Sunday, August 16, 2020

Bears By the Numbers

The Bears are the NFL's flagship franchise, have won nine world championships, have more Hall of Famers than any other team, and boast more than a handful of names that are truly legendary--Halas, Grange, Nagurski, Luckman, Sayers, Butkus, and Payton, to name the more obvious ones.  

For no particular reason, we thought it would be fun to name the greatest Bears by uniform number, so here goes. (Asterisks indicate retired numbers.)
 

  1. Jimmy Conzelman, HB/E, 1920

  2. Paddy Driscoll, HB/QB, 1926 - 1929

  3. * Bronko Nagurski, FB/LB/T, 1930 - 1937, 1943

  4. Jim Harbaugh, QB, 1988 - 1993

  5. * George McAfee, HB/DB, 1940 - 1950

  6. Jay Cutler, QB, 2009 - 2016

  7. * George Halas, E, 1920 - 1928

  8. Rex Grossman, QB, 2002 - 2008

  9. Jim McMahon, QB, 1982 - 1988

10. Rudy Bukich, QB, 1963 - 1968

11. Jack Concannon, QB, 1967 - 1971

12. Link Lyman, T, 1926 - 1934

13. George Trafton, C, 1920 - 1932

14. Dick Plasman, T/E, 1937 - 1941, 1944

15. Brandon Marshall, WR, 2012 - 2014

16. George Blanda, QB/K, 1953 - 1958

17. Richie Petitbon, DB, 1959 - 1968

18. Mike Tomczak, QB, 1985 - 1990

19. Gary Huff, QB, 1973 - 1976

20. Mark Carrier, DB, 1990 - 1996

21. Donnell Woolford, DB, 1989 - 1996

22. Matt Forte, RB, 2008 - 2015

23. Devin Hester, KR/WR, 2006 - 2013

24. Roosevelt Taylor, DB, 1961 - 1969

25. Todd Bell, DB, 1981 - 1987

26. Bennie McRae, DB, 1962 - 1970

27. Mike Richardson, DB, 1983 - 1988

28. * Willie Galimore, RB, 1957 - 1963

29. Ronnie Bull, RB, 1962 - 1974

30. Mike Brown, DB, 2000 - 2008

31. Joe Fortunato, LB, 1955 - 1966

32. Johnny Lujack, QB/DB, 1948 - 1951

33. Charles Tillman, DB, 2003 - 2014 

34. * Walter Payton, RB, 1975 - 1987

35. Neal Anderson, RB, 1986 - 1993

36. Markus Paul, DB, 1989 - 1993

37. Tony Parrish, DB, 1998 - 2001 

38. Danieal Manning, DB, 2006 - 2010

39. Eddie Jackson, DB, 2017 - present

40. * Gale Sayers, RB/KR, 1965 - 1971

41. * Brian Piccolo, RB, 1966 - 1969

42. * Sid Luckman, QB/DB, 1939 - 1950

43. Jim Dooley, E, 1952 - 1961

44. Terry Schmidt, DB, 1976 - 1984

45. Gary Fencik, DB, 1976 - 1987

46. Doug Plank, DB, 1975 - 1982

47. Johnny Morris, WR/RB, 1958 - 1967

48. Allan Ellis, DB, 1973 - 1980

49. Charlie Bivins, RB/TE, 1960 -1966

50. Mike Singletary, LB, 1981 - 1992

51. * Dick Butkus, LB, 1965 - 1973

52. Dan Neal, C, 1976 - 1983

53. Nick Roach, LB, 2007 - 2012

54. Brian Urlacher, LB, 2000 - 2012

55. Lance Briggs, LB, 2003 - 2014

56. * Bill Hewitt, E/DE, 1932 - 1936

57. Olin Kreutz, C, 1998 - 2010

58. Wilber Marshall, LB, 1984 - 1987

59. Gary Campbell, LB, 1977 - 1983

60. Wally Chambers, DT/DE, 1973 - 1977

61. * Bill George, LB/DT/G, 1952 - 1965

62. Mark Bortz, G, 1983 - 1994

63. Jay Hilgenberg, C, 1981 - 1991

64. Andy Heck, T/G, 1994 - 1998

65. Noah Jackson, G, 1975 - 1983

66. * Bulldog Turner, C/LB, 1940 - 1952

67. Jerry Fontenot, C/G, 1989  - 1996

68. Jim Osborne, DT, 1972 - 1984

69. Revie Sorey, G, 1975 - 1982

70. Herman Lee, T, 1958 - 1966

71. James "Big Cat" Williams, T, 1991 - 2002

72. Jim Cadile, G/T, 1962 - 1972

73. Mike Hartenstine, DE, 1975 - 1986

74. Jimbo Covert, T, 1983 - 1990

75. Kyle Long, T, 2013 - 2019

76. Steve McMichael, DT, 1981 - 1993

77. * Red Grange, HB/DB, 1925, 1929 - 1934

78. Stan Jones, G/T/DT, 1954 - 1965

79. Dick Evey, DT/DE, 1964 - 1969

80. Curtis Conway, WR, 1993 - 1999

81. Doug Atkins, DE, 1955 - 1966

82. Wendell Davis, WR, 1988 - 1993

83. Willie Gault, WR, 1983 - 1987

84. Brian Baschnagel, WR, 1977 - 1984

85. Dennis McKinnon, WR, 1983 - 1989

86. Marty Booker, WR, 1999 - 2008

87. Ed O'Bradovich, DE, 1962 - 1971

88. Bobby Joe Green, P, 1962 - 1973

89. * Mike Ditka, TE, 1961 - 1966

90. Julius Peppers, DE, 2010 - 2013

91. Tommie Harris, DT, 204 - 2010

92. Hunter Hillenmeyer, LB, 2003 - 2010

93. Adawale Ogunleye, DE, 2004 - 2009

94. Leonard Floyd, LB, 2016 - 2019

95. Richard Dent, DE, 1983 - 1993, 1995

96. Alex Brown, DE, 2002 - 2009

97. Chris Zorich, DT, 1991 - 1997

98. Bryan Robinson, DT/DE, 1998 - 2003

99. Dan Hampton, DE/DT, 1979 - 1990

 

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