Chicago Bears (Stadium Stories) - Softcover

John Heisman welcomed his Georgia Tech team to preseason practice with the same speech every year. "What is this?" began Heisman, referring to a football he held in his hands. "It is a prolate sphere, an elongated sphere in which the outer leather casing is drawn tightly over a somewhat smaller rubber tubing." After a brief pause for effect he finished the thought: "Better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football."

Thrilling victories, crushing defeats, comical mishaps, and colorful coaches, players, and fans—these are the legendary moments and larger-than-life personalities that have made the Chicago Bears a gridiron favorite.In Stadium Stories: Chicago Bears, veteran journalist Lew Freedman shares his favorite memories of this beloved team. Together you’ll relive the highs and lows and become reacquainted with some of the team’s all-time greatest heroes and legends, including:
George “Papa Bear” Halas, team founder and NFL founding father
“Red” Grange, Bronko Nagurski, Sid Luckman, and other superstars of the Bears’ early years
The hard-hitting, fun-loving mid-1980s team that gave fans a world championship and the “Super Bowl Shuffle”
Mike Ditka, Gale Sayers, Dick Butkus, Walter Payton, Brian Urlacher, and more heroes of the modern-era Bears