What Bears They Were

Author:

By Richard Whittingham

Format:

Hardback

Availability:

In print, usually dispatched within 3-4 days.

Price:

£17.50

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American Football, American Football Teams, Chicago Bears

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Further Details

• Published: 1st Aug 2002
• ISBN: 1572434821
• Pages: 208

From Word of Sport:

From leather helmet days to multi-million dollar contracts, this wonderful historical account of the Chicago Bears reveals the triumphs and trials of legendary players in their own words, accompanied by archival photos of some of the team's greatest moments. For all Bears fans, this is a nostalgic journey.

From the Publisher:

From the Galloping Ghost to the Refrigerator and Samurai Mike, the Chicago Bears have possessed some of the most flamboyant personalities in professional football history.

What Bears They Were by Richard Whittingham allows the greatest of those personalities-including Hall of Famers George 'Papa Bear' Halas, 'Iron' Mike Ditka, Red Grange (a.k.a. 'The Galloping Ghost'), Dan Hampton, Gale Sayers and many more-to tell the stories no newspaper would be allowed to print.

Whether the Bears played at Wrigley Field or Soldier Field, the games were imbued with Papa Bear's manic drive for success while battling through heartache and high expectations. Some of the stories found within What Bears They Were include:

* Why Bronko Nagurski's toughest opponent wasn't any defender, but the Wrigley Field ivy-covered wall
* How Chris Zorich and the whole Chicago defense changed their entire battle plan to stop only one player
* Why Jim McMahon was told that if he was paid more than $200 per game that it would be too much
* Why fans accused Dick Butkus and Doug Buffone of killing Detroit receiver Chuck Hughes, who died during a game in 1971
* Why the success of the 1985 season led Mike Singletary to take part in the dumbest thing I'd ever done in my life.

Bears fans may know the scores and statistics throughout Chicago's existence, but they won't know the stories behind those games until they read What Bears They Were.