920 (and the NFL in 1922) right up to 1931, the league champion was the team with the best winning record overall - it was actually more complicated than this in some years, but we’ll leave that story for another time - there were no playoff games the regular season was the only season.Īfter the 1921 championship season, Halas’ agreement to keep the “Staley” name expired, and seeing as though Chicago’s baseball team was named the Cubs, Halas thought it appropriate that the football team be named the Bears, thus the Bear name began with the 1922 season. And in 1921 the Staleys won the APFA championship with a record of 9-1-1 – contrary to 1920, the Staleys played all 11 games at home. Thus in 1921 Halas and Sternaman moved the team to Chicago and played their games at Wrigley Field. In fact, they gave Halas permission to move the team to Chicago and about the only thing Halas had to do in return was agree to keep the Staley name for a year. The following year, 1921, Staley Starch Company decided to give up sports as a promotion and gave the team to Halas and his partner Dutch Sternaman for a nominal fee. Interestingly, the Staleys played only 2 games at home. The 1920 Staleys finished with a record of 5-1-2, good for second place behind Akron. But this jersey had functionality to it – the vertical striping were actually strips of felt sewn onto the uniform to help the ball carrier securing the ball.
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This 1920 blue jersey with tan colored vertical striping, is a Decatur Staleys jersey, the franchise’s first year and as mentioned above, the first year of the American Professional Football Association.
In 1922 the APFA became the National Football League. On September 17, 1920, the Decatur Staleys, with George Halas as their player/coach/manager, joined the newly formed American Professional Football Association (APFA) for a franchise fee of $100. Their 1,000-game history began in 1920 in Decatur, Illinois, when the Staley Starch Company decided to sponsor a football team. The Chicago Bears and the Arizona Cardinals (originally the Chicago Cardinals) are the two charter members of the National Football League still in existence. Click here to go to Heritage Sports Art and see the framed Bears artwork
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