Chicago Bears (Football team)

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The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. The franchise was founded in Decatur, Illinois, on September 17, 1920 and moved to Chicago in 1921; it is one of only two remaining franchises from the NFL's founding in 1920. The team was originally named the Decatur Staleys and after their move to Chicago it was changed to the Chicago Staleys. In 1922 owner George Halas changed the name to the Bears.
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referencedIn Eliot, Raymond, 1905-1980. Papers, 1922-1979. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
referencedIn Movietone News, Vol. 42, No. 97 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [NOV. 30] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Universal Newsreel Volume 30, Release 3 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [SEPT. 1] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [NOV. 6] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn [Scrapbook of football illustrations] Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee County Federated Library System
referencedIn Fox Movietone News Collection. 1957 - 1963. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 1957 - 1963. Movietone News, Vol. 43, No. 97 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008. Studs Terkel with Dave Marsh, [videorecording], 1989 Nov. 16. Media Burn Independent Video Archive
referencedIn Universal Newsreel Volume 37, Issue 64 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [SEPT. 4] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Reinoso, Leonardo R., 1952-. Reinoso, Leonardo R., papers, ca. 1988. University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 21] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 9] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Fox Movietone News Collection. 1957 - 1963. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 1957 - 1963. Movietone News, Vol. 40, No. 104 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [NOV. 17] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 15] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Universal Newsreel Volume 29, Number 91 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. Selected scenes of past and present sport personalities National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Universal Newsreel Volume 36, Release 102 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Dodson, Oscar Henry, 1905-. Papers, 1961-1986. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
referencedIn Universal Newsreel Volume 36, Release 95 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Universal Newsreel Volume 28, Number 723 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Fox Movietone News Collection. 1957 - 1963. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 1957 - 1963. Movietone News, Vol. 43, No. 102 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Universal Newsreel Volume 29, Number 97 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [NOV. 16] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JAN. 6] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [SEPT. 22] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 23] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 19] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JAN. 2] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Universal Newsreel Volume 40, Release 97 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [SEPT. 28] National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Chicago Bears (Football team). [Miscellaneous programs]. Chicago History Museum
referencedIn Movietone News, Vol. 44, No. 95 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS {SEPT.1} National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 7] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [SEPT. 22] National Archives at College Park
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referencedIn Program for the 1935 Chicago Tribune All-Star Charity Football Game Gerald R. Ford Library
referencedIn Selected scenes of past and present sport personalities National Archives at College Park

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