Bears by the Numbers: A Complete Team History of the Chicago Bears by Uniform Number
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Bears by the Numbers: A Complete Team History of the Chicago Bears by Uniform Number
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Overview
What do Al Campana, Frank Dempsey, Stan Wallace, Don Mullins, Gale Sayers, and Steve Trimble all have in common? They all wore number 40 for the Chicago Bears, even though more than four decades passed between the last time Campana last pulled on his jersey and the number was retired for Sayers in 1994 (along with 51 for Dick Butkus).
Since the Chicago Bears first adopted uniform numbers in 1932, the team has handed out only 99 numbers to more than 1,000 players. That’s a lot of overlap. It also makes for a lot of good stories. Bears by the Numbers tells those stories for every Bear since ’32, from Red Grange to Pernell McPhee.
This book lists the players alphabetically and by number; these biographies help trace the history of one of football’s oldest and most beloved teams in a new way.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781683581000 |
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| Publisher: | Sports Publishing LLC |
| Publication date: | 09/05/2017 |
| Pages: | 304 |
| Sales rank: | 1,051,754 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Introduction xi
No. 1 Jimmy Conzelman, Hall of Fame Player and Coach 1
No. 2 Doug Flutie, Beloved by All But the Bears 5
No. 3 Bronko Nagurski, Toughest of Them All 7
No. 4 Jim Harbaugh, Pugnacious Even Then 11
No. 5 Hall of Famer George McAfee 13
No. 6 Jay Cutler, Almost Great Quarterback 17
No. 7 The First Chicago Bear to Wear No. 7 Was the First Bear 21
No. 8 Rex Grossman Took Bears to a Super Bowl 25
No. 9 Jim McMahon, the Quirkiest Bear of All 29
No. 10 Bobby Douglass, the Quarterback Who Couldn't Throw 33
No. 11 Link Lyman, Hall of Famer of Many Numbers 37
No. 12 Erik Kramer, Bears Short-Term Wonder 41
No. 13 Three Straight Hall of Famers 45
No. 14 Dick Plasman, the Last to Play Without a Helmet 49
No. 15 Mike Holovak, Boston Patriots Leader 53
No. 16 Hall of Famer George Musso 55
No. 17 Richie Petitbon 59
No. 18 The Ever-Useful Hunk Anderson 63
No. 19 Gary Huff, Another Quarterback Who Did Not Cut It 65
No. 20 Paddy Driscoll, Hall of Famer 67
No. 21 Doctor Dan Fortmann, Hall of Fame Lineman 71
No. 22 Unhappy Ending for Star Dave Duerson 75
No. 23 Devin Hester, Greatest Return Man 79
No. 24 Jeff Fisher, Future NFL Coach 83
No. 25 J. C. Caroline, One of the 1963 Good Guys 87
No. 26 Matt Suhey, Unsung Blocker 91
No. 27 Who Are These Guys? 95
No. 28 The Tragedy of Willie Galimore 99
No. 29 They Remember Runner Ronnie Bull 101
No. 30 George Wilson Parlayed Bears Play Into Coaching Success. 103
No. 31 Joe Fortunato Belongs in the Hall of Fame 107
No. 32 Johnny Lujack Quarterback Star for a Few Minutes 111
No. 33 An Unsung Star and Historical Confusion 115
No. 34 Walter Payton, Walter Payton, Walter Payton 119
No. 35 Rick Casares 123
No. 36 At Least You Heard of Maurice Douglass 125
No. 37 Tony Parrish and Jason McKie 129
No. 38 Danieal Manning 131
No. 39 Curtis Enis 133
No. 40 The Great Gale Sayers 135
No. 41 The Brian Piccolo Story 137
No. 42 Sid Luckman 139
No. 43 Jim Dooley, Player and Coach 141
No. 44 Terry Schmidt's Diverse Life 145
No. 45 Gary Fencik 149
No. 46 Doug Plank and the "46" Defense 151
No. 47 Johnny Morris 153
No. 48 Shooting Star Beattie Feathers 155
No. 49 Bears Still Looking for Star at 49 157
No. 50 Mike Singletary 159
No. 51 Dick Butkus 161
No. 52 Bryan Cox 165
No. 53 Bill Wightkin 167
No. 54 Brian Urlacher 169
No. 55 Doug Buffone and Lance Briggs 173
No. 56 Bill Hewitt 177
No. 57 Olin Kreutz, A Quiet Big Man in the Middle 179
No. 58 Wilber Marshall 181
No. 59 Ron Rivera 183
No. 60 Wally Chambers 185
No. 61 Bill George 187
No. 62 Dan Jiggetts 189
No. 63 Jay Hilgenberg 191
No. 64 Ted Albrecht 193
No. 65 Patrick Mannelly 195
No. 66 Clyde "Bulldog" Turner 197
No. 67 Abe Gibron 199
No. 68 Jim Flanigan Jr. 203
No. 69 Fred Miller 205
No. 70 Henry Waechter Scores in Ninth Inning 207
No. 71 George Connor 209
No. 72 William "The Refrigerator" Perry 211
No. 73 Bill Bishop, Dreaming of a Bigger Car 215
No. 74 Jumbo Jim 217
No. 75 Fred Williams 219
No. 26 Steve McMichael 221
No. 77 Harold "Red" Grange 225
No. 78 Stan Jones 227
No. 79 Kurt Becker 229
No. 80 Curtis Conway 231
No. 81 Doug Atkins 233
No. 82 Alan Page, Ken Margerum, and John Davis 237
No. 83 Willie Gault 241
No. 84 John Farrington 245
No. 85 Dennis McKinnon
No. 86 Marty Booker 251
No. 82 Harlon Hill 253
No. 88 Good Catches: Marcus Robinson and Desmond Clark 257
No. 89 Mike Ditka 261
No. 90 Alonzo Spellman and Julius Peppers 265
No. 91 Tommie Harris 267
No. 92 Hunter Hillenmeyer 269
No. 93 Adewale Ogunleye 271
No. 94 Keith Traylor 273
No. 95 Richard Dent 275
No. 96 Alex Brown 277
No. 97 Chris Zorich 279
No. 98 Bryan Robinson 281
No. 99 Dan Hampton 283
About the Author 285