List of Chicago Bears players
Encyclopedia
The following is a list of notable past players of the Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 professional American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 team.

Partial inaugural (1919) roster

The following is a partial roster for the 1919 season, when the team was known as the Decatur Staleys.
Name Position Notes
Roy S. "Bement" Adkins G
(?) Bailey E
Robert E. "Red" Brannan E/Coach
(John W.)? Brant HB
Perry Brecount QB
(?) Casey HB
(Frank M.)? Chase G
"Joe" Cooper E
Robert L. "Bob" Crisp G
(?) Dancliff C
Chuck Dressen
Chuck Dressen
Charles Walter Dressen , known as both "Chuck" and "Charlie," was an American third baseman, manager and coach in professional baseball during a career that lasted almost fifty years, and was best known as the manager of the powerful Brooklyn Dodgers of 1951–1953...

 
QB-HB
(Edward G.)? Eckhoff E
(?) Gammel G
Sidney "Sunshine" Gepford HB-FB
Henry J. Halterman G
"Charlie" Koehler T
W. Lutz Krigbaum G-FB
Ralph L. "Jake" Lanum HB-FB
Chester A. "Baldy" May G
Walter O. "Red" May T
(?) McGrath C
(?) McElvey HB
John F. "Jack" Mintun C
George H. Moffett T
"Bun" Moran G
(?) Pyrzynski HB-FB
C. Lawrence Thrift FB-E
(Willard C.)? Valentine E
W. Walter Veach HB
A. Wade Wacaser T
(?) Wagner E ]
Fred P. "Fritz" Wasem E/Manager [
Ray C. "Buster" Woodworth E

Super Bowl XX championship roster

Complete Roster of 1985 season (1/26/1986)


Quarterbacks
  • 9 Jim McMahon
    Jim McMahon
    James Robert "Jim" McMahon, Jr. is a former American football player. He played college football at Brigham Young University, where he was a two-time All-American and later in the professional ranks with the Chicago Bears, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona...

  • 4 Steve Fuller
  • 18 Mike Tomczak
    Mike Tomczak
    Michael John "Mike" Tomczak is a former American football player. Tomczak played quarterback for several NFL teams including the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Cleveland Browns, and Pittsburgh Steelers....



Offensive backs
  • 34 Walter Payton
    Walter Payton
    Walter Jerry Payton was an American football running back who played for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League for thirteen seasons. Walter Payton was known around the NFL as "Sweetness". He is remembered as one of the most prolific running backs in the history of American football...

     RB
  • 26 Matt Suhey
    Matt Suhey
    Matthew Jerome Suhey is a former professional American football player, playing fullback/running back for ten seasons in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears...

     FB
  • 20 Thomas Sanders
    Thomas Sanders (football player)
    Thomas Derrick Sanders is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League for six seasons for the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles. He was a member of the Bears team that won Super Bowl XX following the 1985 NFL season...

     RB
  • 29 Dennis Gentry
    Dennis Gentry
    Dennis Louis Gentry is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Chicago Bears in the 4th round of the 1982 NFL Draft. He spent his entire 11-year NFL career with the Bears from 1982 to 1992, and was a part of the Bears team that was victorious in Super Bowl XX versus...

     RB
  • 33 Calvin Thomas RB


Receivers
  • 83 Willie Gault
    Willie Gault
    Willie James Gault is a former American football wide receiver and Olympic athlete. Gault played in the National Football League for 11 seasons for the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Raiders. He was a member of the Bears team that won Super Bowl XX, and was also a member of the U.S. Olympic team...

  • 85 Dennis McKinnon
    Dennis McKinnon
    Dennis Lewis McKinnon is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and the Dallas Cowboys....

  • 81 James Manness
    James Manness
    James Manness is a former American football player. He played wide receiver for the Chicago Bears....

  • 82 Ken Margerum
    Ken Margerum
    Kenneth Margerum is a retired American football player. Margerum has coached in several capacities at the college level, as head football coach at Menlo College , wide receivers coach at Stanford University and University of Hawaii, and through the 2009 season as an assistant coach for the San...

  • 86 Brad Anderson
  • 89 Keith Ortego
    Keith Ortego
    Bryant Keith Ortego is a former American football wide receiver for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. He was a member of the Bears team that won Super Bowl XX following the 1985 NFL season. He was also a member of the "Shuffling Crew" in the video The Super Bowl Shuffle.He attended McNeese State...



Tight ends
  • 87 Emery Moorehead
    Emery Moorehead
    Emery Matthew Moorehead is a former American football tight end/wide receiver in the National Football League for the New York Giants, Denver Broncos, and the Chicago Bears. He won a Super Bowl ring as the starting tight end and a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears...

  • 80 Tim Wrightman
    Tim Wrightman
    Timothy Jon "Tim" Wrightman is a former professional American football tight end. He played for two seasons for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. Wrightman played college football at UCLA and was drafted in the 3rd round by the Chicago Bears in the 1982 NFL draft...

 

Kickers
  • 6 Kevin Butler
    Kevin Butler (American football)
    Kevin Gregory Butler is a former professional American football placekicker. He played college football for the University of Georgia Bulldogs, and then played professionally for the Chicago Bears and the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League...

     K
  • 8 Maury Buford
    Maury Buford
    Maury Anthony Buford was an American football punter in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers, the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants. Buford attended Texas Tech and was selected by the Chargers in the 1982 NFL Draft. He won a Super Bowl ring as a member of the 1985 Chicago...

     P


Offensive line
  • 74 Jim Covert
    Jim Covert
    James Paul "Jimbo" Covert is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Institute for Transfusion Medicine and a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears.-High school:Covert excelled in both football and wrestling at Freedom Area High...

     T
  • 62 Mark Bortz
    Mark Bortz
    Mark Steven Bortz was a guard in the National Football League. He attended the University of Iowa and was drafted by the Bears in 1983 for the Chicago Bears and played there until 1994.-Professional career:...

     G
  • 63 Jay Hilgenberg
    Jay Hilgenberg
    Jay Walter Hilgenberg is a former American football player in the NFL. He played center for the Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns and the New Orleans Saints from 1981 to 1993.-Football career:...

     C
  • 57 Tom Thayer
    Tom Thayer
    Thomas "Tom" Allen Thayer is a former American-football center/guard. He played in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and the Miami Dolphins. He won a Super Bowl as a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears...

     G
  • 78 Keith Van Horne
    Keith Van Horne
    Keith Van Horne is a retired American football tackle.-High school:Keith attended Fullerton High School, Fullerton, California.His Fullerton football varsity team mate was future NFL...

     T
  • 60 Tom Andrews OL
  • 71 Andy Frederick
    Andy Frederick
    Andrew Brian Frederick is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns, and the Chicago Bears. He played college football at the University of New Mexico and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1977 NFL Draft....

     OL
  • 75 Stefan Humphries
    Stefan Humphries
    Stefan Govan Humphries, MD is a former American football offensive lineman in the NFL. He played five seasons for the Chicago Bears and Denver Broncos. He attended the University of Michigan. Humphries was a part of the 1985 Bears that won Super Bowl XX. He was also a member of the "Shuffling...

     OL
  • 79 Kurt Becker
    Kurt Becker
    Kurt Frank Becker is a former professional American football player who played guard for nine seasons for the Chicago Bears and the Los Angeles Rams. An offensive guard at the University of Michigan, Becker started in 36 consecutive games...

     G


Defensive line
  • 99 Dan Hampton
    Dan Hampton
    Daniel Oliver Hampton also known as "Danimal" is a retired Hall of Fame American football defensive tackle who played twelve seasons for the Chicago Bears from 1979 to 1990 in the National Football League. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002...

     DL
  • 95 Richard Dent
    Richard Dent
    Richard Lamar Dent is a former American football defensive end, who played primarily for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was the MVP of Super Bowl XX...

     DE
  • 76 Steve McMichael
    Steve McMichael
    -World Wrestling Federation :After the end of his NFL career, he appeared at ringside in the WWF for Lawrence Taylor at WrestleMania XI on April 2, 1995 in Hartford, Connecticut. Taylor was wrestling Bam Bam Bigelow and there were several football players at ringside to keep wrestlers from...

     DT
  • 72 William Perry
    William Perry (American football)
    William Perry is a former professional American football player. He is best known for his years as a defensive lineman for the Chicago Bears. In reference to his large size, he was popularly known as "The Refrigerator" or, abbreviated, "The Fridge".-Life and athletic career:Perry was born in...

     DT
  • 70 Henry Waechter
    Henry Waechter
    Henry Carl Waechter is a former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts, and Washington Redskins...

     DL
  • 73 Mike Hartenstine
    Mike Hartenstine
    Michael Albert Hartenstine is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League...

     DL
  • 98 Tyrone Keys
    Tyrone Keys
    Tyrone Keys is a former professional American football player who played defensive lineman for six seasons for the Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and San Diego Chargers. He was a member of the Bears team that won Super Bowl XX following the 1985 NFL season...

     DE
 

Linebackers
  • 50 Mike Singletary
    Mike Singletary
    Michael "Mike" Singletary is an American football coach and former professional football player. He is currently the linebacker coach and assistant head coach for the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL....

     MLB
  • 55 Otis Wilson
    Otis Wilson
    Otis Ray Wilson is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and the Los Angeles Raiders. He won a Super Bowl as a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears...

     LB
  • 58 Wilber Marshall
    Wilber Marshall
    Wilber Buddyhia Marshall is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for twelve seasons during the 1980s and 1990s...

     LB
  • 51 Jim Morrissey
    Jim Morrissey
    Jim Morrissey is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for nine seasons for the Chicago Bears and one with the Green Bay Packers. He was a member of the Bears team that won Super Bowl XX following the 1985 NFL season. He was also a member of the "Shuffling Crew" in...

     LB
  • 52 Cliff Thrift
    Cliff Thrift
    Clifford Thrift is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for eight seasons for the San Diego Chargers, Chicago Bears, and Los Angeles Rams....

     LB
  • 53 Dan Rains
    Dan Rains
    Dan Rains is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for four seasons for the Chicago Bears. He was a member of the Bears team that won Super Bowl XX following the 1985 NFL season. He was also a member of the "Shuffling Crew" in the video The Super Bowl Shuffle....

     LB
  • 54 Brian Cabral
    Brian Cabral
    -External links:...

     LB
  • 59 Ron Rivera
    Ron Rivera
    Ronald Eugene Rivera is the head coach of the NFL's Carolina Panthers. Rivera was a linebacker on the 1985 Chicago Bears, who won Super Bowl XX. Rivera was the defensive coordinator for the 2006 Chicago Bears, who won the National Football Conference championship and competed in Super Bowl XLI...

     LB


Cornerbacks
  • 27 Mike Richardson
    Mike Richardson (football)
    Michael Calvin "Mike" Richardson was a professional American football player. He was a cornerback in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and the San Francisco 49ers . He won a Super Bowl as a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears....

  • 21 Leslie Frazier
    Leslie Frazier
    Leslie Antonio Frazier is a former cornerback/safety in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and is currently the head coach for the Minnesota Vikings.-College career:...

  • 48 Reggie Phillips
    Reggie Phillips
    Reginald Keith Phillips is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League. He played for the Chicago Bears and Phoenix Cardinals...



Defensive backs
  • 31 Ken Taylor
  • 23 Shaun Gayle
    Shaun Gayle
    Shaun Lanard Gayle is a former American football cornerback/safety in the NFL. He played twelve seasons, eleven for the Chicago Bears , and one for the San Diego Chargers . He was a member of the Bears squad that won Super Bowl XX in 1985. He was also a member of the "Shuffling Crew" in the video...



Safeties
  • 22 Dave Duerson
    Dave Duerson
    David Russell Duerson was an American football safety in the National Football League who played for the Chicago Bears , the New York Giants , and the Phoenix Cardinals .-Early life:...

     SS
  • 45 Gary Fencik
    Gary Fencik
    John Gary Fencik is a former professional American-football free safety and currently an executive with Adams Street Partners. Fencik played twelve seasons with the Chicago Bears and is their all-time leader in interceptions and total tackles. He was the team's defensive captain through the 1980s...

     FS

First-round draft picks

The following is a list of first round draft picks
NFL Draft
The National Football League Draft is an annual event in which the National Football League teams select eligible college football players and it is their most common source of player recruitment. The basic design of the draft is each team is given a position in the drafting order in reverse order...

 of the Chicago Bears professional American football team.
  • Joe Stydahar
    Joe Stydahar
    Joseph "Jumbo Joe" Lee Stydahar was an American football offensive tackle for the Chicago Bears from 1936 to 1942 and 1945 to 1946 and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was born and raised about east of Pittsburgh in the small mining community of Kaylor, Pennsylvania in Armstrong...

     (1936
    1936 NFL Draft
    The 1936 National Football League Draft was the first draft of the National Football League. It took place on February 8, 1936 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has taken place every year since. The draft was instituted in an effort to equalize strength amongst the...

    )
  • Les McDonald
    Les McDonald
    Lester Bruce McDonald was an American football end in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, and the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at the University of Nebraska and was drafted in the first round of the 1937 NFL Draft....

     (1937
    1937 NFL Draft
    The 1937 National Football League Draft was the second draft held by the NFL. The draft took place December 12, 1936, consisting of 10 rounds, with 100 player selections two of which would later become members of the Professional Football Hall of Fame...

    )
  • Joe Gray (1938
    1938 NFL Draft
    The 1938 National Football League Draft was held on December 12, 1937. The draft consisting of 12 rounds and 110 player selections, began with the leagues newest expansion team the Cleveland Rams taking Corbett Davis and ended with the Mr...

    )
  • Sid Luckman
    Sid Luckman
    Sidney Luckman, known as Sid Luckman, was an American football quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League from 1939 to 1950...

     (1939
    1939 NFL Draft
    The 1939 National Football League Draft was held on December 9, 1938.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round Two:-Round Three:-Round Four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:-Round nine:-Round ten:...

    )
  • Bill Osmanski
    Bill Osmanski
    Bill Osmanski was a college and professional football player, playing fullback. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973.-College of the Holy Cross:...

     (1939
    1939 NFL Draft
    The 1939 National Football League Draft was held on December 9, 1938.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round Two:-Round Three:-Round Four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:-Round nine:-Round ten:...

    )
  • Clyde Turner (1940
    1940 NFL Draft
    The 1940 National Football League Draft was held on December 9, 1939.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:-Round nine:-Round ten:...

    )
  • Tom Harmon
    Tom Harmon
    Thomas Dudley Harmon was a star player in American college football, a sports broadcaster, and patriarch of a family of American actors...

     (1941
    1941 NFL Draft
    The 1941 National Football League Draft was held on December 10, 1940.Despite having three picks in the first round, only Norm Standlee ever played for the Chicago Bears.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:...

    )
  • Norm Standlee
    Norm Standlee
    Norman S. "Norm" Standlee was an American football running back for the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL. He was drafted out of Stanford University by the Chicago Bears in 1941...

     (1941
    1941 NFL Draft
    The 1941 National Football League Draft was held on December 10, 1940.Despite having three picks in the first round, only Norm Standlee ever played for the Chicago Bears.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:...

    )
  • Don Scott
    Don Scott (American football)
    Donald E. Scott was a star of American football. He was a two-time All-America quarterback at the Ohio State University. He died on October 1, 1943 when his bomber crashed while he was training as a pilot in England during World War II.-High school star:...

     (1941
    1941 NFL Draft
    The 1941 National Football League Draft was held on December 10, 1940.Despite having three picks in the first round, only Norm Standlee ever played for the Chicago Bears.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:...

    )
  • Frankie Albert
    Frankie Albert
    Frank Cullen "Frankie" Albert was an American football player. He played as a quarterback with the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League...

     (1942
    1942 NFL Draft
    The 1942 National Football League Draft was held on December 22, 1941.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:-Round nine:-Round ten:-Round eleven:...

    )
  • Bob Steuber
    Bob Steuber
    Robert James "Bob" Steuber was an American football halfback in the National Football League and the All-America Football Conference. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.-External links:**...

     (1943
    1943 NFL Draft
    The 1943 National Football League Draft was held on April 8, 1943.This draft is the first and oldest NFL Draft not to produce a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:...

    )
  • Ray Evans
    Ray Evans (American football)
    Raymond Richard Evans was an American football halfback. He was an All-American in football and a two time All-American in basketball at the University of Kansas and is considered possibly the greatest overall athlete to ever attend KU...

     (1944
    1944 NFL Draft
    The 1944 National Football League Draft was held on April 19, 1944.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:-Round nine:-Round ten:-Round eleven:...

    )
  • Don Lund
    Don Lund
    Donald Andrew Lund is a former backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers , St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers . He batted and threw right-handed....

     (1945
    1945 NFL Draft
    The 1945 National Football League Draft was held on April 8, 1945. It was the last draft held in Chicago; later in the year the league moved its offices to Philadelphia.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:...

    )
  • John Lujack (1946
    1946 NFL Draft
    The 1946 National Football League Draft was held on January 14, 1946.The most notable draft choice in this player selection meeting was made by the Washington Redskins and remains one of the biggest draft blunders of all time. They chose Cal Rossi with the 9th overall pick. However, Rossi was a...

    )
  • Bob Fenimore
    Bob Fenimore
    Robert Dale Fenimore known as the Blonde Bomber was a halfback for the Oklahoma A&M football team from 1943 to 1946. He was the first two-time All America selection from Oklahoma A&M and finished third in the Heisman voting in 1945, but still led the nation in rushing with 142 carries for 1,048...

     (1947
    1947 NFL Draft
    The 1947 National Football League Draft was held on December 16, 1946.The National Football League in this draft made the first overall pick a bonus pick determined by lottery. The Chicago Bears won the first lottery...

    )
  • Dick Kindt
    Don Kindt
    Donald John "Don" Kindt, Sr. was a defensive back and running back for the Chicago Bears from 1947 to 1955.Career Stats:108 Games played, 21 Int, 10 Forced Fumbles, 1 Defensive TD, Rushing; 172 Attempts for 586 Yards and 4 TD, 43 Catches for 506 Yards and 2 TDHe was elected to the Wisconsin...

     (1947
    1947 NFL Draft
    The 1947 National Football League Draft was held on December 16, 1946.The National Football League in this draft made the first overall pick a bonus pick determined by lottery. The Chicago Bears won the first lottery...

    )
  • Bobby Layne
    Bobby Layne
    Robert Lawrence "Bobby" Layne was an American football quarterback who played for 15 seasons in the National Football League. He played for the Chicago Bears in 1948, the New York Bulldogs in 1949, the Detroit Lions from 1950–1958, and the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1958–1962...

     (1948
    1948 NFL Draft
    The 1948 National Football League Draft was held on December 19, 1947 at the Fort Pitt Hotel in Pittsburgh.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:...

    )
  • Max Baumgardner (1948
    1948 NFL Draft
    The 1948 National Football League Draft was held on December 19, 1947 at the Fort Pitt Hotel in Pittsburgh.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:...

    )
  • Dick Harris
    Dick Harris
    Richard M. "Dick" Harris is a Canadian politician. He is a Member of Parliament and member of the Conservative Party of Canada. He also was a member of the Reform Party of Canada and the Canadian Alliance. He represents the electoral district of Cariboo—Prince George, and formerly Prince...

     (1949
    1949 NFL Draft
    The 1949 National Football League Draft was held on December 21, 1948.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:-Round nine:-Round ten:...

    )
  • Chuck Hunsinger
    Chuck Hunsinger
    Charles Ray "Chuck" Hunsinger was an American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League for six seasons during the 1950s...

     (1950
    1950 NFL Draft
    The 1950 National Football League Draft was held on January 20–21, 1950.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:-Round nine:-Round ten:...

    )
  • Fred "Curly" Morrison (1950
    1950 NFL Draft
    The 1950 National Football League Draft was held on January 20–21, 1950.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:-Round nine:-Round ten:...

    )
  • Bob Williams
    Bob Williams (quarterback)
    Robert "Bob" Allen Williams is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League.-Early years:After graduating from Loyola Blakefield High School in Towson, Maryland, Williams attended Notre Dame, where, as a nineteen year-old junior quarterback, he won the National...

     (1951
    1951 NFL Draft
    The 1951 National Football League Draft was held on January 18–January 19, 1951. The Baltimore Colts folded after the 1950 season. The NFL placed their players in the 1951 NFL draft.-Player selections:-Round one:...

    )
  • Billy Stone
    Billy Stone
    William John Stone was a professional American football halfback and defensive back in the All-America Football Conference and the National Football League. He attended Bradley University....

     (1951
    1951 NFL Draft
    The 1951 National Football League Draft was held on January 18–January 19, 1951. The Baltimore Colts folded after the 1950 season. The NFL placed their players in the 1951 NFL draft.-Player selections:-Round one:...

    )
  • Gene Schroeder
    Gene Schroeder
    Gene Schroeder was an American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears....

     (1951
    1951 NFL Draft
    The 1951 National Football League Draft was held on January 18–January 19, 1951. The Baltimore Colts folded after the 1950 season. The NFL placed their players in the 1951 NFL draft.-Player selections:-Round one:...

    )
  • Jim Dooley
    Jim Dooley
    James William Dooley was a former American football player and coach. He is best remembered for his tenure in both capacities with the National Football League's Chicago Bears....

     (1952
    1952 NFL Draft
    The 1952 National Football League Draft was held on January 17, 1952. Picks made by New York Yanks were assigned to the new Dallas Texans.-Player selections:-Round one:* HOF Member of the Professional Football Hall of Fame-Round two:-Round three:...

    )
  • Billy Anderson
    Billy Anderson
    Billy Anderson may refer to:*Billy Anderson , American college and professional football player*Billy Anderson , American bass guitarist and record producer -See also:*William Anderson...

     (1953
    1953 NFL Draft
    The 1953 National Football League Draft was held on January 22, 1953.-Player selections:-Round one:* HOF Member of the Professional Football Hall of Fame-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:...

    )
  • Stan Wallace
    Stan Wallace
    Stan Wallace is a former defensive back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. After playing college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini, he was drafted in the 1st round of the 1954 NFL Draft....

     (1954
    1954 NFL Draft
    The 1954 National Football League Draft was held on January 28, 1954.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:-Round nine:-Round ten:-Round eleven:...

    )
  • Ron Drzewiecki
    Ron Drzewiecki
    Ron Drzewiecki was a player in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears in 1955 and 1957 as a halfback and defensive back. He was drafted in the first round out of Marquette University.-Biography:...

     (1955)
  • Menan Schriewer (1956
    1956 NFL Draft
    The 1956 National Football League Draft was held on November 29, 1955.-Player selections:-Round one:* HOF Member of the Professional Football Hall of Fame-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:...

    )
  • Earl Leggett
    Earl Leggett
    Earl Franklin Leggett was an American football defensive lineman in the NFL for the Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Rams, and the New Orleans Saints. He played college football at Louisiana State University...

     (1957
    1957 NFL Draft
    The 1957 National Football League Draft was held on November 27, 1956.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:-Round nine:-Round ten:...

    )
  • Chuck Howley
    Chuck Howley
    Charles Louis "Chuck" Howley is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League...

     (1958
    1958 NFL Draft
    The 1958 National Football League Draft was held on December 2, 1957 and January 28, 1958 .This was the last year in which the Lottery Bonus pick was used.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:...

    )
  • Don Clark (1959
    1959 NFL Draft
    The 1959 National Football League Draft was held on December 2, 1958 and January 21, 1959 .-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:...

    )
  • Roger Davis
    Roger Davis
    Roger Davis may refer to:*Roger Davis , American actor*Roger Davis , American actor in television series Dark Shadows and Alias Smith and Jones...

     (1960
    1960 NFL Draft
    The 1960 National Football League Draft Annual Player Selection Meeting in which NFL teams take turns selecting amateur college American football players and other first-time eligible players, was held in secret in order to fend off increased competition for college players from the American...

    )
  • Mike Ditka
    Mike Ditka
    Michael Keller Ditka, Jr. is a former American football NFL player, television commentator, and coach. Ditka coached the Chicago Bears for 11 years and New Orleans Saints for three years. Ditka and Tom Flores are the only two people to win Super Bowls as a player, an assistant coach, and a head...

     (1961
    1961 NFL Draft
    The 1961 National Football League Draft took place on December 27–28, 1960. The league would later hold an expansion draft for the Minnesota Vikings expansion franchise, and the Vikings were also awarded the first selection position in this draft. This draft was also the first regular draft for...

    )
  • Ronnie Bull
    Ronnie Bull (American football)
    Ronald David Bull is a retired American football running back. He played running back at Bishop High School in Bishop, Texas which is located 30 miles southwest of Corpus Christi. To this day the "Ronnie Bull" award is given every year to the top senior male athlete of that high school...

     (1962
    1962 NFL Draft
    The 1962 National Football League Draft was held on December 4, 1961.-Player selections:-Round one:* HOF: Member of the Professional Football Hall of Fame-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:...

    )
  • Dave Behrman
    Dave Behrman
    David Wesley Behrman is a former American football offensive lineman in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills and the Denver Broncos.-Buffalo Bills:...

     (1963
    1963 NFL Draft
    The 1963 National Football League Draft was held on December 4, 1962.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:-Round nine:-Round ten:...

    )
  • Dick Evey
    Dick Evey
    Richard Theodore Evey was an offensive tackle and defensive tackle in the NFL. He played most of his career with the Chicago Bears....

     (1964
    1964 NFL Draft
    The 1964 National Football League Draft took place on December 2, 1963.-Player selections:-Round one:* HOF Member of the Professional Football Hall of Fame-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:...

    )
  • Dick Butkus
    Dick Butkus
    Richard Marvin "Dick" Butkus is a former American football player for the Chicago Bears. He was drafted in 1965 and he is also widely regarded as one of the best and most durable linebackers of all time. Butkus starred as a football player for the University of Illinois and the Chicago Bears. He...

     (1965
    1965 NFL Draft
    The 1965 National Football League Draft took place on November 28, 1964. The first player selected was Tucker Frederickson, back from Auburn, by the New York Giants. The draft was marked by the failure of the St...

    )
  • Gale Sayers
    Gale Sayers
    Gale Eugene Sayers also known as "The Kansas Comet", is a former professional football player in the National Football League who spent his entire career with the Chicago Bears....

     (1965
    1965 NFL Draft
    The 1965 National Football League Draft took place on November 28, 1964. The first player selected was Tucker Frederickson, back from Auburn, by the New York Giants. The draft was marked by the failure of the St...

    )
  • Steve DeLong
    Steve DeLong
    Steven Cyril DeLong was an American football defensive lineman who played professionally in the American Football League and the National Football League . He played collegiately for the University of Tennessee, and professionally for the San Diego Chargers and Chicago Bears...

     (1965
    1965 NFL Draft
    The 1965 National Football League Draft took place on November 28, 1964. The first player selected was Tucker Frederickson, back from Auburn, by the New York Giants. The draft was marked by the failure of the St...

    )
  • George Rice (1966
    1966 NFL Draft
    The 1966 National Football League Draft was held on November 27, 1965. It was the last draft in which the NFL and the AFL drafted their players separate of one another. As a result, many players selected by teams from both leagues would choose to play for the more established NFL, or in a rarer...

    )
  • Loyd Phillips
    Loyd Phillips
    Loyd Phillips is a former professional football player and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. He was the winner of the 1966 Outland Trophy as the country's most outstanding interior lineman while playing at the University of Arkansas.As a defensive tackle at Arkansas, Phillips was...

     (1967
    1967 NFL Draft
    The 1967 National Football League Draft was part of the Common Draft in the first year in which the NFL and AFL held a joint draft of college players on March 14–15.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:...

    )
  • Mike Hull
    Mike Hull
    Michael Bruce Hull is a retired American football fullback that played in the National Football League....

     (1968
    1968 NFL Draft
    The 1968 National Football League Draft was part of the Common Draft, in the second year in which the NFL and AFL held a joint draft of college players on January 30–31.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:...

    )
  • Rufus Mayes
    Rufus Mayes
    Rufus Lee Mayes was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, the Cincinnati Bengals, and the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Ohio State University and high school football for Toledo Macomber.Rufus died Jan. 1, 1990 at age 42...

     (1969
    1969 NFL Draft
    The 1969 National Football League Draft was part of the Common Draft, the third and final year in which the NFL and American Football League held a joint draft of college players. The draft took place on January 28–29, 1969....

    )
  • Joe Moore (1971
    1971 NFL Draft
    The 1971 National Football League Draft was held on January 28–29, 1971.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:-Round nine:-Round ten:...

    )
  • Lionel Antoine
    Lionel Antoine
    Lionel Antoine was an American football player. He's one of seven children born to Bertrand and Gertrude Antoine, Sr. in Biloxi, Mississippi. He has six children and is still married to his high school sweetheart, Betty Langford Antoine for over 40 years. He loves all sports...from hunting and...

     (1972
    1972 NFL Draft
    The 1972 National Football League Draft was held on February 1–2, 1972.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:-Round nine:-Round ten:...

    )
  • Craig Clemons
    Craig Clemons
    Craig Clemons is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears 12th overall in the 1972 NFL Draft. He played college football at Iowa. After the 1971 college football season Clemons earned First Team All-American and First Team All-Big Ten...

     (1972
    1972 NFL Draft
    The 1972 National Football League Draft was held on February 1–2, 1972.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:-Round nine:-Round ten:...

    )
  • Wally Chambers
    Wally Chambers
    Wallace Hashim Chambers is a former American football defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears and defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1970s...

     (1973
    1973 NFL Draft
    The 1973 National Football League Draft was held on January 30–31, 1973.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:-Round nine:-Round ten:...

    )
  • Waymond Bryant
    Waymond Bryant
    Waymond Bryant is a former American football linebacker who played four seasons in the National Football League....

     (1974
    1974 NFL Draft
    The 1974 National Football League Draft took place at the Americana Hotel in New York City on January 29–30, 1974. Each of the 26 NFL teams was granted 17 selections for a total of 442 picks....

    )
  • Dave Gallagher
    Dave Gallagher (American football)
    David Dillon Gallagher is a former All-American defensive tackle who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1971–1973 and in the National Football League from 1974-1979.-College career:...

     (1974
    1974 NFL Draft
    The 1974 National Football League Draft took place at the Americana Hotel in New York City on January 29–30, 1974. Each of the 26 NFL teams was granted 17 selections for a total of 442 picks....

    )
  • Walter Payton
    Walter Payton
    Walter Jerry Payton was an American football running back who played for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League for thirteen seasons. Walter Payton was known around the NFL as "Sweetness". He is remembered as one of the most prolific running backs in the history of American football...

     (1975
    1975 NFL Draft
    The 1975 National Football League Draft was held on January 28–29, 1975.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:-Round nine:-Round ten:...

    )
  • Dennis Lick
    Dennis Lick
    Dennis Allan Lick is a former American football offensive lineman for the Chicago Bears. Lick played six seasons with the Bears from 1976 to 1981. He was signed out of the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

     (1976
    1976 NFL Draft
    The 1976 National Football League Draft was an annual player selection meeting held on April 8–April 9, 1976. It lasted 17 rounds, with the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks making the first two selections. The expansion teams were also given a pair of extra picks at the end of...

    )
  • Ted Albrecht
    Ted Albrecht
    Theodore Carl Albrecht is a former professional American football player who played offensive tackle for five seasons for the Chicago Bears. Albrecht currently serves as an analyst for Northwestern University football broadcasts on WGN.-References:...

     (1977
    1977 NFL Draft
    The 1977 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held May 3–4, 1977...

    )
  • Dan Hampton
    Dan Hampton
    Daniel Oliver Hampton also known as "Danimal" is a retired Hall of Fame American football defensive tackle who played twelve seasons for the Chicago Bears from 1979 to 1990 in the National Football League. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002...

     (1979
    1979 NFL Draft
    The 1979 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held May 3–4, 1979...

    )
  • Al Harris
    Al Harris (defensive lineman)
    Alfred Carl Harris is a former professional American football defensive end and linebacker in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears during the early 1980s. He played with the team from 1979 to 1984...

     (1979
    1979 NFL Draft
    The 1979 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held May 3–4, 1979...

    )
  • Otis Wilson
    Otis Wilson
    Otis Ray Wilson is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and the Los Angeles Raiders. He won a Super Bowl as a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears...

     (1980
    1980 NFL Draft
    The 1980 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 29–30, 1980. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and...

    )
  • Keith Van Horne
    Keith Van Horne
    Keith Van Horne is a retired American football tackle.-High school:Keith attended Fullerton High School, Fullerton, California.His Fullerton football varsity team mate was future NFL...

     (1981
    1981 NFL Draft
    The 1981 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 28–29, 1981...

    )
  • Jim McMahon
    Jim McMahon
    James Robert "Jim" McMahon, Jr. is a former American football player. He played college football at Brigham Young University, where he was a two-time All-American and later in the professional ranks with the Chicago Bears, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona...

     (1982
    1982 NFL Draft
    The 1982 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 27–28, 1982...

    )
  • Jim Covert
    Jim Covert
    James Paul "Jimbo" Covert is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Institute for Transfusion Medicine and a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears.-High school:Covert excelled in both football and wrestling at Freedom Area High...

     (1983
    1983 NFL Draft
    The 1983 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 26–27, 1983...

    )
  • Willie Gault
    Willie Gault
    Willie James Gault is a former American football wide receiver and Olympic athlete. Gault played in the National Football League for 11 seasons for the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Raiders. He was a member of the Bears team that won Super Bowl XX, and was also a member of the U.S. Olympic team...

     (1983
    1983 NFL Draft
    The 1983 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 26–27, 1983...

    )
  • Wilber Marshall
    Wilber Marshall
    Wilber Buddyhia Marshall is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for twelve seasons during the 1980s and 1990s...

     (1984
    1984 NFL Draft
    The 1984 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held May 1-2, 1984. No teams elected to claim any players in the regular supplemental draft that...

    )
  • William Perry
    William Perry (American football)
    William Perry is a former professional American football player. He is best known for his years as a defensive lineman for the Chicago Bears. In reference to his large size, he was popularly known as "The Refrigerator" or, abbreviated, "The Fridge".-Life and athletic career:Perry was born in...

     (1985
    1985 NFL Draft
    The 1985 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 30 and May 1, 1985...

    )
  • Neal Anderson
    Neal Anderson
    Charles Neal Anderson is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League for eight seasons in the 1980s and 1990s...

     (1986
    1986 NFL Draft
    The 1986 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 29–30, 1986...

    )
  • Jim Harbaugh
    Jim Harbaugh
    James Joseph "Jim" Harbaugh is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. Harbaugh agreed to a five-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers on January 7, 2011. Previously, he was the head coach at...

     (1987
    1987 NFL Draft
    The 1987 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 28–29, 1987...

    )
  • Brad Muster
    Brad Muster
    Brad William Muster is a former American football fullback in the NFL for the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints from 1988 to 1994.Muster prepped at San Marin High School in Novato, CA, graduating in 1983....

     (1988
    1988 NFL Draft
    The 1988 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 24–25, 1988. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and...

    )
  • Wendell Davis
    Wendell Davis
    Wendell Tyrone Davis is a former professional American football wide receiver who played for the Chicago Bears for six seasons from 1988 to 1993. He was selected by the Bears in the 1st round in the 1988 NFL Draft...

     (1988
    1988 NFL Draft
    The 1988 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 24–25, 1988. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and...

    )
  • Donnell Woolford
    Donnell Woolford
    Donnell Woolford is a former professional American football cornerback who was selected by the Chicago Bears in the 1st round of the 1989 NFL Draft. Woolford played in 10 NFL seasons for the Bears from 1989 to 1997, the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1997 to 1998 and Carolina Panthers from 1998-1999...

     (1989
    1989 NFL Draft
    The 1989 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 23–24 , 1989...

    )
  • Trace Armstrong
    Trace Armstrong
    Raymond Lester "Trace" Armstrong, III is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League for fifteen seasons from the late 1980s to the early 2000s...

     (1989
    1989 NFL Draft
    The 1989 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 23–24 , 1989...

    )
  • Mark Carrier (1990
    1990 NFL Draft
    The 1990 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 22–23, 1990...

    )
  • Stan Thomas
    Stan Thomas
    Stan Thomas is a former professional American football player who played offensive tackle in the NFL for 4 seasons for the Chicago Bears and Houston Oilers from 1991 to 1994.-References:...

     (1991
    1991 NFL Draft
    The 1991 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 21–22, 1991 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Manhattan, New York...

    )
  • Alonzo Spellman
    Alonzo Spellman
    Alonzo Robert Spellman is a former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League who played for the Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, and the Detroit Lions...

     (1992
    1992 NFL Draft
    The 1992 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 26–27, 1992. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft...

    )
  • Curtis Conway
    Curtis Conway
    Curtis Lamont Conway is a former National Football League wide receiver and was a first round 1993 NFL Draft choice out of the University of Southern California...

     (1993
    1993 NFL Draft
    The 1993 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 25-26, 1993...

    )
  • John Thierry
    John Thierry
    John Thierry is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Chicago Bears in the 1st round of the 1994 NFL Draft...

     (1994
    1994 NFL Draft
    The 1994 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 24-25, 1994. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and...

    )
  • Rashaan Salaam
    Rashaan Salaam
    Rashaan Iman Salaam is a former professional American football player. Salaam won the 1994 Heisman Trophy as a running back for the University of Colorado at Boulder, rushing for 2,055 yards by the end of the season. Salaam is the fourth major college football player to rush for over 2,000 yards...

     (1995
    1995 NFL Draft
    The 1995 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 22–23, 1995 at the Paramount Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City...

    )
  • Walt Harris (1996
    1996 NFL Draft
    The 1996 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 20–21, 1996...

    )
  • Curtis Enis
    Curtis Enis
    Curtis D. Enis is a former professional American football player. For three seasons he played running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League...

     (1998
    1998 NFL Draft
    The 1998 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 18-19, 1998...

    )
  • Cade McNown
    Cade McNown
    Cade B. McNown is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League...

     (1999
    1999 NFL Draft
    The 1999 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 17-18, 1999...

    )
  • Brian Urlacher
    Brian Urlacher
    Brian Keith Urlacher is an American football player for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League . He attended the University of New Mexico, where he was one of the school's most decorated athletes. In addition to setting multiple university records, Urlacher earned consideration for the...

     (2000
    2000 NFL Draft
    The 2000 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur U.S. college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 15–16, 2000...

    )
  • David Terrell (2001
    2001 NFL Draft
    The 2001 NFL Draft took place on April 21–22, 2001 at the theater at Madison Square Garden, in New York City. This was the 66th National Football League draft in league history. The draft was broadcast on ESPN both days and eventually moved to ESPN2. No teams elected to claim any players in the...

    )
  • Marc Colombo
    Marc Colombo
    Marc Edward Colombo is an American football offensive tackle for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was originally selected in the first round of the 2002 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears. He played college football for Boston College...

     (2002
    2002 NFL Draft
    The 2002 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. The draft is known officially as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting" and has been conducted annually since 1936. The draft took place April 20–21, 2002 at the theater at...

    )
  • Michael Haynes (2003
    2003 NFL Draft
    The 2003 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. The draft is known officially as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting" and has been conducted annually since 1936. The draft was held April 26–27, 2003 at the Theatre at...

    )
  • Rex Grossman
    Rex Grossman
    Rex Daniel Grossman, III is an American football quarterback for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League . Grossman played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he has played professionally for the Chicago Bears, Houston Texans and Washington Redskins of...

     (2003
    2003 NFL Draft
    The 2003 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. The draft is known officially as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting" and has been conducted annually since 1936. The draft was held April 26–27, 2003 at the Theatre at...

    )
  • Tommie Harris
    Tommie Harris
    Tommie Harris, Jr. is an American football defensive tackle for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oklahoma.Harris has also been a member of the Indianapolis Colts...

     (2004
    2004 NFL Draft
    The 2004 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 24-25, 2004 at the theater at Madison Square Garden...

    )
  • Cedric Benson
    Cedric Benson
    Cedric Myron Benson is an American football running back for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears fourth overall in the 2005 NFL Draft...

     (2005
    2005 NFL Draft
    The 2005 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 23–24, 2005. The league also held an supplemental draft that year, which was held after...

    )
  • Greg Olsen
    Greg Olsen (American football)
    Gregory Olsen is an American football tight end for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft...

     (2007
    2007 NFL Draft
    The 2007 National Football League Draft took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 28 and April 29, 2007. The draft was televised for the 28th consecutive year on ESPN and ESPN2. The NFL Network also broadcast coverage of the event, its second year doing so...

    )
  • Chris Williams
    Chris Williams (American football)
    Christopher Joseph Williams is an American football offensive guard for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Bears 14th overall in the 2008 NFL Draft...

     (2008
    2008 NFL Draft
    The 2008 NFL Draft took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 26 and April 27, 2008. For the 29th consecutive year, ESPN televised the draft; the NFL Network also broadcast the event, its third year doing so...

    )
  • Gabe Carimi
    Gabe Carimi
    Gabe Carimi , nicknamed "The Bear Jew", is an American football offensive tackle for the Chicago Bears.Carimi had 49 starts at left tackle in his four-year Wisconsin Badgers college career, which culminated at the 2011 Rose Bowl. He was awarded the 2010 Outland Trophy, as the nation's top...

     (2011
    2011 NFL Draft
    The 2011 NFL Draft was the 76th installment of the annual NFL Draft, where the franchises of the National Football League select newly eligible football players...

    )


Starting quarterbacks

These quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...

s
have started for the NFL's Chicago Bears. They are listed in order of the date of each man's first start at quarterback for the Bears.

1920s Early Era (1920–1969)

  • Chuck Dressen
    Chuck Dressen
    Charles Walter Dressen , known as both "Chuck" and "Charlie," was an American third baseman, manager and coach in professional baseball during a career that lasted almost fifty years, and was best known as the manager of the powerful Brooklyn Dodgers of 1951–1953...

     1920
  • Jimmy Conzelman 1920
  • Paddy Driscoll
    Paddy Driscoll
    John Leo "Paddy" Driscoll was a professional American football quarterback. Driscoll was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965 and is a member of the NFL 1920s All-Decade Team...

     1926–1929
  • Tom Hearden
    Tom Hearden
    Thomas Francis Hearden was an American football player and coach in the United States. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame in the National Football League as a halfback for the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears from 1927 to 1929. Hearden served as the head football coach...

     1929

1930s

  • Carl Brumbaugh
    Carl Brumbaugh
    Carl Lowry Brumbaugh was an American college and professional football player who was a quarterback and halfback in the National Football League for nine seasons in the 1930s...

     1930–1934 – Two League Championships
  • John Doehring
    John Doehring
    John Doehring was an American football halfback/fullback in the National Football League. He played for the Chicago Bears and the Pittsburgh Pirates .-References:...

     1932–1935, 1937
  • Bernard Masterson
    Bernard Masterson
    Bernard "Bernie" Edward Masterson was a three-sport athlete at Lincoln High. He was an all-state back in football, a starter on the 1930 state championship basketball team, and a track star. - College career :...

     1935–1939

1940s

  • Wally Dreyer
    Wally Dreyer
    Walter Otto "Wally" Dreyer was a professional American football defensive back/halfback in the National Football League. He played for the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers...

     1949
  • Sid Luckman
    Sid Luckman
    Sidney Luckman, known as Sid Luckman, was an American football quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League from 1939 to 1950...

     1940–1948 – Four League Championships
  • Raymond R. Schumacher
    Raymond R. Schumacher
    Raymond Richard Schumacher served in the Army Air Force during World War II, played as a fullback for the Chicago Bears after the war, and later worked as civil engineer for the City of Chicago.- History:...

     1946–1948 program photo

1950s

  • Johnny Lujack
    Johnny Lujack
    John Christopher Lujack Jr. is a former American football quarterback and 1947 Heisman Trophy winner.Lujack was born on January 4, 1925, in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. He played college football for the University of Notre Dame, and professionally for the Chicago Bears. Lujack was the first of...

     1949–1951
  • George Blanda
    George Blanda
    George Frederick Blanda was a collegiate and professional football quarterback and placekicker...

     1949–1959
  • Ed Brown
    Ed Brown (quarterback)
    Charles Edward Brown was an American football quarterback and punter in the National Football League.-Prior to the NFL:...

     1955–1959
  • [(Ron Drzewiecki (halfback)] 1955-1958

1960s

  • Zeke Bratkowski
    Zeke Bratkowski
    Edmund Raymond "Zeke" Bratkowski is a former All-American quarterback at the University of Georgia from 1952 to 1953. He also had a fourteen year career in the NFL with the Chicago Bears, L.A. Rams and Green Bay Packers, followed by a 26-year coaching career...

     1960
  • Billy Wade 1961–1964 – League Championship
  • Rudy Bukich
    Rudy Bukich
    Rudolph Andrew Bukich is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League between 1953 and 1968. He played college football at the University of Southern California...

     1965–1966
  • Jack Concannon
    Jack Concannon
    John Joseph "Jack" Concannon, Jr. was an American football quarterback in the National Football League.-Playing career:...

     1967–1970

1970s Modern Era (1970–present)

  • Bobby Douglass
    Bobby Douglass
    Robert Gilchrist Douglass is a former American football quarterback in the NFL, who played most of his career with the Chicago Bears, who drafted him in the second round of the 1969 NFL Draft. During his career, he also played for the San Diego Chargers, the New Orleans Saints, the Oakland...

     1971–1972
  • Gary Huff
    Gary Huff
    Gary Earl Huff , who graduated from Leto Senior High School in Tampa, Florida and played college football and baseball at Florida State University, was a professional football quarterback. He was an All-American at FSU, where he led the nation in touchdown passes in 1971 and 1972...

     1973–1975
  • Bob Avellini
    Bob Avellini
    Robert Hayden Avellini was a quarterback in the NFL. For most of his career, he played for the Chicago Bears before finishing with the New York Jets. His nickname was "Slow-Mo".-Pro career:...

     1976–1979
  • Mike Phipps
    Mike Phipps
    Michael Elston Phipps is a former professional American football quarterback who played collegiately for the Purdue University Boilermakers , and professionally for both the Cleveland Browns and Chicago Bears .-College career:After playing high school for Columbus High School in Columbus,...

     1979

1980s

  • Vince Evans
    Vince Evans
    Vincent Tobias Evans is a former professional American football quarterback who was selected by the Chicago Bears in the sixth round of the 1977 NFL Draft...

     1980–1982
  • Steve Fuller 1984–1986 (never listed as an official starter)
  • Doug Flutie
    Doug Flutie
    Douglas Richard "Doug" Flutie is a former American and Canadian football quarterback. Flutie played college football at Boston College, and played professionally in the National Football League, Canadian Football League, and United States Football League...

     1986 (never listed as an official starter)
  • Rusty Lisch
    Rusty Lisch
    Russell John Lisch is a former professional American football quarterback in the National Football League. He played five seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Bears ....

     1984 (never listed as an official starter)
  • Jim McMahon
    Jim McMahon
    James Robert "Jim" McMahon, Jr. is a former American football player. He played college football at Brigham Young University, where he was a two-time All-American and later in the professional ranks with the Chicago Bears, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona...

     1982–1988 Super Bowl XX
    Super Bowl XX
    Super Bowl XX was an American football championship game played on January 26, 1986 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana to decide the National Football League champion following the 1985 regular season...

  • Mike Tomczak
    Mike Tomczak
    Michael John "Mike" Tomczak is a former American football player. Tomczak played quarterback for several NFL teams including the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Cleveland Browns, and Pittsburgh Steelers....

     1986–1990

1990s

  • Jim Harbaugh
    Jim Harbaugh
    James Joseph "Jim" Harbaugh is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. Harbaugh agreed to a five-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers on January 7, 2011. Previously, he was the head coach at...

     1989–1993
  • Peter Tom Willis
    Peter Tom Willis
    Peter Tom Willis is a former college and professional American football quarterback. From 1998-2008 he served as the radio color commentator for the Florida State University Seminoles, where he played his collegiate football....

     1992 (never listed as an official starter)
  • Steve Walsh
    Steve Walsh (NFL)
    Stephen John "Steve" Walsh is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League.-Personal life:...

     1994
  • Erik Kramer
    Erik Kramer
    William Erik Kramer , is a former American football quarterback. He attended John Burroughs High School in Burbank, CA. After attending Los Angeles Pierce College and playing as their quarterback, Kramer transferred to North Carolina State University where he finished a successful college football...

     1994–1995, 1997–1999
  • Rick Mirer
    Rick Mirer
    Richard Franklin Mirer is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. After a successful collegiate career at the University of Notre Dame, Mirer was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks with the second pick in the 1993 NFL Draft. Mirer was traded to the Chicago Bears during...

     1997
  • Steve Stenstrom
    Steve Stenstrom
    Steve Stenstrom is a former professional American football quarterback.-College career:Stenstrom was the starting quarterback at Stanford University from 1991 to 1994, and still holds most of Stanford's passing records:*Total yards, career: 9,825*Passing yards gained, career: 10,531*Passing yards...

     1998
  • Moses Moreno
    Moses Moreno
    Moses Moreno was an American football quarterback. His brother, Zeke Moreno, also played in the National Football League as a middle linebacker....

     1998 (never listed as an official starter)
  • Dave Krieg
    Dave Krieg
    David Michael Krieg is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. He attended Milton College and made the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent...

     1996
  • Shane Matthews
    Shane Matthews
    Michael Shane Matthews is a former American college and professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League for all or part of fourteen seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. He played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played...

     1999–2001
  • Cade McNown
    Cade McNown
    Cade B. McNown is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League...

     1999–2000

2000s

  • Jim Miller
    Jim Miller (quarterback)
    James Donald Miller is a former NFL quarterback, last under contract with the New York Giants. He was drafted in the 6th round of the 1994 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers, 178th overall. Miller attended Waterford Kettering High School and graduated in 1989...

     2001–2002
  • Chris Chandler
    Chris Chandler
    Christopher Mark Chandler is a retired American football player, who played as a quarterback in the National Football League for 17 seasons. He is known for leading the Atlanta Falcons to a 14-2 season in 1998, followed up with an appearance in Super Bowl XXXIII.-Early years:Chris Chandler was...

     2002–2003 (never listed as an official starter)
  • Henry Burris
    Henry Burris
    Henry Burris, Jr. is a professional Canadian and former American football player. Burris plays the quarterback position with the Canadian Football League Calgary Stampeders. Burris spent one year as a reserve quarterback for the National Football League's Chicago Bears...

     2002
  • Kordell Stewart
    Kordell Stewart
    Kordell Stewart, nicknamed "Slash" , is a former American NFL quarterback. Stewart attended the University of Colorado and was drafted 60th in the 1995 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers...

     2003
  • Rex Grossman
    Rex Grossman
    Rex Daniel Grossman, III is an American football quarterback for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League . Grossman played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he has played professionally for the Chicago Bears, Houston Texans and Washington Redskins of...

     2003, 2004–2007, 2008
  • Chad Hutchinson
    Chad Hutchinson
    Chad Martin Hutchinson is a retired National Football League quarterback and Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Chicago Bears and the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL and the St. Louis Cardinals of the MLB...

     2004
  • Jonathan Quinn
    Jonathan Quinn
    Jonathan Ryan Quinn is a former American football quarterback in the NFL. He was originally selected with the 25th pick of the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft out of Middle Tennessee State University by the Jacksonville Jaguars. He has also played for the Kansas City Chiefs and Chicago Bears...

     2004
  • Craig Krenzel
    Craig Krenzel
    Craig Krenzel is a former college and professional American football quarterback. He is currently a radio commentator for WBNS 97.1 The FAN in Columbus, which broadcasts the Ohio State Buckeyes football games.-High school career:...

     2004
  • Kyle Orton
    Kyle Orton
    Kyle Orton is an American football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He played college football at Purdue, where he started four straight bowl games. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft...

     2005, 2007, 2008
  • Brian Griese
    Brian Griese
    Brian David Griese is a former American football quarterback. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft. He played high school football at Christopher Columbus High School and later college football at Michigan....

     2007
  • Jay Cutler
    Jay Cutler (American football)
    Jay Christopher Cutler is a quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He played football at Vanderbilt University. Cutler began his professional football career with the Denver Broncos, who selected him as the 11th overall pick of the 2006 NFL Draft...

     2009 - current
  • Todd Collins 2010
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