Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team in the National Football League based in Chicago, Illinois. The Bears were founded in Decatur, Illinois, by George Halas, in 1919. They were first called the Decatur Staleys, after the A.E. Staley Starch Company which owned the team for its first two seasons. The team has won nine NFL Championships, with the last being in 1985 (Super Bowl XX).^[1] They also played in Super Bowl XLI in 2006 against the Indianapolis Colts, but they lost 29-17 to Peyton Manning and the Colts.^[1] The team is owned by Virginia Halas McCaskey,^[2] and the general manager is Ryan Pace.^[3] The team's current head coach is Matt Nagy since 2018.

Chicago Bears
Established 1919 Play in Soldier Field Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Bears logo Logo
League/conference affiliations
National Football League (1920–present) Western Division (1933–1949) National Conference (1950–1952) Western Conference (1953–1969) Central Division (1967–1969) National Football Conference (1970–present) Central Division (1970–2001) North Division (2002–present)
Current uniform
Team colors	Navy Blue, Burt Orange, White
Personnel
Owner(s)	Virginia Halas McCaskey
General manager	Ryan Poles
Head coach	Matt Eberfluse
Team history
Decatur Staleys (1919–1920) Chicago Staleys (1921) Chicago Bears (1922–present)
Team nicknames
Da Bears Monsters of the Midway
Championships
League championships (9) NFL Championships (pre-1970 AFL–NFL merger) (8) 1921, 1932, 1933, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1963 Super Bowl championships (1) 1985 (XX)
Conference championships (4)
Division championships (18)
Home fields
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The Bears play their home games at Soldier Field. They played there from 1974 to 2001 and then 2003-present (Soldier Field was being made new in 2002). The Bears had played at Wrigley Field from 1921 to 1970. Wrigley Field is the home of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, and the Bears were named after the Cubs.^[4]

The Bears have retired 14 uniform numbers, the most than any NFL Franchise.

Players

Current Chicago Bears roster (21 January 2022)[5]
Quarterbacks 1 Justin Fields 9 Nick Foles Running Backs 29 Tarik Cohen 24 Khalil Herbert 32 David Montgomery 35 Ryan Nall 8 Damien Williams Wide Receivers 10 Damiere Byrd 84 Marquise Goodwin 11 Darnell Mooney 83 Dazz Newsome 12 Allen Robinson Tight Ends 80 Jimmy Graham 81 J.P. Holtz 18 Jesse James 85 Cole Kmet		Offensive Linemen 64 Alex Bars G 75 Larry Borom T 68 James Daniels G 74 Germain Ifedi T 76 Teven Jenkins T 67 Sam Mustipher C 71 Jason Peters T 73 Lachavious Simmons T 65 Cody Whitehair G Defensive Linemen 90 Angelo Blackson DE 97 Mario Edwards Jr. DE 94 Eddie Goldman NT 96 Akiem Hicks DE 93 Margus Hunt DE 98 Bilal Nichols DE 95 Khyiris Tonga NT		Linebackers 50 Jeremiah Attaochu OLB 99 Trevis Gipson OLB 55 Bruce Irvin OLB 45 Joel Iyiegbuniwe ILB 92 Caleb Johnson ILB 57 Christian Jones ILB 46 Sam Kamara OLB 52 Khalil Mack OLB 44 Alec Ogletree ILB 94 Robert Quinn OLB 58 Roquan Smith ILB 6 Danny Trevathan ILB Defensive Backs 25 Artie Burns CB 26 Deon Bush SS 23 Marqui Christian FS 38 Tashaun Gipson SS 27 Thomas Graham Jr. CB 4 Eddie Jackson FS 33 Jaylon Johnson CB 20 Duke Shelley CB 22 Kindle Vildor CB Special Teams 16 Pat O'Donnell P 2 Cairon Santos K

References

1. "2019 Super Bowl Homepage - NFL.com". www.nfl.com.
2. "Meet The 88-Year-Old Grandmother Who's One Win Away From The Super Bowl - Business Insider". Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
3. "Bears hire Emery as general manager". Archived from the original on 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
4. "1920s Chicago Bears". www.bearshistory.com.
5. "Team Roster". www.chicagobears.com.

Other websites

• Official Website