List of Chicago Bears in the Pro Football Hall of Fame

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The Pro Football Hall of Fame, located in Canton, Ohio was established in 1963.

The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois.[1] They are currently members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL), and are one of two remaining charter members of NFL.[2] Founded in 1919 by the A.E. Staley Company as the Decatur Staleys and based in Chicago since 1922,[1] the Bears organization has become one of the most successful professional football teams, having won a total of nine professional American football championships—eight NFL Championships and one Super Bowl—second most in the NFL, behind the Green Bay Packers.[3] The franchise has recorded 18 NFL divisional titles, four NFL conference championships,[3] and the most regular season and overall victories of any NFL franchise.[4] In 1963, the Pro Football Hall of Fame was created to honor the history of professional American football and the individuals who have greatly influenced it.[5] Since the charter induction class of 1963, 32 individuals who have played, coached, or held an administrative position for the Bears have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Bears hold the record for the most individuals enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[6]

Of the 34 inductees, 27 made their primary contribution to football with the Bears, while the other 7 contributed only a minor portion of their career with the Bears.[6] Of the original 17 individuals inducted in 1963, three spent a majority of their careers with the Chicago Bears. This includes the founder, long time owner, and head coach George Halas,[7] long time halfback and two-way player Bronko Nagurski,[8] and the "Galloping Ghost" Red Grange.[9][10] The first few years of the Hall of Fame's existence saw 14 Bear players enshrined. Jim Finks was enshrined due to his contributions to the team as a general manager, not a player.[11] Mike Ditka was inducted into the Hall of Fame while serving as the team's head coach.[12] The most recent Bears to be inducted were Orlando Pace and Dick Stanfel in 2016.

Inductees

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Red Grange, a halfback and corner, had two different tenures with the Bears franchise (1925 and 1929–1934).
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Sid Luckman, a quarterback, spent his entire career with the Bears from 1939-1950.
George Halas founded the Bears franchise and played tight end with the team in the early 1920s. Halas owned the team until his death in 1983.
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Main article: List of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees
Class No.[a][13] Inductee Position Seasons[b] Notes
1963 7 § George Halas Club founder/Club Owner
Head coach
Tight end/Defensive end		 1920–83
40 seasons
1920–28		 [7]
1963 3 § Bronko Nagurski Halfback/Offensive tackle/Linebacker 1930–37
1943		 [8]
1963 77 § Harold (Red) Grange Halfback/Cornerback 1925
1929–34		 [9][10]
1964 16 Ed Healey Offensive tackle/Defensive tackle 1922–27 [14]
1964 11 William R. Lyman Offensive tackle/Defensive tackle 1926–28
1930–31
1933–34		 [15]
1964 13 George Trafton Center/Defensive tackle 1920–21
1923–32		 [16]
1964 Jimmy Conzelman † Quarterback 1920 [17]
1965 1 Paddy Driscoll Quarterback/Defensive back/Placekicker, Head Coach 1926–29 [18]
1965 21 Dan Fortmann Offensive guard/Defensive tackle 1936–43 [19]
1965 42 § Sid Luckman Quarterback/Cornerback 1939–50 [20]
1965 Guy Chamberlin † Offensive End/Defensive End 1920–21 [21]
1966 5 § George McAfee Halfback/Defensive back 1940–41
1945–50		 [22]
1966 66 § Bulldog Turner Center/Defensive tackle 1940–52 [23]
1966 25 Walt Kiesling † Offensive guard 1934 [13][24]
1967 13 Joe Stydahar Offensive tackle/Defensive tackle 1936–42
1945–46		 [25]
1967 22 Bobby Layne † Quarterback 1948 [26]
1971 56 § Bill Hewitt Tight end/Defensive end 1932–36 [27]
1974 61 § Bill George Linebacker 1952–65 [28]
1975 71 George Connor Offensive tackle/Linebacker 1948–55 [29]
1977 40 § Gale Sayers Halfback 1965–71 [30]
1979 51 § Dick Butkus Linebacker 1965–73 [31]
1981 16 George Blanda Quarterback 1949
1950–58		 [32]
1982 81 Doug Atkins Defensive end 1955–66 [33]
1982 16 George Musso Offensive tackle/Guard 1933–44 [34]
1988 89 Mike Ditka Tight end/Head coach 1961–66
1982–92		 [c][12]
1988 82 Alan Page † Offensive lineman/Defensive lineman 1978–81 [35]
1991 78 Stan Jones Offensive tackle 1954–65 [36]
1993 34 § Walter Payton Halfback 1975–87 [37]
1995 -- Jim Finks General manager 1974–82 [11]
1998 50 Mike Singletary Linebacker 1981–92 [38]
2002 99 Dan Hampton Defensive end 1979–90 [39]
2011 95 Richard Dent Defensive end 1983–93
1985 Chicago Bears season		 [40]
2016 76 Orlando Pace † Offensive tackle 2009 [1]
2016 -- Dick Stanfel † Offensive line coach 1981–92 [2]

Footnotes

  • a The uniform number worn by the player as a member of the Bears.
  • b Only includes the seasons with the Chicago Bears organization.
  • c Ditka was inducted into the Hall of Fame for his service just as a tight end.[12]

References

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