George Stanley Halas was "Papa Bear" to almost anyone familiar with the Chicago Bears football team … and rightly so. For 61 years Halas was affiliated with the Bears in one capacity or another—he named the Bears, played for...

George Stanley Halas, Sr. (February 2 1895 - October 31 1983), nicknamed "Papa Bear" and "Mr. Everything", was an American player, coach, owner and pioneer in professional football and the iconic longtime leader of the NFL's Chicago...

It was March 1987 and we were sitting on the edge of the ocean in the morning sun blessing Maui on this beautiful day, telling football stories. Paul Brown was doing most of the talking, and I was glad to listen. When Paul...

It is tempting to dub John Halas "the father of British animation". But, although he and his wife Joy Batchelor formed the longest-running animation studio in our history (spanning over half a century), and produced the largest number of cartoons (some 2,000 films, long...

George Halas had one objective: winning. For him, that wasn't limited to being the owner and coach of the Chicago Bears, but also in helping build the National Football League from its struggling inception to a national institution.On the football field, "I play to win....

Her role as owner was never something she sought. Her status among the rich and powerful was never something she pursued. Virginia McCaskey realizes she reached this point only because she happened to be the daughter of Papa Bear, the late George Halas.Football, quite literally,...